MICHIBIKI

Asia seems to be emerging.
As a new centre for satellite navigation.
China is moving fast.
India is maintaining its own pace.
Now Japan is set to touch the zenith.
With the scheduled launch of MICHIBIKI.
The first satellite of Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS).
A landmark in the regional navigation system.
The sun rises.
Again in the East.

Bal Krishna, Editor
bal@mycoordinates.org

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Sherman Lo, Benjamin Peterson, Per Enge

This article assesses the security of eLoran and discusses how its features can be utilized to provide defenses against likely attacks

Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) have become increasingly interwoven into the fabric of our infrastructure and economic system. However, as the services provided by GNSS become more important for safety …

Niki Regina, Matteo Zanzi

In this paper three different solutions are proposed for the problem of location-based selective broadcasting of traffic messages

Although at present its implementation within the full operational capability is under discussion and called into doubt due to recent changed circumstances in the overall system management, one of the initially planned features of GALILEO …

James L Farrell, John W lavrakas
Addressing GPS user problems
While GPS offers a ubiquitous, precise, and reliable positioning and timing service to much of the world, in many cases this service falls short. Anyone who has walked into a building with a GPS receiver actively displaying a location is aware of the immediate effect of the …

September 2010

GDI APAC

28-30 September

kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

www.geopatialdefenceasia.com

International Astronautical Congress 2010

27 Sep – 01 Oct

Prague Czech Republic

iac2010@guarant.cz

www.iac2010.cz/en

Geospatial Intelligence Summit

28-30 September 2010

Vienna, Austria

www.jacobfleming.com

October 2010

INTERGEO

5-7 October

Cologne, Germany

www.intergeo.de

3rd Int Conf on Geoinformation Tech for Natural Disaster Management

19-20 October 2010

Chiang Mai, Thailand

http://www.egeinfo.net/git4ndm2010/

GSDI-12 World Conference

19-22 October

Singapore

www.gsdi.org

CANEUS-Shared Small Satellites CSSP Int. Workshop

20-22 Oct

Tuscany, Italy

www.caneus.org/sharedsmallsats

International Symposium on GPS/GNSS

26-28 October

Taipei, Taiwan

http://gnss2010.ncku.edu.tw

November 2010

GEOINT 2010

1-4 November

New Orleans, …

Phase centre is defined as a point (or a set of points) in space from which, when emitted, far-field phasefronts or, correspondingly, group-delay fronts are spherical or substantially spherical [1-2]. That is, the phase value is constant in a certain angular area of interest when measured with respect to the coordinate system whose origin is in the PC. However, PC is ambiguous for most of the real-life antennas and its position varies for…

Latest Indian RS Satellite Cartosat-2B and a Dream’ of students

India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15) successfully launched CARTOSAT-2B from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota on 12 July 2010.
In addition to CARTOSAT-2B; PSLV-C15 carried four auxiliary satellites namely STUDSAT a pico-satellite weighing less than 1 kg, built jointly by students from a consortium …

says Shri KR Sridhara Murthi, Managing Director, Antrix Corporation with reference to the Indian Remote Sensing Satellite.

What are the added features in CARTOSAT-2B as compared to CARTOSAT-2A? What will be its marketing strategy?
CARTOSAT-2B is an identical satellite of CARTOSAT-2A and is meant for continuity of services. They are not available for commercial distribution. As …

Says V P Agrawal, Chairman, Airports Authority of India

In what specific areas of operation is AAI using the GPS technology today?
GPS Technology is used in AAI in the following areas:
a. Performance Based Navigation- Area Navigation COSPAS-SARSAT –Search and Rescue systems (satellite based)
b. Land Survey and Land Management
c. Preparation of Airport Maps and Charts – Cartography
Please …

Says John Pottle Marketing Director, Spirent Communications, Positioning Group

2009 was seen as a difficult year for most businesses. However, 2009 was ‘as expected’ for Spirent in terms of revenues and profits, how did Spirent manage this?
Spirent sells test systems for navigation and positioning across the industry, from government to consumer products, from R&D through to …