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The GPS/GNSS newsletter by NavtechGPS Inc., the GPS professional's resource since 1984. |
| April 25, 2006 |
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Editor-in-Chief:
Carolyn P. McDonald (send news items to cmcdonald@navtechgps.com)
Technical
Editor: Keith D. McDonald (satconsult@aol.com)
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& Design: Yelena Teterina (yteterina@navtechgps.com)
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ITEM 1) 2ND
EDITION OF GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM TEXTBOOK NOW IN STOCK!
Navtech is the exclusive distributor of this exciting NEW 2nd
Edition Global Positioning System: Signals, Measurements and
Performance textbook by Pratap Misra and Per Enge.
This book offers a comprehensive introduction to GPS: the
system, signals, receivers, measurements, and algorithms for
estimation of position, velocity, and time. It is intended both
as a textbook for a senior- or graduate-level engineering course
and a self-study guide for science majors.
The book is divided into three parts. Part I introduces
radionavigation and the basic framework for a global positioning
system, including coordinate frames, time references, and
satellite orbits. Part II takes the student to the fruits of
GPS: estimation of position, velocity, and time. Part III
discusses the ingenious structure of the GPS signals, and the
signal processing steps required to extract the necessary
measurements from these signals.
To give the student a hands-on experience with GPS, this book
includes a CD with a number of GPS data sets from several sites.
A set of homework problems requires the student to write simple
MATLAB code to analyze these data.
For more information and to place your order, please visit
http://www.navtechgps.com/supply/2500.asp
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ITEM 2)
IS-GPS-800 NOW AVAILABLE ON NAVCEN GPS WEBSITE
The IS-GPS-800: Navstar GPS Space Segment / User Segment L1C
Interfaces
is available on the NAVCEN GPS modernization page.
(http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/gps/modernization/default.htm)
Comments on the document are due by 5 June 2006.
Please follow the instructions for submitting comments.
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ITEM 3) COURSES
OFFERED MAY 1-5, 2006 IN ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND (NEAR WASHINGTON DC
AND BALTIMORE). 2 NEW COURSES FOR 2006!
NEW! 314: "GPS Receiver Principles Using OpenGPS Software",
taught by Dr. Clifford Kelley (May 5, 2006)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem314.asp
NEW! 438: "Advanced Receiver Processing of GNSS Signals", taught
by Dr. John Betz (May 2-4, 2006)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem438.asp
447: "Applied Kalman Filtering", taught by Dr. Larry Levy (May
1-5, 2006)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem447.asp
356: "GPS Operation for Engineers and Technical Professionals",
taught by Mr. Keith McDonald and Dr. Chris Hegarty (May 1-5,
2006)
For those professionals new to GPS or wanting to fill in their
knowledge gaps.
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem356.asp
111: "GPS Fundamentals", taught by Mr. Keith McDonald (May 1,
2006)(same as Day 1 of Course 356)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem111.asp
122: "GPS Fundamentals and Enhancements", taught by Mr. McDonald
(May 1-2, 2006)(same as Days 1-2 of Course 356)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem122.asp
217: "Introduction to Differential GPS", taught by Dr. Chris
Hegarty (May 3, 2006)(same as Day 3 of Course 356)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem217.asp
356B: "Advanced GPS Operation for Engineers", taught by Dr.
Chris Hegarty (May 3-5, 2006) (The first day, Wednesday, is the
same as 217)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem356.asp
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ITEM 4)
NEWSLETTER LINKS and USEFUL WEBSITES (This is an
archival list. Please notify us if your own link changes.)
* Mr. Glen Gibbons, founding editor of GPS World, launched a new
international trade journal, Inside GNSS. The second issue
arrived on our desk in early April. Subscription is FREE and
details can be found at
http://www.insidegnss.com
* The European Space Agency publishes an EGNOS newsletter that
is called EGNOS NEWS, focusing both on EGNOS and on satellite
navigation issues:
http://ravel.esrin.esa.it/docs/egnos/estb/newsletter.htm
* To view details on GPS World magazine, the GPS standard since
1990, go to
http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld
* For the archives of the Locus Inc. newsletter on LORAN
positioning and timing, go to, go to:
http://www.locusinc.com/loran_newsletter.html
* For the newsletter published by Professional Surveyor
Magazine, go to
http://www.profsurv.com/newpsm/news.php
* Continuously updated newsletter by the US Coast Guard's
Navigation Center "NAVCEN" is at
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/
* Military and Aerospace magazine's newsletter is found at:
http://mae.pennnet.com/Search/index.cfm?Section=Archives
* Kalman filter site maintained by Gregory F. Welch, UNC, Chapel
Hill, Nc
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~welch/kalman/
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ITEM 5) MEETINGS
CALENDAR
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April 25-27, 2006
IEEE/ION PLANS 2006
Loews Coronado Bay Resort
San Diego, California
NOTE: The deadline to submit an abstract for IEEE/ION PLANS 2006
is November
15, 2005.
Contact www.PLANS2006.org
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July 18-21, 2006
International Global Navigation Satellite Systems (IGNSS)
Society Inc. 2006
GPS/GNSS Symposium
Holiday Inn Surfers Paradise
Queensland, Australia
www.ignss.org
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September 26-29, 2006 (Navtech Tutorials: September 25-26)
ION GNSS 2006
Fort Worth Convention Center
Fort Worth, Texas
www.ion.org
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October 23-25, 2006
International Loran Association Conference
2006 Convention and Technical Symposium - ILA-35
Mystic Marriott Hotel and Spa
Groton, Connecticut
www.loran.org/events.html
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September 25-28, 2007 (Navtech Tutorials: September 24-25)
ION GNSS 2007
Fort Worth Convention Center
Fort Worth, Texas
www.ion.org
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