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INDUSTRY | LBS | GPS | GIS | REMOTE SENSING | GALILEO UPDATE

Contract signing gives Galileo system its operators
ESA signed a contract with Spaceopal, the company providing ground-based services
needed to operate the Galileo constellation once it has been fully deployed. The
agreement was signed by Rene Oosterlinck, ESA’s Director of the Galileo Programme
and Navigation-related activities, …

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February 2011

ILMF 2011

7 – 9 February2011

New Orleans, LO, USA

www.lidarmap.org/ILMF.aspx

16 International Geodatic Week

13- 19 February 2011

Obergurgl, Austria

www.geodaesie.uibk.ac.at/obergurgl.html

March 2011

The Munich Satellite Navigation Summit 2011

1-3 March

Munich, Germany

www.munich-satellite-navigation-summit.org

GEOFORM-2011

15-18 March

Moscow, EcoCentre Sokolniki

www.geoexpo.ru/defaulteng.stm

April 2011

6th National GIS Symposium in Saudi Arabia

24-26 April

Khobar, Saudi Arabia

www.saudigis.org

Geo- Siberia 2011

27-29 April

Novosibirsk, Russia

www.geosiberia.sibfair.ru/eng/

May 2011

ASPRS 2011

1 – 5 May

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

www.asprs.org/milwaukee2011/

Gi4DM 2011

3 – 8 May

Istanbul, Turkey

www.gi4dm.org

June 2011

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Dec 2010 | Comments Off on From Galileo to Multisystem: Evolution of Integrity concept


The integrity concept, intended as a continuous control of the information broadcast by the satellites, has been introduced by the Galileo system. Though the RAIM technique represents the first example of integrity monitoring, it has the characteristic to detect only local errors, at receiver level. The integrity monitoring applied by EGNOS, instead, could be seen as the forerunner of the Galileo one. Though there are many differences in the definition of integrity of the two system, the main aim is the same for both, that is to protect the user…

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3rd Generation RTK S760 by SOUTH
SOUTH has released the 3rd generation RTK product, S760. A single rugged unit, independent to any external device, has integrated antenna, mainboard and PDA all together, which is an ideal high precision handheld GIS data collector in …

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All JAVAD GNSS receivers track QZSS Satellite
JAVAD GNSS engineers in Moscow tracked Japan’s first QZSS satellite and its new L1C signal. The C/A, L2C, L5, SAIF and the new L1C signals were collected when QZSS-1 satellite was visible in Moscow. QZSS is …

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ESRI supports NetHope
ESRI supports NetHope by providing GIS software and support via the ESRI Nonprofit Organization Program. NetHope is a consortium of the international community’s leading NGOs that helps members better leverage their technology investments.
www.ESRI.com/nonprofit
ADC WorldMap releases Digital Atlas V6.0
ADC WorldMap Digital …

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SPOTMaps is a resounding success
SPOTMaps are mosaics made from SPOT 5 satellite images where features as small as 2.5 metres can be resolved, equivalent to a mapscale of 1:10 000. Coverages are seamless and uniform over the territory of a country or …

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INDUSTRY | LBS | GPS | GIS | REMOTE SENSING | GALILEO UPDATE

Telogis delivers new ADAS capabilities
Telogis has integrated Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) data from NAVTEQ® into its GeoBase geospatial platform. The platform uses NAVTEQ map data and integrates its Enhanced Geometry, Slope and Height, and Curvature products allowing application developers to build …

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Diplomacy, democracy, autocracy, hypocrisy.
Mess, Press, suppress.
Expose and impose.
Dare, share and scare.
Fear and smear.
Right and rights.
Preach and practice.
Action and overreaction.
Force and coerce.
Sneak and sleaze.
Damage and rampage.
Credibility and vulnerability.
Cover and cover up.
Control, control and control.

Bal Krishna, Editor
bal@mycoordinates.org

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says Matthew M O’Connell, CEO, President and Director, GeoEye

From 2006 to 2010, it has been quite a journey for GeoEye. What were the highlights of this incredible journey?
It’s hard to believe how far we’ve come. Just 7 ½ years ago, GeoEye had 60 employees generating $9 million per year, and our equity was worth …