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  • Social Media and Big Data 101 for GIS Professionals

    Broadcast Date: Thursday, March 28, 2013
    Moderator: Art Kalinski, Editor, GeoIntelligence Insider Newsletter
    Speakers: Eric Gakstatter, Editor, Geospatial-Solutions.com, Survey Scene Newsletter; Dr. Dan Tolley, CEO, Soft Power Solutions; Gen. Edwin “Skip” Vincent (USAF Ret.), Founder, Soft Power Solutions; Bob Dowling, Co-founder, GeoCOP; Steve Lutton, Director, Product Management, Geosemble Solutions.
    Summary: Experts in this growing field will discuss the basics for those new to leveraging the technology in their GIS operation. Topics will include different kinds of social media, human geography, traits of each, other related public media, and several case studies and examples.

  • Indoor Navigation: Results of the FCC’s CSRIC Bay Area Trials

    Sponsored by: Hemisphere GNSS
    Broadcast Date: Thursday, April 18, 2013
    Moderator: Alan Cameron, Editor & Publisher, GPS World
    Speakers: Khaled Dessouky,Ph.D,Founder and Executive Vice President, TechnoCom Corporation; Ganesh Pattabiraman, Co-Founder, President and COO, NextNav; Norm Shaw, Executive Director, Government Affairs and Business Development, Polaris Wireless; Greg Turetzky, Senior Marketing Director, Location Strategy, CSR, plc
    Summary: The Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently released results of intensive indoor location trials of various technology solutions. Conducted by Working Group 3, the tests trialled thousands of attempted location fixes in four representative morphologies (dense urban, urban, suburban, rural) and various building types. The CSRIC results will shape FCC-mandated position-reporting requirements for cell phones – and will drive future development of all indoor positioning applications. Four key participants, closely involved in the months-long CSRIC trials, provide critical information, insight, and perspective on this groundbreaking study.

  • Nightmare on GIS Street: GNSS Accuracy, Datums and Geospatial Data

    Sponsored by: Hemisphere GNSS
    Broadcast Date: Thursday, June 20, 2013
    Moderator: Eric Gakstatter, Survey Scene Newsletter Editor
    Speakers: Kevin Kelly, Geodesist, ESRI, Inc.; Craig Greenwald, Technical Director, GeoMobile Innovations; Michael L. Dennis, RLS, PE, Geodesist, NOAA
    Summary: A look at the challenge of dealing with horizontal datums in your GIS. We are moving into a new era in dealing with datum transformations. Geodata 2.0 is coming, and it can create big headaches when attempting to combine disparate geospatial databases. Sensors such as GPS receivers, remote sensing imagery, and 3D scanning provide much more accurate data, setting up a collision with outdated and mismatched legacy horizontal datums.

  • Mobile Means Business

    Sponsored by: Hemisphere GNSS
    Broadcast Date: Thursday, July 18, 2013
    Moderator: Alan Cameron, Editor & Publisher, GPS World
    Speakers: Cary Kiest, director of engineering, Trimble Mobile Computing Solutions; David Krebs, vice president, VDC Research & author of a market research study on mobile computing adoption and use by large enterprise and small-to-medium businesses.
    Summary: Organizations across business and public sectors, and including the military, now expect a high degree and broad range of functionality in the palms of workers’ hands, wherever those workers may go, under any kind of hazardous, chaotic, demanding environments. Requirements for location accuracy rise consistently across the board. In the future — in other words, now — developers will be asked to write mobile software applications first, and desktop applications second. Find out what this means for you, whether you are involved in GPS/GNSS product design, integration, marketing, sales, disribution, workforce management, or field use.
    Webinar Transcript: Mobile Means Business

  • Assuring Continuous High-Performance PNT: Solutions for GNSS Challenged/Denied Environments

    Sponsored by: Loctronix Corporation
    Broadcast Date: Thursday, August 1, 2013
    Moderator: Alan Cameron, Editor & Publisher, GPS World
    Speakers: Dr. Michael B. MathewsCEO / Founder, Loctronix Corporation, Peter F. MacDoranChief Scientist, Loctronix Corporation, John TaylorPresident, Mercury Data Systems, Tsega Emmanuel –  Product Manager, TeleCommunications Systems
    Summary: Learn how combining signals of opportunity GNSS, and inertial sensors provides high-performance positioning and navigation information in a variety of GNSS-challenged applications. Topics present an overview of latest solutions using software defined radio techniques to deliver continuous, critical PNT data in a flexible implementation ideal for applications including soldier navigation, spacecraft PNT, commercial indoor/outdoor asset tracking, GNSS signal assurance and interference detection.
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  • GNSS Industry Outlook for 2014

    Sponsored by: Hemisphere GNSS
    Broadcast Date:
    Thursday, August 15, 2013
    Moderator:
    Alan Cameron, Editor & Publisher, GPS World
    Speakers: Len Jacobson – GPS consultant, John Pottle Marketing Director, Positioning and Navigation division, Spirent
    Summary: Immediately after the GNSS State of the Industry online survey closes on August 12, our analysts provide running commentary on the polling results. We’ll look at a broad spectrum  of responses (more than 700 to date, and still counting!) to questions about the GNSS economic outlook for 2013-2014, the industry’s Issue of the Year, the anticipated winners of the indoor navigation technology battle, alternate funding sources, the next evolutionary leap for commercial GNSS devices, and more. Also, sector-specific questions with responses from survey and high-precision; machine control and UAVs; wireless and consumer; satellites, signals, and simulators; defense, security, and government.

  • The Connected Vehicle

    Sponsored by: Hemisphere GNSS
    Broadcast Date: 
    Thursday, September 19, 2013
    Moderator: Janice Partyka, Wireless LBS Insider editor
    Speakers: David Jumpa, Chief Revenue Officer, Airbiquity; Scott McCormick, President, Connected Vehicle Trade Association; Andrew Maliszewski, Executive VP, Micronet; Scott Sedlik, VP Product and Marketing, Inrix
    Summary:
    The biggest announcements and the most interesting news at the three big wireless/electronics shows in 2013 have all concerned the connected car. Location is a core technology. How will the connected vehicle market evolve? Will there be similarities to the more advanced fleet market? Providers of navigation, mapping, traffic, middleware, search, points of interest and mobile advertising all have key roles to play. How will the complexity of personalization and extras make it difficult to deliver products and service? The pace will only accelerate. Sort through the multiple issues and get your roadmap to the future with Janice Partyka and a panel of industry experts.

  • What’s the Latest & Greatest? GNSS Products for 2014 and Beyond

    New Frontiers in Product Development from ION & Intergeo
    Sponsored by: Hemisphere GNSS
    Broadcast Date: Thursday, October 17, 2013
    Speakers: Frank van Diggelen, Senior Technical Director for GNSS/Chief Navigation Officer, Broadcom Corp.; Ron Ramsaran, Senior Product Marketing Manager marine products, Hemisphere GNSS; Kirk Burnell, Product Marketing Manager OEM boards, Hemisphere GNSS; Eric Gakstatter, Editor, Survey Scene Newsletter
    Summary: A report on new product introductions as seen at ION-GNSS+ and at Intergeo, along with perspective on trends in two major sectors, high precision and smartphone/consumer electronics, with experts from both fields. 

  • Unmanned Aircraft Navigation

    Sponsored by: Hemisphere GNSS
    Original Broadcast Date: Thursday, November 21, 2013
    Moderator:
    Tony Murfin, Editor, Professional OEM newsletter
    Speakers: Olivier Casabianca,
    Business Area Manager, Trimble GNSS OEM; Hal Adams, Co-founder/Chief Operating Officer, Accord Technology; Neil Gerein, Defense Product Manager, NovAtel; Eric Brewer, Senior Systems Engineer, Rockwell Collins; and Howard William Loewen, President, MicroPilot, Inc.
    Summary:
    In recent years, there has been explosive growth in the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) market segment, with most on-board navigation systems relying on GNSS or GNSS with inertial aiding. As military budgets decline, interest in civilian commercial applications is growing rapidly.  The FAA recently awarded special type certification to two UAVs for commercial Arctic operations, and the industry is now poised for the opening of the regulation floodgates to address a growing commercial demand. In this webcast, we will hear from some of the industry leaders in GNSS-based navigation for UAVs, in both the military and civilian sectors: they will tell us what they are doing in UAV navigation and where they see this exciting market going.

  • GNSS Interference Detection and Mitigation for UAV Navigation

    Sponsored by: Loctronix Corporation
    Broadcast Date: Thursday, May 22, 2014
    Host: Dr. Michael B. Mathews,
    CEO and Founder, Loctronix Corporation
    Speakers: Franck Boynton,
    Vice President and CTO, NavtechGPS; Peter F. MacDoran, Chief Scientist, Loctronix Corporation; Michael O. Davies, Senior Engineer, Loctronix Corporation
    Summary: The need for robust, highly-reliable, navigation information in GNSS-denied environments is fast becoming a critical issue for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) / unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in both commercial and military applications.  Total reliance on GNSS can lead to disastrous consequences when signals are interfered with or obstructed. Low-cost, non-SAASM, GPS sensors are particularly vulnerable to jamming and interference. Attendees will learn how robust, cost-effective Hybrid GNSS Technologies (HGT) offer unique capabilities for UAV navigation in environments where traditional GPS receivers may fail.  Combining signals of opportunity (SoOps), inertial sensing, and multi-frequency GNSS using Spectral Compression Positioning, assures continuous navigation by detecting typical GNSS interference and mitigating their effects through alternative navigation means.
    Download a PDF of the webinar slides

  • The Hottest Mapping Trends

    Live from ESRI in San Diego
    Focus on using RTK on mobile devices (iOS, Android)
    Sponsored by:
    NavCom
    Broadcast Date: Thursday,  July 17, 2014
    Topic
    : Using your iOS/Android Smartphone or Tablet with High-Precision GNSS Receivers.
    Moderator: Alan Cameron, Group Publisher, GPS World & Geospatial Solutions
    Keynote speaker: Eric Gakstatter, Editor, Survey Scene Newsletter
    Summary: The mobile device market has been in crazy-mode for the past two years. Every month, a new smartphone or tablet is introduced, giving geospatial more choices than ever before about what they can take into the field. A $200 7″ tablet? An iPad? A $1,200 ruggedized tablet? A Galaxy III smartphone? The mobile device smorgasbord is incredible. How do these devices behave as GIS data collection devices? Do they interface to high-precision GNSS receivers and other instruments? What are other companies using? Join us for a look at the benefits and pitfalls of using consumer-grade mobile devices for professional geospatial applications.

  • RTK on Your Smartphone or Tablet

    Sponsored by: NavCom
    Broadcast date: Thursday, August 14, 2014
    Moderator: Tracy Cozzens, Managing Editor, GPS World and Geospatial Solutions
    Speaker: Eric Gakstatter, Editor, Survey Scene Newsletter
    Summary: The availability of small RTK GNSS receivers, wireless Bluetooth connectivity, and the proliferation of publicly-available RTK bases provide an environment in which you can fully leverage the richness of centimeter-level, horizontal and vertical data. Learn how to adapt to and benefit from the dynamic mobile device market through a step-by-step demonstration. The method does not use the internal receiver of the tablet or smartphone, but takes advantage of some professional-grade RTK receivers on the market that make it easy for users to interface their various mobile devices to their receivers. Join us for a look at the benefits and pitfalls of using consumer-grade mobile devices for professional geospatial applications.
    Download a PDF of the webinar slides