China launches second compass satellite

The Chinese news agency Xinhua reports the successful launch on April 14 of a second Beidou/Compass global navigation satellite, destined for geostationary orbit along the equator at an altitude of about 22,300 miles.

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Gps at risk: doomsday 2010

The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued on May 7 an alarming report on the future of GPS, characterizing ongoing modernization efforts as shaky. The agency appears to single out the IIF program as the weak link between current stability and ensured future capability, calling into doubt "whether the Air Force will be able to acquire new satellites in time to...

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Time to celebrate galileo's birthday

No, not the astronomer; rather, it's time to wish Europe's nascent GNSS a happy birthday. It has been three years since the in-orbit validation program for Galileo began with the first signal broadcast by the GIOVE-A satellite.

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Tomtom changes up pnd management, hires apple vet

TomTom has announced a new structure to its portable navigation device (PND) division, appointing Corinne Vigreux as managing director and adding Ken McAlpine jas senior vice president of product design and Alex Batchelor as executive vice president of marketing.

Expert advice: surveyors ask about civil p(y) sunset

My October 28 live web seminar #34;Is Dual-Frequency GPS -- As We Know It -- Becoming Obsolete?#34; was the most well-attended webinar to date for GPS World! I really enjoyed it and look forward to the next one in February 2009. The October webinar focused on the Department of Defense decision to discontinue supporting P(Y) on GPS L1 and L2 for civilian users after December 31, 2020.br/br/[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/GpsSystemIntegrationDesignTest/~4/o0eD0SXYLps" height="1" width="1"/

Ec, esa narrow galileo contractor's list to 11

The European Commission (EC) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have selected 11 applicants out of the 21 that applied to build or supply various aspects of GALILEO under the commission's procurement plan.

New jersey could ban manual gps devices in cars

A New Jersey legislator is hoping to ban in-car navigation systems that rely on manual input. Voice-activated units would still be allowed.
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Gps and laser mapping rivals traditional survey techniques

3D Laser Mapping Ltd. has announced that it has completed a field test of its StreetMapper mobile laser system for the Danish Road Directorate, which resulted in accuracies of better than 13 mm, according to the company.

Update on on national pnt architecture, federal radionavigation plan, more

Karen Van Dyke of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, gave a presentation on the National Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Architecture at the January meeting of the Institute of Navigation. The Architecture is a study initiative in the works for some time now, focused #34;on the 2025 timeframe#34; for #34;more effective and...br/br/[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/GpsSurveyConstruction/~4/un15Wqfwx3g" height="1" width="1"/