Former ISRO chairman UR Rao dies
Eminent space scientist and former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman Udupi Ramachandra Rao passed away. He was 85.
He was suffering from age related ailments and breathed his last at his residence in the city. Rao is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter, ISRO officials …
DFS launches Precision Navigation
A new precision navigation procedure, RNP-1 (Required Navigation Performance), has been launched at Frankfurt International Airport, according to German air navigation service provider (ANSP) DFS. With RNP-1 and Radius-to-fix, they are increasing their precision navigation in air traffic to a new quality level, which has not been achieved in Germany.
Pilots …
Coastal Protection in Thailand by SuperSurv 10
Supergeo has announced that the cuttingedge mobile GIS app- SuperSurv 10 has been selected by a government agency that is in charge of protecting marine and coastal resources in Thailand for spatial data collection. The core mission of this department is to conserve and restore the precious flora …
ESA communication team hands off responsibility to GSA
After four years of work, the European Space Agency (ESA) team tasked with keeping the world informed on the status of the Galileo satellite navigation system has formally passed on its responsibility to a European Union agency. This shift is part of a wider transfer of responsibilities, …
In 2014, a preliminary geoid model has been computed for the Philippines i.e., Philippine Geoid Model 2014 (PGM2014)…
Global Navigation Satellite Systems’ (GNSS) performance is affected by ionosphere. Sudden variations in ionization levels can increase the pseudorange errors and even cause loss of lock on some of the visible satellites…
SynchroNet is a Thales Alenia Space Italia patented solution for a high performance, scalable and resilient time and frequency transfer system…
Along with the evolution of mobile devices a wide landscape of applications tailored for mobile usage has been developed…
Volume XIII, Issue 07, July 2017
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Geomagnetic observations and measurements in Israel
Dr Anna Shnaidman, Dr Boris Shirman, Yosef Melzer
Effect of GCPs in distribution and location on geometric correction of corona satellite image
Sao Hone Pha, Wataru Takeuchi
PNT systems in Ukraine: European Cooperation Aspects
Serhii Chernolevsky
Urban sprawl prediction using cellular automata
Kajal Himatlal Rana, Dhiraj …
Michibiki 2
The recent launch of Michibiki 2
And other scheduled launches of
Michibiki satellites later this year,
Not only lead to new vistas of GNSS applications
But will also catalyze and accelerate the phenomena
Where the need is high precise systems
Like in controlling drones, driverless cars, robotics…
Using positioning and navigation technologies
In the …
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