An industry group is attempting to drum up interest in the European Galileo satellite positioning system with a contest featuring £435,000 in prizes. The 2010 Competition looks to kick-start commercial exploitation of the Galileo system and has a large prize pot to get businesses interested. Winners from each country participating in the contest will also be entered for the Galileo Masters Prize, which promises an additional £17,000 to the business with the best idea. www.V3.co.uk

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Towards conclusive land titling in India
The Department of Land Resources (DoLR), Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, has prepared a preliminary draft of the Land Titling Bill. The Bill hopes to usher into the country the system of Conclusive Property Titles …

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

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…

The development and deployment of the European Satellite Based Augmentation System EGNOS followed by the development of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Galileo, that is currently under deployment, definitely represent the largest technological initiative promoted by the European Union so far. While designing and setting up its…

May 2010

International Conference 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, France

Contact@toulousespaceshow.eu

www.toulousespaceshow.eu

Navigation and Location Summit Europe

15-16 June

Berlin, Germany

http://www.thewherebusiness.com/navigationeurope

IMTA Asia Pacific Conf. & Trade Show

18 -19 June

Melbourne, Australia

www.maptrade.org/events

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, …

In a unique collaboration between national space agencies, the US and Japan began combining elements of their satellite resources to increase a critical type of Earth observation data. The partnership will more than double the quantity of this data that is used to explore earthquake hazards, forest declines, and changing water…