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Rx for SATNAV obscuration James L Farrell | Sharing marine data to improve knowledge and coastal management César García Aranda and Agustín Molina García | Comparing Global Geoids El Hassan El Brirchi and Driss El Azzab | The Missing Observation: Orthometric Height Mohamed Eleiche | GAGAN: Building block by block Elango K, K N Suryanarayana Rao, K Sampath Kumar, P Soma and S V Kibe | Conference Munich Satellite Navigation Summit 2012 | No Coordinates Drawing ‘the Difference’ |
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Rx for SATNAV obscuration
James L Farrell
As a kid I laughed hard at movie scenes starting with Bob Hope trudging through a desert, desperately uttering "water, water" – and finding himself moments later waist deep in a stream, mumbling "mirage, mirage" – with his desperation undiminished as ever. Parallels between that comic sequence and not-so-funny real life occur repeatedly in multiple areas, including our own. The good news is: solutions are available. Will we accept them?
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  Sharing marine data to improve knowledge and coastal management
César García Aranda and Agustín Molina García
The study develops a comparative analysis of different sources of marine information that provide data for hydrographic applications, as well as gives a global view of the current availability of them...
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GAGAN: Building block by block
Elango K, K N Suryanarayana Rao, K Sampath Kumar, P Soma and S V Kibe
In GNSS User meet organised by Induan Space Research Organisation on Feb 23 2012 at ISRO Banglaore many scientiest were honoured for their contribution to GAGAN (GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation) program of India. We present here views and experiences of some of the scientists who toiled hard and were behind this ambitious project...
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Comparing Global Geoids
El Hassan El Brirchi and Driss El Azzab
The aim of this paper is the compute of geoid height grids over Morocco area from several GGM and EGM. Comparing these grids according to the criteria of best fi tting GPS/levelling geoid height determinations is done. The best fitting Global Geoid for Morocco area is chosen...
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The Missing Observation: Orthometric Height
Mohamed Eleiche
Although the revolutionary GPS observations system delivers instantaneously the coordinates of a point with high accuracy, still another quantity - the orthometric height, also needs to be determined. This paper aims to declare the limitations of GPS observations and the importance of orthometric height...
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MiniEclipse™ Compact OEM Modules by Hemisphere GPS’

Leica Spider Software Suite v 4.2

GNSS post-mission compatibility with Survey/GIS software

GNSS chip from Broadcom for indoor positioning

GPS accuracy verification technique

‘Opportunity to learn how to begin thinking forward’ – Hexagon 2012

GPS/GLONASS module for navigation devices

'Its an easier to hide GNSS Receiver'– NovAtel OEM615

FARO releases 3D scan processing software SCENE 5.0

New Versions of POS AV and POSTrack Systems by Applanix

ITT Exelis bags USD 32 mn contract from Lockheed

 


Galileo to spearhead global search and rescue service
With an aim to pinpoint distress calls for rapid search and rescue, Galileo navigation system will be harnessed, announced European Space Agency (ESA). It will test expansion of the humanitarian system over the next two years to make it more effective. In addition to conveying distress signals to search and rescue organisations, Galileo will also provide a novel service known as Return Link Service. Under this innovative service, the satellite will send a reply to those in distress, letting them know that their signal was picked up and help is on the way...[more]

Aggressive launch schedule for Galileo
Javier Benedicto, the head of the Galileo Project Of?? ce for the European Space Agency (ESA), set an aggressive schedule for launching some Galileo satellites as many as four at a time in 2014 and 2015, in an effort to meet a target provision date of Galileo's initial services in 2014 and full services in 2015. The hurry-up to carry a further 22 satellites into orbit will get underway with continued dual-satellite launches aboard Russian Soyuz rockets, as was the case for the most recent in-orbit validation (IOV) launch in October, 2011...[more]

 


Decision regarding LightSquared's network deployment is unfair – JAVAD

GLONASS stations in 34 countries

70% navigation devices in Chinese market are problematic

First Indian navigation sat to be launched this year: President

Ashtech OEM boards- ‘Simply Amazing’

EU funds 'i-Going' project to enhance indoor navigation

Real time tracking of Indian trains

FBI shuts down GPS trackers

S Korean telecom companies misuse location data’

The Strauss Center uses Esri technology

USD 10 mn for Tajikistan cadastre

Kiran Kumar is new SAC, India Director

GeoEye wins contract from GE Aviation

 

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