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The GPS/GNSS newsletter by NavtechGPS Inc., the GPS professional's resource since 1984. |
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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)
Production
& Design: Yelena Teterina (yteterina@navtechgps.com)
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ITEM 1) GALILEO
ICD RELEASED
The Galileo open service ICD was made public on 23 May.
You can download it from
http://www.galileoju.com
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ITEM 2)
MANCHESTER CGSIC ISC PRESENTATIONS
The presentations from the European meeting of the CGSIC
International Subcommittee are now available at:
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/cgsic/meetings/default.htm.
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ITEM 3) GNSS
COURSES AT ESA ESTEC, NOORDWIJK, THE NETHERLANDS
NavtechGPS will hold GNSS courses on June 19-23, 2006 at ESA
ESTEC facility in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
The following courses will be offered:
Course 357A: Fundamentals of GPS and Introduction to DGPS (Days
1-2 of Course 357)
Instructor: Mr. Keith McDonald
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem357.asp#357A
Course 357B: Advanced GPS Operation for Engineers (Days 3-4 of
Course 357)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem357.asp#357B
Instructor: Dr. Chris Hegarty
Course 357C: Galileo Design and Development (Day 5 of Course
357)
Instructors: Mr. Marco Falcone, Dr. Jörg Hahn, Mr. T. Burger,
Mr. M. Hollreiser
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem357.asp#357C
Course 357: GNSS Operation for Engineers and Technical
Professionals (The full 5-day course)
Instructors: Mr. Keith McDonald, Dr. Chris Hegarty, Mr. Marco
Falcone, Dr. Jorg Hahn, Mr. T. Burger, Mr. M. Hollreiser
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem357.asp
For complete information, please visit http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/sem2006schedule.asp#0605_ESA
Online registration is now available at:
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/semreg.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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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
NOTE: Complete tutorial info will be posted by June 1 on
www.navtechgps.com.
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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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October 18-20, 2006
12th IAIN World Congress
2006 International Symposium on GPS/GNSS
ICC
Jeju, Korea
http://www.iaincongress.org/
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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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