The Gulf of Mexico oil spill
A botched job
An unfolding disaster…
with a long lasting impact
Incidentally, more affected ones happen to be the most powerful.
The blame game is on…
Definitely, there is a mounting crisis.
Once again
Any lesson learnt?

Bal Krishna, Editor
bal@mycoordinates.org

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Accurate and continuous position computation is a key task for vehicle navigation and telematics applications. In most portable car navigation and telematics devices, the position is determined based only on GPS data. However, in urban canyons stand-alone GPS suffers signal masking and reflections of the signal from buildings, large vehicles, and other reflective surfaces. Driving tests in such metropolises as Hong Kong…

GIOVE-A is a first Galileo test satellite launched on December 28, 2005. The satellite payload transmits two frequency signals at L1+E5 or L1+E6. There are 13 world wide located Galileo Experimental Sensor Stations (GESS) to track and monitor the GIOVE-A signals. High accuracy of GIOVE-A ephemeris or orbit, however, is essential for navigation applications. The paper presents a new method to deal with the precise orbit…

says François Erceau vice president and general manager of Ashtech

While commenting on the name change from Magellan Professional to Ashtech you said, “Ashtech brings a remarkable legacy of technology, precision, and innovation, but the ‘new Ashtech’ is a venture for the 21st century.” Would you like to elaborate?
Founded in 1987, Ashtech® has long played an …

June 2010

GEA’2010

22 -24th June

Cracow, Poland

jacek@gea.com.pl

http://gea.com.pl/targieng.php

July 2010

ISPRS Centenary Celebrations

4 July

Vienna, Austria

www.isprs100vienna.org

ESRI International User Conference

12-16 July

San Diego, USA

www.esri.com

August 2010

Bengaluru Space Expo

25-28 August

Bangaluru, India

http://www.bsxindia.com

September 2010

ESA International Summer School on GNSS

1-11 September

Denmark

www.munich-satellite-navigation-summerschool.org/

IPIN 2010

September 15-17, 2010

ETH Zurich, Campus Science City

(Hoenggerberg), Switzerland

www.geometh.ethz.ch/ipin/

ION GNSS 2010

21 – 24 September

Portland, Oregon, USA

www.ion.org

G-Spatial Expo

19-21 September

Yokohana, Japan

g-expo@jsurvey.jp

www.g-expo.jp/en/

GDI APAC

28-30 September

kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

www.geopatialdefenceasia.com

International Astronautical Congress 2010

27 Sep – …

It is not the strongest,
Nor the most intelligent,
But the ones most responsive to change,
Survive.
So said Darwin.
With the advent of new species – Smart Phones, MIDs..
The landscape of satellite navigation industry is changing.
Once considered a powerful and promising navigation force,
The space of PND appears to be shrinking.
Probably there is a need to adapt.
And evolve.

Bal Krishna, Editor
bal@mycoordinates.org

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The 746th Test Squadron (746 TS) recently completed qualification testing on the F-22 Raptor’s Global Inertial Navigation System (GINS). The program is the second of two iterations of major test efforts the 746 TS has conducted on the system since 2001…

From the early days of the development of basic navigational software built into satellite navigational receivers, it has been noted that for the sake of simplicity and a number of other reasons, this navigational software is often based on methods of limited accuracy [1]. It is surprising that even nowadays the use of navigational software is still used in a loose manner, sometimes ignoring basic principles and adopting oversimplified…

During a disaster, situational awareness can mean the difference between life and death. Satellites provide reliable and rapid communication, observation and positioning tools, especially when crucial on-the-ground infrastructure is damaged. Risk management activities also benefit greatly from space-based data…

The idea of a software receiver is to sample the analog input signal as close to the antenna as possible and to implement the complete the data processing in software. Thus, the hardware is reduced to the minimum while all the digital signal processing is done by the mean of a microprocessor…