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Modern miracle brings timing to the ‘Information Superhighway’

September 21, 2020

In 1990, I had just left the military electronics industry (radars, electronic warfare) and entered the growing wireless […]

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This article is tagged with GNSS signal, GNSS vulnerability, GPS, information superhighway, John Fischer, Trimble and posted in Opinions

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30 years of GNSS and the surveyor

September 11, 2020

Depending on your age, 30 years represents a varying opinion of time. For some, it may seem like […]

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This article is tagged with Global Positioning System, GLONASS, GNSS, GNSS receiver, GNSS technology, GPS, real-time kinematic, satellite navigation, survey, Tim Burch and posted in Opinions, Survey

2013: NovAtel’s WAAS G-II reference receiver. (Photo: NovAtel)

Random recollections of GPS/GNSS

September 9, 2020

GPS had been around for about five years before first launch in February 1978 and Full Operational Capability […]

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This article is tagged with BeiDou, Full Operational Capability, Galileo, GLONASS, GNSS, GPS, NovAtel, Rx Networks, Tony Murfin, Wide Area Augmentation System and posted in Opinions

1976: The first military GPS five-channel receiver built in one of several programs that studied the feasibility of GPS. The receiver weighed more than 270 pounds and had seats for two operators. (Photo: Rockwell Collins/Smithsonian)

Our insatiable appetite for GPS

September 3, 2020

Like the internet before it, GPS started as a niche technology and became a universally recognized one, though […]

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This article is tagged with GPS, GPS accuracy, GPS history, Matteo Lucio, ride sharing, scientific research, technology and posted in Opinions

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No silver bullet for US PNT: Many sources needed

August 18, 2020

Many PNT sources from multiple providers needed “We cannot have GPS signals be a single point of failure […]

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This article is tagged with GNSS, GPS, navigation, PNT systems, positioning, timing, U.S. Department of Defense and posted in Featured Stories, Latest News, Opinions

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I was expecting a jetpack…

August 17, 2020

When I was a kid in the 1960s, I was entranced by the vision of the future. Decades […]

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This article is tagged with drone technology, GNSS, GNSS technology, GPS, Information Age, jetpack, navigation, Tracy Cozzens and posted in From the Magazine

NovAtel has demonstrated its SPAN technology in a sensor-fusion project aimed at autonomous vehicles. (Image: NovAtel)

How companies are using alternative PNT

June 26, 2020

Not just supporting players, alternative positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) systems strengthen, augment and — when needed — […]

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This article is tagged with alternative PNT, Department of Homeland Security, GPS, GPS satellite, Matteo Lucio, Orolia, PNT services, SBG Systems, Tracy Cozzens and posted in Featured Stories, From the Magazine, GNSS

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GPS celebrates 25 years of operation

April 27, 2020

“Celebrating this anniversary gives us a moment to recognize how far we’ve come, but also to get pumped […]

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This article is tagged with Global Positioning System, GPS, GPS milestone, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force and posted in Featured Stories, GNSS, Latest News