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Companies Finding TRB Enterprise and Government Market Haven

February 9, 2011 - By

Sometimes a market niche appears to be heading toward better things — even if the economy is not. This year’s Transportation Research Board’s Annual Meeting had its highest attendance ever. While intelligent transportation systems meetings have been shunned in the last few years as being too government-focused, some forward-thinking companies are using the Washington, D.C.-based meeting as a springboard for their enterprise location-based services offerings. read more

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Quick & Dirty: Importing Coordinates into a Simple (and Free) Mapping Program

February 3, 2011 - By

It’s easy to jump ahead and talk about the exciting things happening today and on the horizon in the geospatial industry. Rich 3D visualizations, complex databases, sophisticated analysis, high-tech data collection equipment, etc. But what about the thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, of people who could benefit from just being able to take the first step of importing basic information... read more

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Official Opening of the German Galileo Test and Development Environment GATE

February 2, 2011 - By

On April 2, German Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development Peter Ramsauer will officially open the German Galileo test and development infrastructure GATE with the operator IFEN GmbH. read more

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EGNOS Gets to Work

February 1, 2011 - By

GPS corrections from the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service can improve the positioning accuracy and user experience of GPS-enabled mobile phones, even if EGNOS satellites are not visible and even when the GNSS chipset in the phone does not support satellite-based augmentation systems. read more

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Single-Shot Position: Cell-Phone Location without Ephemeris

February 1, 2011 - By

A new method enables the mobile phone to compute its own position using acquisition assistance data with increased resolution in some of the fields. It benefits network operators as they can deliver the best performance with minimum bandwidth requirements, making this especially relevant in emergency-call situations. read more

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The System: FCC Asked to Authorize Potential Interferer

February 1, 2011 - By

In November, December, and January, a regulatory drama with high potential impact on the GPS signal and domestic U.S. GPS users began unfolding before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). As this magazine goes to press on January 24, the issue remains far from resolved, although hearings and far-reaching decisions may have transpired by mid-February. A company called LightSquared applied to... read more

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On the Edge: Galileo to the Rescue

February 1, 2011 - By

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mergency Alert: Bus collision in Berchtesgaden, parking area Salzbergwerk. Many injured. Bus overturned, some thrown from vehicle, some trapped inside. Local temperature below freezing, snow falling. All crews respond immediately.” 
 The alarm operations center for the state of Bavaria receives this message from the accident location, and swiftly moves into coordinating activity, gathering and distributing real-time geospatial data and other key information to all emergency teams and medical facilities in the area. read more

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Innovation: GNSS and the Ionosphere

February 1, 2011 - By

What’s in Store for the Next Solar Maximum?
Although the sun can become disturbed at any time, solar activity is correlated with the approximately 11-year cycle of spots on the sun’s surface. We are just coming out of a minimum in the solar cycle and headed for the next maximum, predicted to occur around the middle of 2013. How significantly will GNSS users be affected? In this month’s column, two ionosphere experts tell us what might be in store. read more

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