GPS World's Navigate Weekly: 2018 Year in Review

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CURRENT ISSUE DIGITAL EDITION RESOURCES YouTube Channel Video Spotlight Webinars White Papers Satellite Launch Calendar Product Showcase Events Buyers Guide Antenna Survey Receiver Survey SOCIAL MEDIA GPS World on Twitter Facebook Page LinkedIn Group AFFILIATED WEBSITE TOP NEWS OF 2018 Dual-frequency GNSS smartphone hits the market In June, mobile brand Xiaomi launched a dual-frequency GNSS smartphone: the Xiaomi Mi 8. Learn more about the smartphone, which the company said provides up to decimeter-level accuracy for location-based services and vehicle navigation. 5G, cellular’s next step, brings new positioning capabilities By Alan Cameron Check out a quick round-up of salient points related to positioning in the fast-oncoming next step in cellular communications. Norway, Finland suspect Russia of jamming GPS NATO conducted its largest military exercise since the Cold War in the frigid waters and icy mountains of Norway Oct. 25-Nov. 7. Signals of opportunity: Holy Grail or a waste of time? By Michael Jones The military is always looking at new techniques and technology for deriving position and, it seems, every few years signals of opportunity (SOOP) becomes fashionable again. Discover how SOOP can be used in the quest for resilient positioning and navigation. University research uses smartphones for precision GNSS Research conducted at the University of Otago, New Zealand, and published in the August issue of Journal of Geodesy demonstrate that it is possible to achieve centimeter-level precise positioning on a smartphone. Find out how. The surveyor and artificial intelligence: A look ahead By Tim Burch How will the operation of the land title survey look in the future? Like everything else, artificial intelligence and blockchain technology will play a substantial role in surveying. Brexit fallout: Galileo center moves from UK to Spain A security center for the European Union’s Galileo satellite system was moved from the United Kingdom to Spain as a result of Brexit. Get more details. MOST POPULAR ARTICLES OF 2018 How to achieve 1-meter accuracy in Android Recent changes in hardware and standards make one-meter accuracy possible. Check out an overview of location in smartphones, Wi-Fi round-trip time technology and standards, and Wi-Fi application programming interfaces. Positioning with Android: GNSS observables For those who want high accuracy, but don’t need it full time, high-productivity dedicated professional solutions may not be cost-justified. In these cases, a “positioning as a service” subscription could offer a viable use model. Examining precise point positioning now and in the future Where are we now, and where are we going? What’s the current status of precise point positioning and where might it go in the future? Industry experts answer these questions. Teaming ground, air vehicles for an autonomous multi-sensor survey Autonomous vehicles equipped with different environmental sensors perform a team survey, controlled by a central ground station. Get more details on how the survey was performed. A grave threat to GPS and GNSS Commentary by Brad Parkinson The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is considering allowing high-powered, ground-based communication transmitters to broadcast at a frequency near GPS L1. Find out how this could negatively affect a number of GPS receivers. THE YEAR’S BIGGEST EVENTS AUVSI Xponential April 30-May 3 Denver ION GNSS+ 2018 Sept. 24-28 Miami Intergeo 2018 Oct. 16-18 Frankfurt, Germany ON-DEMAND WEBINAR Protecting Time-Sensitive Critical Infrastructure Systems Sponsor: Orolia Summary: Time-sensitive systems are facing many issues related to the use of GNSS as the sole provider of accurate timing information. In addition to jamming and spoofing threats that are gaining more visibility, GPS also has a week rollover event occurring in April 2019. In this webinar, learn more about issues that can impact GNSS-based time-sensitive critical systems, and how to use the latest GNSS simulation and vulnerability testing technologies to test and validate these systems. Speakers: Lisa Perdue, product manager and applications engineer, Orolia; Stefania Römisch, Leader, the Atomic Standards Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology; and Dana Goward, President, Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation WATCH NOW!