EUROPE
Space Council Backs Galileo; 2011 Funding Still Unresolved
[GNSS Signals Exclusive] Galileo and the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) have received a strong reaffirmation of support from the highest levels of the European Union (EU) and the European Space Agency (ESA). (more) |
UNITED STATES
GPS SVN23 Turns 20
[GNSS Signals Exclusive] A 20-year-old GPS Block IIA satellite designated as space vehicle number 23 (SVN23) is setting new records in longevity among the durable spacecraft of the Global Positioning System. (more) |
NORTH POLE
Tracking Santa and Father Frost: GPS or GLONASS
[GNSS Signals Exclusive] As GLONASS approaches completion, it's no surprise that the Russian counterpart to GPS has gotten into more popular applications of GNSS technology - even Santa-tracking. (more) |
U.S. COURTS
United States Appeals Courts Disagree on GPS Technology and Privacy Rights
Secret tracking using GPS may be simple, undetectable and cheap - but appeals courts can't decide if it's constitutional. (more) |
INSIDE GNSS
World Wide GNSS
GNSS and the Internet. Less than a generation has passed since these two pervasive, global systems first became practical realities for the Earth's citizens, and now it seems as though they have always been here, connected to everything. (more) |
RESOURCES
ION Releases New Volume in GPS 'Redbook' Series
The Institute of Navigation (ION) has released volume seven of its Global Positioning Systems Redbook, a collection of technical papers on integrated systems including - but not exclusively limited to - GPS. (more) |
