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  • Linux Foundation forms Overture Maps Foundation

    Linux Foundation forms Overture Maps Foundation

    The Linux Foundation has launched the Overture Maps Foundation, interoperable open map data for developers who build map services or use geospatial data and to strengthen mapping services globally. Overture expects to release its first datasets in the first half of this year.

    Overture aims to deliver services including collaborative map building by incorporating data from Overture members, civic organizations, and open data sources, creating a global entity reference system, quality assurance processes to detect map errors and ensure map data can be used in production systems, and a structured data schema to create an ecosystem of map data. Additionally, map data is open and extensible to users under an open data license.

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    Founded by Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and TomTom to help developers source and curate up to date map data, Overture will integrate with existing open map data from projects such as OpenStreetMap and city planning departments, as well as with new map data contributed by members, to create a living digital record of the physical world using artificial intelligence and machine leaning techniques.

    The initial release of datasets will include basic layers including buildings, roads and administrative information with plans to improve coverage, resolution and accuracy of existing data over time. It also will introduce new layers including places, routing and 3D building data.

  • Discovering a new GPS journal

    Discovering a new GPS journal

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    Ismael Colomina, chief scientist, Geonumerics

    Believe it or not, I remember clearly when one of my colleagues, at the beginning of 1990 in my office, made me aware of the upcoming GPS World journal. He went through the list of the already-appointed members of the editorial board and found some key names; Vidal Ashkenazi comes now to my mind. Later on, we received the first issue which, I am sure, must be carefully stored in the library of, at the time my employer, the Institute of Cartography of Catalonia (ICC).

    I also remember the day we were processing GPS kinematic measurements of an aerial survey conducted with Sercel NR52 and TR5SB C/A-code L1 GPS receivers (one was 33 x 38 x 33 cm3 and 18 kg; the other was even bulkier, and both operated on valves). That was for the new GPS aerial triangulation method.

    Shortly after, the application to airborne laser scanning came, and then INS/GPS integration for airborne remote sensing and mobile mapping. Then came the reinforcing high-speed loop of new applications, technology and challenges. The rest is history. An invariant of these 30 years has been that on our tables there were always one or more issues of GPS World. GPS World issues are always around us, part of our offices’ landscapes.

    Last but not least, I cannot tell apart the early days of the journal from its founding editor, Glen Gibbons, who has to be credited for about half the life of the magazine. He brought me onboard GeoConvergencia and, later on, when GeoConvergencia was stopped, to GPS World. I used to share with him ideas and results, and he used to scold me about not publishing them in his journal.

  • Scott accepts 2018 Signals Leadership Award

    Scott accepts 2018 Signals Leadership Award

    Logan Scott, principal, LS Consulting. (Photo: Melanie Beus)
    Logan Scott, principal, LS Consulting. (Photo: Melanie Beus)

    Logan Scott, principal at LS Consulting, is the inventor of an asymmetric navigation security paradigm for civil GPS signals that avoids the need for secure key storage in civil receivers and allows for widespread adoption in applications without physical security capabilities. Scott received the 2018 Signals Leadership Award from GPS World magazine. Read his acceptance speech below.

    A crucial first step in developing resilient responses is to recognize that there is a problem so you can isolate it. Otherwise, an overly trusted element can contaminate the solution.

    I am honored to accept this award from GPS World and our sponsors tonight. It has been a long journey from my initial vision of how civil signals might be authenticated to where we are now, with a draft Chimera signal specification nearing readiness for review.

    I’d like to thank the Air Force Research Laboratory for sponsoring these efforts, and I would also like to acknowledge the outstanding efforts of the entire signals working group without whom this milestone would not have been reached: Captain Katie Carroll, Jon Anderson, Joanna Hinks and Nate DeVilbiss who brought me in on the project; Joe Rushanan and Jim Gillis who taught me so much about cryptography; Renee Yazdi and Brady O’Hanlon who pushed for no compromises. Working with this team has been one of the highlights of my professional career.

    We have a solid design that fully realizes the benefits of chip-level binding with both fast and slow authentication capabilities. Chimera can offer security benefits far beyond the security theater of data message signing only. Moreover, it is a first step towards proving location.

    Moving forward, the challenge I offer to you all is this: how can we establish the integrity and truthfulness of position and time reports both locally and remotely? How can we prove location, not only to ourselves but also to remotely located entities? In a world of autonomous vehicles, geofenced capabilities and information access, and an insecure supply chain, it is not enough to say that “I saw it on the C/A code.”

    Complementary and overlapping techniques are essential in establishing the veracity of any claims. In support of this, we can and must provide assured spectrum protections for all GNSS systems.

    Again, thank you very much for this award.

  • GPS World 2017 travel and discoveries

    The GPS World staff traveled the world this year, documenting the latest in GNSS technology through articles, videos and photos. Scroll through the map to get an overview from each show, as well as more detailed coverage in the links provided.

  • The Business — February 2015

    The Business and Hey, AU sections from the February 2015 issue. Download the PDF.

    The Business includes:

    • GeoOptics Study Supports GNSS-RO
    • SkyTraq Offers Module for Wearables
    • Ford Autonomous Vehicle On the Way
    • U.S. Army Explores eLoran PNT
    • Briefs

    Hey, AU: Autonomous Unmanned includes:

    • FAA Grants UAS Exemptions
    • OriginGPS Module Powers Tiny Drone

     

  • The Business — January 2015

    The Business section from the January 2015 issue. Download the PDF.

    Includes:

    • CSR Preparing for Large Indoor Location Market
    • FAA Grants UAS Exemption to Trimble Navigation
    • Leica’s GNSS Unlimited Allows for Upgrades
    • Broadcom Launches Location Hub with Galileo Support for Smartphones
    • SkyTraq GNSS Receiver Module Provides Indoor/Outdoor Positioning
    • Briefs

  • The Business — December 2014

    The Business section from the December 2014 issue of GPS World. Download the PDF.

    Includes:

    • Qualcomm to Acquire SiRF Chipmaker CSR
    • OriginGPS Launches Nano Spider for Wearables, Watches
    • Samsung Smart Watch Has GPS + GLONASS
    • Satlab Launches on-the-Pole Survey Receiver
    • Smart Antenna Designed for Urban Canyons
    • Telit GPS Module Helps Migration to Full GNSS
    • Researchers Honored with Water Prize
    • Briefs

  • The Business & Product Showcase — November 2014

    The Business section from the November 2014 issue. Download the PDF.

    Includes:

    InterGeo 2014

    Trimble Expands Portfolio for Surveyors, Adds GIS Products; Topcon Announces Geodetic Reference Receiver and Antenna; Carlson Software Introduces Surveyor2 Data Collector at InterGeo; Hemisphere GNSS Offers Survey-Grade Antennas; Sokkia Announces Next-Generation Geodetic Reference Receiver; Juniper’s Rugged Handheld Designed for Data-Collecting Efficiency

    Plus: Applanix Offers Single-Board GNSS-Inertial System for UAV Mapping; Loctronix IDS Captures Real-World GPS Jamming Interference; and Northrop Grumman Finishes Tests of Handheld Precision Targeting Device; Events

  • The Business & Product Showcase — October 2014

    The Business section from the October 2014 issue. Download the PDF here.

    Includes: Septentrio Consolidates Sales for Americas with Altus; NovAtel Adds IMU to SPAN Line; IFEN Launches SX3 Software Receiver; ION Awards Given to Misra, Banville; CTIA Super Mobility Week; ION GNSS+ Conference

    PLUS: ION GNSS+ Product Showcase

  • The Business & Product Showcase — September 2014

    The Business section from the September 2014 issue. Download the PDF here.

    Includes: Juniper Systems Rugged Handheld Company; JAVAD GNSS Introduces TRIUMPH-F1 UAV; CSR, Maestro Module; Spirent Location Availability for VoLTE E911 Calls Indoors; Carlson BRx5 Pole-Top Receiver; Trimble Rover 2 with Wireless Link; Mitre Detects Timing Spoofing Attacks; Avidyne Navigator Certification; Mobile Location Data Accuracy Guidelines; GigOptix Offers Dual-Mode GNSS RF Receiver; Precision Farming Projected to Grow at 13 Percent to 2018; Events

    PLUS: UAV/UAS Product Showcase, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Systems

  • Take Our State of the Industry Survey, Win Prizes

    Take Our State of the Industry Survey, Win Prizes

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    What are your challenges this year? How are you driving business in today’s economy? What issues are you concerned about? We want to know, and so does the rest of the industry.

    GPS World is conducting its annual State of the Industry Survey asking GNSS professionals about the state of their business, the economic climate for GNSS products and services, driving market factors, the government’s role in funding and regulating, budgets devoted to R&D, the effects of jamming, and the “Issue of the Year.”

    This GoPro Hero3 video camera could be yours.
    This GoPro Hero3 video camera could be yours.

    Everyone who takes the survey will be automatically entered in a drawing for these prizes:

    • A GoPro Hero3 professional-quality video camera
    • A pair of tickets to GPS World’s 2014 Leadership Dinner (for those not attending ION GNSS+ in Tampa, Florida, we’ll send a voucher for a comparable dinner in your hometown);
    • $50 Mastercard gift cards

    The survey should take about 10 minutes, and your responses are confidential.

    Complete the survey by August 31. Then look for a complete report of our findings in the October issue of GPS World.

    Click here to begin the survey.

  • The Business — August 2014

    The Business section from the August 2014 issue. Download the PDF here.

    Includes: Tests Show Tech Can Meet FCC Indoor 911 Accuracy; InvenSense to Acquire Sensor Nav Companies Trusted Positioning, Movea; Business Aviation Agrees to Promote EGNOS Use at European Airports; Patent Issued for Dynamic Location Reporting; Remote Patient Monitoring to Reach €19.4B in 2018; News from the Esri User Conference; Google Acquires Satellite-Imaging Startup for $500M; EuroGeographics to Create Expert Group in GNSS Positioning; Geospatial Computing Book Published; USGS Releases Earthquake Hazard Map; Events

    PLUS: Security, Spectrum in the Connected Vehicle by Bethany Chambers

    Scott McCormick, president of the Connected Vehicle Trade Association (CVTA) discusses Super Mobility Week, the Intelligent Transportation Systems’ World Congress, and what to expect in the connected vehicle market.