Today, the civil positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) community needs a clear and concise statement of PNT needs. This statement should incorporate all aspects of PNT services and all applications and modes of PNT use. With such a statement, providers of PNT technology and services will be better able to plan for, develop, and implement their PNT services. While I offer my thoughts on this need for the United States, the arguments…

March 2010

ILMF 2010

3-5 March

Denver, CO, USA

http://www.lidarmap.org

Geoform+’2010

30 March- 2 April

Moscow, Russia

www.geoexpo.ru

CARIS 2010

22-25 March

Miami, Florida, USA

www.caris.com/caris2010

April 2010

XXIV FIG International Congress 2010

11 – 16 April 2010

Sydney, Australia

www.fig2010.com

Geo-Siberia 2010

27-29 April

Novosibirsk, Russia

www.geosiberia.sibfair.ru

ASPRS 2010

26-30 April

San Diego, CA, USA

www.asprs.org/SanDiego2010

May 2010

TIDES 2010

20-21 May

Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

derc@mail.pccu.edu.tw

International Conferences on Integrated Navigation Systems

31 May -02 June 2010

Saint Petersburg, Russia

http://www.elektropribor.spb.ru

June 2010

Toulouse Space Show 2010

8 -11 June

Toulouse, …

Haiti shocks sent reminders.
With around 2,00,000 dead and 3,00,00 injured.
About the nature’s might and fury.
We feel helpless again.
And look up to the government, systems, technology, experts, …
For assistance, actions, accountability and response.
Still, the questions remain.
Can disaster prediction be more than just guesswork?
Can disaster preparedness be more than just a term?
Can response to disasters be quick …

Survey Camp, Nainital was held from 28th November – 7th December, 2008 as part of the academic curriculum at IIT Kanpur. The site chosen for the camp was Nainital which is set in a valley containing a pear-shaped lake and is bounded by a great snowy range which forms the central axis of the Himalayas …

Showcase of New GNSS Era
The First Asia Oceania Regional Workshop
Jan 25-26, 2010, Bangkok, Thailand

The First Asia Oceania Regional Workshop was held on January 25 and 26 at Sofitel Centara Grand Bangkok, Thailand. The workshop was hosted by SPAC, JAXA and GISTDA as well as supported by United Nations International Committee on GNSS (UN ICG). The …

Decade of Innovations – 2010 – 2020
The Government of India has declared so.
Indian Science needs money.
It also needs a change in mindset.
The country needs to develop an innovation eco-system.
Where innovators can produce newer solutions.
To meet the needs of society.
However, the need is to liberate Indian science.
From the shackles and deadweight of bureaucracy and in-house favouritism.
The …

March 2010

Munich satellite navigation Summit

9-11 March

Munich, German

www.munich-satellite-navigation-summit.org

Geoform+’2010

30 March- 2 April

Moscow, Russia

www.geoexpo.ru

Digital Preservation of Archaeological Heritage

10-12 March, 2010

IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India

arch3d@iitk.ac.in
www.iitk.ac.in/arch3d

CARIS 2010

22-25 March

Miami, Florida, USA

www.caris.com/caris2010

April 2010

XXIV FIG International Congress 2010

11 – 16 April 2010

Sydney, Australia

www.fig2010.com

Geo-Siberia 2010

27-29 April

Novosibirsk, Russia

www.geosiberia.sibfair.ru

ASPRS 2010

26-30 April

San Diego, CA, USA

www.asprs.org/SanDiego2010

May 2010

TIDES 2010

20-21 May

Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

derc@mail.pccu.edu.tw

International Conferences on Integrated Navigation Systems

31 May -02 June …

For interplanetary missions, the determination of S/C state vector (position and velocity) is required both for navigation purposes and science operations. The main error sources affecting S/C tracking data are the solar corona and the interplanetary plasma, which could be removed by using the multifrequency link technique between the probe and the ground station [1]. Once solar plasma noise has been removed…

The NSDI Annual event, NSDI-9 is around the corner. What has been the progress of NSDI in the past year?
The major achievement during the intervening period is release of NSDI metadata standard ver.2.0. The earlier version was brought out before ISO (TC.211)/OGC, released the standard on metadata ISO 19115. Now, this standard conforms to the international standards. Taking the SDI a step forward, the Karnataka Geo-portal of Karnataka Spatial Data Infrastructure is being launched during NSDI-9 and Delhi Geoportal has already been launched in November 2009. Kerala has sanctioned the requisite resources for creating Kerala State SDI. The process of building Kerala Geo-portal is on and the RFP is already issued.

What is your vision with regard to Trimble expansion plan in India?

Our vision is to determine the challenges that our Indian customers are trying to solve in the Utilities, Construction, Infrastructure, Mobile Resource Management, GIS and Mapping, Public Safety and Surveying industries to develop localized software and hardware solutions that meet their needs for increased productivity and reduced rework. We offer solutions that have been proven worldwide and now we must determine if these solutions meet the needs of the Indian customer. Where the solutions do not meet their needs or requirements we must adapt them so they can provide our customers maximum productivity advantages. We can accomplish this by adding resources in our Delhi and Chennai offices in marketing, R&D and sales. Where we find it necessary to create or integrate new solutions to address the unique needs of the Indian market,