GPS Avionics and Transportation

Symmetricom Announces PCI Express Time and Frequency Processor Cards

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:50:17 +0300

Symmetricom, Inc. today announced two PCI Express (PCIe) time and frequency computer plug-in cards.The bc635PCIe and the GPS synchronized bc637PCIe bring precise time and frequency functions to the latest computers and servers equipped with PCIe bus technology, the company said.

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

President, Congress Abandon National Infrastructure

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:37:34 +0300

Teams in the National Football League have backups. The United States government, military, financial network, wireless communication and transportation infrastructures do not. Having ridden to election in part on the back of the previous administration’s lack of readiness for and response to natural disaster, the Obama administration and Democratic Congress seem willing, if not eager, to commit...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Trimble's Placer Gold GPS Receivers Available for Public Safety Applications

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:29:24 +0300

Trimble announced today the availability of its Placer Gold receiver, a 12-channel Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, designed to provide reliable, fully-configurable vehicle location and reporting for mission-critical automatic vehicle location (AVL) applications. Trimble's Placer receivers are used by public safety and emergency responders to more efficiently locate and dispatch response...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Geolife and PosiMotion Develop Turn-by-Turn Nav iPod Application

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:34:43 +0300

GeoLife Ltd. and PosiMotion LLC today announced that they have submitted an application to the Apple App Store that enables personal turn-by-turn navigation on both the iPod touch and the iPhone. When the application is approved it will be the first navigation solution available for the iPod touch.

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Navteq Awarded Contract with National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:12:03 +0300

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded Navteq a contract as the map data and content provider for the comprehensive global commodity dataset (SATNAV) that offers transportation, public venues and miscellaneous points of interest data layers.

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Navman Wireless Debuts Tiny Jupiter3 GPS Receiver Modules

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:11:24 +0300

Navman Wireless OEM Solutions today announced the availability of its new Jupiter3 GPS receiver module, the company’s smallest GPS module and the basis of its next generation of GPS receiver solutions. The company says that the Jupiter3 delivers flexibility for manufacturers to design smaller, more efficient and cost-effective products containing GPS capability.

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

New FAA Regulation Requires Confirmation of RAIM Availability

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:43:43 +0300

On July 1, a provision in U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Advisory Circular AC90-100A came into effect requiring receiver autonomous integrity monitoring (RAIM) availability to be confirmed where GNSS is the sole navigation aid for area navigation (RNAV) procedures on low-altitude "T routes" and high-altitude (above 18,000 feet) "Q routes" that shorten the geographical distance...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

FAA Approves First U.S. Ground-Based Augmentation System

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:35:05 +0300

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved Honeywell’s Smartpath Precision Landing System, clearing the way for increased safety and efficiency at airports by providing precise navigation service based on GPS. The first U.S.-approved system is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and will become operational early next year.

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The System: Glitches and Vulnerabilities

Alan Cameron David Last — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:16:41 +0300

The first in a series of deviations from normal GPS signal broadcasts during September was noted by researches at the University of New Brunswick, among others around the globe, who found that normal signals from the L1 and L2 transmitters on the GPS satellite PRN01/SVN49 were unavailable for more than two hours on the morning of September 4.

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Expert Advice: GPS Forensics, Crime, and Jamming

David Last — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:10:04 +0300

The most widely used of all GPS devices are in-car navigators. When vehicles carrying navigators are used for criminal purposes, records contained in the devices may be examined. Such investigations rely on newly developed forensic techniques that employ a combination of computer expertise and navigation knowledge, yielding valuable data for crime investigators.

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]