Opinions Letters to the Editor – December 2006 Published December 1, 2006 By GPS World Staff Join the Discussion U.S. Needs Clear GPS Vision; NDGPS Killer App; WAAS in Eastern Canada Read more » letters
Opinions Survey DIRECTIONS 2007: Survey & Construction Published December 1, 2006 By Eric Gakstatter Join the Discussion While 2006 saw two IIR-M satellite launches, look for double that in 2007. Even if new launches don?t improve the PDOP spikes, we?ll have more reliable hardware in orbit. The Big Mo is rolling. Read more » Survey Scene
Mapping Brian Soliday Joins TerraGo Technologies Published November 9, 2006 By Tracy Cozzens Join the Discussion TerraGo Technologies, provider of GeoPDF and the MAP2PDF family of products, announced that Brian Soliday has joined the company as vice-president of sales. Soliday will be responsible for expanding use of the company’s geospatial data distribution format known as GeoPDF. Prior to signing on with TerraGo, Soliday spent almost 20 years in various sales, consulting, […] Read more » GIS GSS TerraGo
Defense Geo-Enabling the IC with GeoPDF Published October 27, 2006 By GPS World Staff Join the Discussion This week, TerraGo Technologies announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement with In-Q-Tel -- an independent venture capital fund tasked with identifying new technologies for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the larger intelligence community (IC) -- to spark the development of new mapping solutions needed by such IC leaders as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Read more » GEOINT GIS TerraGo
GNSS Transportation NDGPS Abandoned? Published October 3, 2006 By GPS World Staff Join the Discussion The Federal Railroad Administration has relinquished responsibility for national differential GPS (NDGPS), saying that it no longer supports NDGPS for positive train control. Read more » nationwide differential GPS NDGPS
Opinions Letters to the Editor – October 2006 Published October 1, 2006 By GPS World Staff Join the Discussion Constellation Viability; NDGPS Budget; Air Traffic; and Race FX Read more » letters
Survey Blue Marble Offers Applied Geodesy Training in Houston After the GIS for Oil and Gas Show Published September 12, 2006 By GPS World Staff Join the Discussion Blue Marble Geographics will be offering applied geodesy training in their Geographic Calculator class after the GIS for Oil and Gas Conference on Friday, September 22nd. The day-long session is an in-depth training course using a flexible data-conversion application. Read more » Blue Marble construction GIS maps oil and gas
Transportation Troubleshoot Before Takeoff Published September 1, 2006 By GPS World Staff Join the Discussion Modeling and simulation, two separate but related activities conducted prior to flight tests of high-performance military navigation systems, can reduce costs, shorten timelines, and remove some uncontrollable variables from the process, to deliver more accurate, verifiable results. Read more » airports aviation
GNSS Opinions Survey Expert Advice: Managing the GPS Constellation for Today’s Needs Published September 1, 2006 By GPS World Staff Join the Discussion For many, GPS is at its best performance ever, with 29 satellites in orbit and user range errors at their lowest levels in years. Yet for others, GPS performance falls short of expectations. Read more » Expert Advice GNSS Design & Test Newsletter GPS constellation
Defense Galileo GNSS Opinions Leadership Talks: Is Galileo Real, or Not? Published September 1, 2006 By GPS World Staff Join the Discussion Interview with Javad Ashjaee. It is not obvious who the forces behind the Galileo project are, who is going to fund it, and who needs it to the extent that they are willing to pay for it." Read more » Iridium
