“Seen & Heard” is a monthly feature of GPS World magazine, traveling the world to capture interesting and unusual news stories involving the GNSS/PNT industry.
A roundup of recent products in the GNSS and inertial positioning industry from the August 2024 issue of GPS World magazine.
From Hong Kong to Berlin, from Sydney to New York, the operations of hospitals, airlines, banks, and scores of other businesses and services were disrupted on July 19 due to a glitch in a software update issued by the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.
GNSS is magic — but only when it works. It has played and will continue to play a crucial part in advancing our knowledge and abilities and supporting diverse use cases worldwide.
The satellite Doppler positioning technique was pioneered in the early space age, using the Doppler frequency shift of satellite signals to determine receiver positions. This concept was first utilized by the U.S. Navy to develop the Transit navigation system.
To further enhance the benefits of combining space-based geodetic techniques, the European Space Agency (ESA) has established the Genesis mission.
The Navigation Innovation and Support Program (NAVISP) Advisory Committee (NAVAC) of the ESA issued a paper titled PNT Vision 2035, providing an interesting overview of the state of PNT and where it will be a decade from now.
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