A Federal Register notice has announced Department of Transportation (DoT) plans to conduct additional testing of GPS/GNSS receivers this month as part of their Adjacent Band Compatibility (ABC) Study. The notice was issued by DoT Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology Gregory Winfree.
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The GPS Directorate is requesting public comments on proposed changes to several interface specification (IS) and Interface Control documents (ICDs) for GPS signals in space. GPS receiver designers will be particularly interested in the changes as they affect how GPS signals should be processed in user equipment. ( more)
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When we're using a mobile location-based application such as getting driving directions from Google Maps, it's not surprising to see advertisements from local businesses showing up in our browsers. Customized advertising, after all, is Google's bread and butter. ( more) |
Federal Agencies Plan Shutdown of 37 Differential GPS Stations
The U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and the Department of Transportation (DoT) has released a Federal Register notice announcing a reduction of the Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System (NDGPS). ( more) |
Bradford Parkinson, the original manager of the NAVSTAR GPS development program and a Stanford professor emeritus of aeronautics and astronautics, will receive the 2016 Marconi Prize at a November 2 banquet and award ceremony during the Stanford PNT Symposium. The $100,000 prize, given annually, recognizes major advances in the field that benefit humanity. ( more) |
