Mobile ITC Upholds Broadcom Claims, Issues Order Against SiRF Published January 16, 2009 By GPS World Staff Join the Discussion The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued an exclusion order against certain SiRF GPS chips and products containing those chips imported into the United States, as well as cease-and-desist orders against SiRF and four specific SiRF customers. Read more » Broadcom court case ITC lawsuit patents personal navigation SiRF
Survey Sidwell Designing GIS for Oil and Gas Infrastructure Appraiser Published January 8, 2009 By GPS World Staff Join the Discussion Capitol Appraisal Group Inc. (CAGI) has contracted with the Sidwell Co., asking it to provide a system to inventory, value, and keep track of oil and gas infrastructure and the land parcels on which they are built. Read more » construction maps oil and gas pipeline surveying
Opinions Survey Survey Perspectives: The Beginning of the Battle Published January 6, 2009 By Eric Gakstatter Join the Discussion This year will be the beginning of the battle between Trimble/Spectra and Topcon/Sokkia with Leica in the fray as well; the companies own 75 percent of the market between them. The other players in this market are going to have be creative in 2009 to remain competitive in the market. Read more » Survey Scene
Defense Assessing the Spoofing Threat Published January 1, 2009 By GPS World Staff Join the Discussion A portable spoofer implemented on a digital signal processor mounts a spoofing attack, characterizes spoofing effects, and suggests possible defense tactics. GNSS users and receiver manufacturers should explore and implement authentication methods against sophisticated spoofing attacks. Read more » defense jamming security spoofing surveillance
Mobile Transportation GNSS Receiver Evaluation Published January 1, 2009 By GPS World Staff Join the Discussion This article addresses how best to quantify “which navigation system performs best” in a realistic testing scenario. The methodology focuses on land vehicles navigating in urban environments, but applies equally well to pedestrian navigation and can be adapted for testing assisted-GNSS implementations. During a drive test, the truth-reference system and RF recording system log samples to disk, with no need for the receivers under test to be included during the actual drive. Read more » 3GPP A-GPS assisted GPS auto navigation automotive GNSS receiver GNSS receiver testing GNSS simulation personal navigation record and playback simulator
Opinions Survey Survey & Construction Newsletter, Late December 2008 Published December 18, 2008 By Eric Gakstatter Join the Discussion Being December, it?s time for my look into next year. It?s become somewhat of a tradition for me and this year is no different. What does 2009 have in store for the GNSS user? Read more » Survey Scene
Opinions GIS Gives Simulators More Realism Published December 9, 2008 By Art Kalinski Join the Discussion What is a GIS guy doing at a training simulation conference? Having a lot of fun — and learning that GIS makes everything better. By Art Kalinski, GISP Last week I attended the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in Orlando, Florida. It was an international gathering of more than 16,000 attendees, both military […] Read more » GeoIntelligence Insider Geospatial Solutions GSS
LizardTech Hosting Application Video Series Published December 2, 2008 By Tracy Cozzens Join the Discussion Celartem Inc.’s LizardTech has launched a series of videos that focus on different LizardTech applications and will appear regularly on its corporate Web site. The series begins with a video showing Express Server in action with applications such as AutoCAD Map 3D and other programs to access imagery via WMS, according to the company. Additional […] Read more » GIS GSS LizardTech
Opinions Survey Survey & Construction Newsletter, Early December 2008 Published December 2, 2008 By Eric Gakstatter Join the Discussion As much as GPS World's 2008 GNSS Election was designed for entertainment value, the arguments from both parties are real world, and from people waist-deep in GNSS receiver and infrastructure development. In reality, nations around the world are pushing forth with both the Satellite Party and Signal Party initiatives. Read more » Survey Scene
Opinions Letters to the Editor: Election Results Disputed Published December 1, 2008 By GPS World Staff Join the Discussion Election Results Disputed Read more » letters