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Innovation: Getting Along

November 1, 2012 - By

Collaborative Navigation in Transitional Environments
In this month’s article, a team of researchers at The Ohio State University discusses a system under development for collaborative navigation in transitional environments — environments in which GPS alone is insufficient for continuous and accurate navigation. Their prototype system involves a land-based deployment vehicle and a human operator carrying a personal navigator sensor assembly, which initially navigate together before the personal navigator transitions to an indoor environment. This system will have multiple applications including helping first responders to emergencies. Read on. read more

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The System: Galileo, Compass, GPS Launches All Succeed

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October 12: A Soyuz launcher carrying two Galileo In-Orbit Validation (IOV) satellites deployed its twins into orbit within 4 hours after take-off, at close to 23 200 km altitude. They join two earlier IOV spacecraft launched in October 2011. Once all four are operational in space, they will provide the minimum number of satellites required for navigational fixes — enabling... read more

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Continuous Indoor Positioning: GNSS, Wi-Fi, and MEMS Dead Reckoning

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By J. Blake Bullock, Mahesh Chowdhary, Dimitri Rubin, Donald Leimer, Greg Turetzky, and Murray Jarvis A new chip fuses input from several sensors, using the best combination at any given time to maximize coverage and accuracy while keeping power draw to a minimum. This produces continuous position availability in indoor environments, as demonstrated by performance measurements in real-world test environments.... read more

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The Business and Product Showcase — November 2012

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Out in Front: Happy Birthday, GNSS

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  By Alan Cameron.   It was thirty years ago today, Cheremisin taught the band to play. They’ve been going in and out of style, but they’re guaranteed to raise a smile. So may I introduce to you the constellation here for years, Vladimir Putin’s GLObal NAv Sat System! While in our booth at INTERGEO in Hanover last month, I... read more

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