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The GPS/GNSS newsletter by NavtechGPS Inc., the GPS professional's resource since 1984. |
| March 26, 2007 |
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ITEM 1) CGSIC:
NATIONAL POSITIONING, NAVIGATION AND TIMING ADVISORY BOARD NAMED
NEWS RELEASE
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David E. Steitz
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1730
Doc Mirelson
National PNT Coordination Office
202-482-1496/5809
National Positioning, Navigation and Timing Advisory Board Named
WASHINGTON - NASA and the National Executive Committee for
Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) announced
Thursday, March 22 the members of the National Space-Based
Positioning, Navigation and Timing Advisory Board. James
Schlesinger will chair the 24-member board; Brad Parkinson is
the vice-chair.
The U.S. Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Policy
of December 8, 2004, established a permanent National
Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Executive
Committee. The committee is co-chaired by the Deputy Secretaries
of the Departments of Defense and Transportation with equivalent
representatives from the Departments of State, Commerce, and
Homeland Security; the Joint Chiefs of Staff and NASA.
NASA established the advisory board on behalf of the executive
committee. The board will operate in an advisory capacity as
directed by the national PNT policy and in accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act.
The board will provide advice, as directed by the executive
committee, about U.S. space-based PNT policy, services, planning
and program management. The board's first meeting is in
Washington March 29-30. The public meetings will be in the
Polaris Suite, Reagan International Trade Center, 1300
Pennsylvania Ave. For additional board information, contact the
Advisory Committee Management Officer, Diane Rausch at
202-358-4510.
For information about U.S. national PNT policy, the executive
committee, advisory board members, charter, meeting dates and
public sessions, visit:
http://www.pnt.gov
U.S. Advisory Board Members:
James R. Schlesinger, Chair - Chairman, Board of Trustees, MITRE
Bradford Parkinson, Vice Chair - Professor, Stanford University
Phil Boyer - Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Capt. Joseph D. Burns, U.S. Navy (Ret.) - United Airlines
Ann Ciganer - U.S. GPS Industry Council
Susan M. Cischke - Ford Motor Company
Per K. Enge - Professor, Stanford University
Martin C. Faga - Former President and CEO, MITRE
Keith R. Hall - Booz Allen Hamilton
Robert J. Hermann - Global Technology Partners, LLC
Chester A. Huber - OnStar Corporation
David Logsdon - U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Gen. Lance Lord, USAF (Ret.) - Former Commander, U.S. Air Force
Space Command
Timothy A. Murphy - The Boeing Company
Terence J. McGurn - CIA (Ret.); currently, private consultant
Gen. James P. McCarthy, USAF (Ret.) - Professor, U.S. Air Force
Academy
Ruth Neilan - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Charles R. Trimble - Chairman, U.S. GPS Industry Council
International Committee:
Gerhard Beutler - International Association of Geodesy,
Switzerland
Arve Dimmen - Norwegian Coastal Administration
Suresh V. Kibe - Indian Space Research Organization
Keith McPherson - Airservices Australia
Hiroshi Nishiguchi - Japan GPS Council
Capt. Richard A. Smith, Royal Navy (Ret.) - International
Association of Institutes of Navigation, England
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ITEM 2) TECHNICAL
TUTORIALS PRIOR TO ION GNSS 2007
REGISTER NOW FOR NAVTECH'S 2007 TUTORIALS!
- EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT DEADLINE AUGUST 24
- MAKE HOTEL RESERVATIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR SPECIAL RATES
Browse our 32 technical tutorials to be held September 24-25 in
Fort Worth, Texas prior to the ION GNSS 2007 Conference:
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPStutorials/iongnss2007.asp
Register for tutorials on-line at:
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPStutorials/tutreg.asp
(Register on or before August 24th for an early bird discount!)
Make Your Hotel Reservations Online as soon as possible for
special ION rates at:
http://www.ion.org/meetings/gnss2007hotel.cfm
Separate online registration for the ION GNSS 2007 conference
will be available soon at:
http://www.ion.org/registration/
** Please note that NavtechGPS and the ION are different
organizations.
This is the world's largest GPS meeting, with the largest
exhibit. Be there for product announcements, leading edge
technical papers
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ITEM 3) MAY COURSES IN NOORDWIJK, NETHERLANDS
NavtechGPS will hold GNSS courses on May 21-25, 2007 at
ESA-ESTEC facility in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
The following courses will be offered:
Course 359A: Fundamentals of GNSS (Day 1 of Course 359),
May 21, 2007
Instructor: Mr. Keith McDonald
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem359.asp#359A
Course 359B: GNSS Signals and Receiver Operations
(Days 2-3 of Course 359), May 22-23, 2007
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem359.asp#359B
Instructor: Dr. Chris Hegarty
Course 359C: Galileo Design, Development and Signal
Processing
(Days 4-5 of Course 359), May 24-25, 2007
Instructors: Mr. Marco Falcone, Dr. Jörg Hahn, Mr. T. Burger,
Dr. M. Hollreiser
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem359.asp#359C
Course 359: GNSS Operation for Engineers and Technical
Professionals
(The full 5-day course), May 21-25, 2007
Instructors: Mr. Keith McDonald, Dr. Chris Hegarty, Mr. Marco
Falcone, Dr. Jörg Hahn, Mr. Thomas Burger, Dr. Martin Hollreiser
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem359.asp
Course 448: Advanced Receiver Processing of GNSS Signals
(May 21-24, 2007)
Instructor: Dr. John Betz
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem448.asp
For complete information, please visit
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/sem2007schedule.asp#0704_ESA
Online registration is now available at:
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/semreg.asp
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ITEM 4) JUNE COURSES
IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA
Sheraton Safari Hotel
Orlando, Florida
(NOTE: book your hotel room by May
14th and ask for NavtechGPS room-block to get our special rates)
356: "GPS Operation for Engineers and Technical
Professionals", taught by
Mr. Keith McDonald and Dr. Chris Hegarty (June 4-8, 2007)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem356.asp
About this course:
- To give a comprehensive introduction to GPS and DGPS
technology, system concepts, design, operation, implementation
and applications.
- To provide detailed information on the GPS signal, its
processing by the receiver, and the techniques by which GPS
obtains position, velocity and time.
- To present current information on the status, plans, schedule
and capabilities for GPS, as well as for other satellite-based
systems with position determination applications.
- To fill in technical information gaps for those working in
GPS.
Who should attend:
Excellent for engineering staff who need to be rapidly brought
up to speed on GPS, and for those already working in GPS who
need exposure to the system as a whole, in order to work more
effectively.
111: "GPS Fundamentals",
taught by Mr. Keith McDonald (June 4, 2007)(same as Day 1 of
Course 356)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem111.asp
122: "GPS Fundamentals and Enhancements",
taught by Mr. McDonald (June 4-5, 2007)(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 (June 6, 2007)(same as Day 3 of
Course 356)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem217.asp
356B: "GPS Operations: DGPS, GPS Signals & Processing",
taught by Dr. Chris Hegarty (June 6-8, 2007) (The first day,
Wednesday, is the same as 217)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem356.asp#356B
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447: Applied Kalman Filtering (4.5 days)
Dr. Larry Levy (June 4-8, 2007)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem447.asp
About this course:
This course is a highly intensive short course on Kalman
filtering and Kalman filtering applications. Emphasis in the
course is on practical applications, but sufficient supporting
theory is provided to give attendees the necessary tools for
meaningful research and development work in the field.
Considerable time is devoted to modeling, the most difficult
aspect of Kalman filtering, in an application setting.
There will be a high level of instructor/attendee interaction,
designed to provide hands-on problem solving and solution
discussions. The learning experience will also be supplemented
by homework assignments to assist attendees in improving their
understanding of course concepts.
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ITEM 5) 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" last January.
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.int/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:
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 is at
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~welch/kalman/
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ITEM 6) MEETINGS
CALENDAR
______________________________________
April 23-25, 2007
63rd Annual Meeting
with Bio-Nav and Classified Sessions
Royal Sonesta Hotel
Cambridge, Massachusetts
www.ion.org
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September 25-28, 2007 (NavtechGPS Tutorials: September 24-25)
ION GNSS 2007
Fort Worth Convention Center
Fort Worth, Texas
www.ion.org
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