February 2014 - GPS World

U.S. DoT to Move Ahead with Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Technology

February 3, 2014 - By GPS World Staff

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced today that it will begin taking steps to enable vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication technology for light vehicles. This technology would improve safety by allowing vehicles to “talk” to each other and ultimately avoid many crashes altogether by exchanging basic safety data, such as speed and position, ten times... read more

This article is tagged with automotive, connected cars, Department of Transportation, NHTSA, V2V and posted in Featured Stories, Latest News, Transportation

European GNSS Agency Seeks Ideas to Support Adoption of Galileo Public Regulated Service

February 3, 2014 - By GPS World Staff

The European GNSS Agency (GSA) is inviting European industries and Member State Competent Public Regulated Service (PRS) Authorities to share their views and ideas on which technologies at user segment level are important to support the adoption of the PRS. In particular, industries with potential interests and capabilities to support the development of Galileo PRS user segment technologies such as... read more

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$2.6 Billion GPS Fitness Device Market Overshadowed by Smart Devices and Wearables

February 3, 2014 - By GPS World Staff

Despite major GPS fitness device OEMs announcing new fitness products at January’s International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, it looks like an increasingly difficult battle between smart devices and wearables, according to analysts at ABI Research. Garmin launched its Vivofit fitness band and Vivoki/Vivahub corporate wellness solution. Magallen is one of the few companies in the GPS device OEM... read more

This article is tagged with ABI Research, Consumer Electronics Show, Garmin, Magellan, Polar, tracking, wearables and posted in Latest News, Mobile

The System: Competition for the Gold Standard

February 1, 2014 - By GPS World Staff

BeiDou Releases Public Service Performance Document In late December, director Ran Chengqi of China’s Satellite Navigation System Management Office announced the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) Public Service Performance Standard. The document details the public service performance parameters of the BeiDou system, including service area, accuracy, integrity, continuity, and availability. It is a basic commitment to customers from BDS providers,... read more

This article is tagged with BeiDou, China, gold standard, The System and posted in GNSS

The Business — February 2014

February 1, 2014 - By GPS World Staff

The Business section from the January 2014 issue (Download the PDF). Includes: 2014 Receiver Survey Addendum (for the full survey, click here); FAA Selects Six Sites for UAV Research; NovAtel Supplies Reference Receivers for IRNSS Ground Segment; SkyTraq Seeks Crowdfunding for GPS/BeiDou Development Board; Hemisphere GNSS Names Chuck Joseph President and CEO; Honda Joins Google Alliance to Develop GPS Solutions;... read more

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Innovation: Ionospheric Modeling Using GPS

February 1, 2014 - By GPS World Staff

Greater Fidelity Using a 3D Approach
In this month’s column we look at the performance of a 3D approach to modeling the ionosphere, including times when the ionosphere is particularly interesting (read disturbed). read more

This article is tagged with algorithms and methods, Innovation, ionosphere, ionospheric modeling and posted in From the Magazine, Innovation, OEM

Out in Front: Complements of the Season

February 1, 2014 - By GPS World Staff

In the wake of last month’s Expert Advice column on eLoran — “The Low Cost of Protecting America” by Dana Goward of the Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation — come several positive comments and encouraging developments. Rather than rehearse all the arguments why we should care about this, I’ll repeat the one word that I heard most often in GNSS... read more

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Collaborative Signal Processing

February 1, 2014 - By GPS World Staff

More Receiver Nodes Bring Ubiquitous Navigation Closer
Encouraging results from new indoor tests and advances in collaborative phased arrays come from MUSTER: multiple independently operating GPS receivers that exchange their signal and measurement data to enhance GNSS navigation in degraded signal environments, such as urban canyons and indoors. read more

This article is tagged with GPS receiver, indoor signal processing, MUSTER, open-loop tracking, signal processing, ubiquitous navigation and posted in Featured Stories, From the Magazine, OEM