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  • Editorial Advisory Board PNT Q&A: How mapping improves PNT tech

    Editorial Advisory Board PNT Q&A: How mapping improves PNT tech

    How have improvements in mapping data-collection advanced other PNT technologies?

    Photo: Nearmap
    Tony Agresta

    “Real-time positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) benefit from high-resolution aerial maps captured and published on a consistent basis. With sub 3-inch aerial photographs streamed through custom applications or instantly accessible solutions, governments and commercial use cases apply these maps for emergency 9-1-1 dispatch, routing guidance, and new information applications to inform citizens.”
    Tony Agresta
    Nearmap

    Ismael Colomina
    Ismael Colomina

    “In principle, PNT shall be based on linear/angular motion sensors. However, since the origins of aerial triangulation down to contemporaneous hybrid multi-sensor systems, mapping and motion sensors have cooperated in PNT tasks. Current visual- and lidar-odometry are brilliant examples thereof.”
    Ismael Colomina
    GeoNumerics

    Members of the EAB

    Tony Agresta
    Nearmap

    Miguel Amor
    Hexagon Positioning Intelligence

    Thibault Bonnevie
    SBG Systems

    Alison Brown
    NAVSYS Corporation

    Ismael Colomina
    GeoNumerics

    Clem Driscoll
    C.J. Driscoll & Associates

    John Fischer
    Orolia

    Ellen Hall
    Spirent Federal Systems

    Jules McNeff
    Overlook Systems Technologies, Inc.

    Terry Moore
    University of Nottingham

    Bradford W. Parkinson
    Stanford Center for Position, Navigation and Time

    Jean-Marie Sleewaegen
    Septentrio

    Michael Swiek
    GPS Alliance

    Julian Thomas
    Racelogic Ltd.

    Greg Turetzky
    Consultant

  • Editorial Advisory Board PNT Q&A: Autonomous safety

    Editorial Advisory Board PNT Q&A: Autonomous safety

    What is the biggest safety challenge for autonomous vehicles?

    Photo: Orolia
    John Fisher. (Photo: Orolia)

    “Sharing the road with human drivers.  Optimized safe driving algorithms are compromised to mesh with the human’s natural level of risk taking. But this reduces safety, delaying acceptance — a real conundrum. Now, if we could just eliminate the humans…”
    John Fischer
    Orolia

    Julian Thomas
    Julian Thomas

    “When AI systems can deal with 99.9% of situations, the challenge will be keeping the passenger engaged to take over quickly when the 0.1% happens. Imagine a truck in front with a load coming loose. Which one would you trust?”
    Julian Thomas
    Racelogic

    Members of the EAB

    Tony Agresta
    Nearmap

    Miguel Amor
    Hexagon Positioning Intelligence

    Thibault Bonnevie
    SBG Systems

    Alison Brown
    NAVSYS Corporation

    Ismael Colomina
    GeoNumerics

    Clem Driscoll
    C.J. Driscoll & Associates

    John Fischer
    Orolia

    Ellen Hall
    Spirent Federal Systems

    Jules McNeff
    Overlook Systems Technologies, Inc.

    Terry Moore
    University of Nottingham

    Bradford W. Parkinson
    Stanford Center for Position, Navigation and Time

    Jean-Marie Sleewaegen
    Septentrio

    Michael Swiek
    GPS Alliance

    Julian Thomas
    Racelogic Ltd.

    Greg Turetzky
    Consultant

  • Editorial Advisory Board PNT Q&A: Wireless in surveying

    Editorial Advisory Board PNT Q&A: Wireless in surveying

    How will wireless technologies most significantly drive change and innovation in the surveying industry?

    Miguel Amor
    Miguel Amor

    “GNSS by design, by physics, will always be challenged in urban settings. 5G and GNSS will provide a step to ubiquitous positioning in built-up areas — a blend of relative and absolute positioning, terrestrial and satellite-based measurements.”
    Miguel Amor
    Hexagon Positioning Intelligence

    headshot: Greg Turetzky
    Greg Turetzky

    “The improvements in bandwidth and latency of 5G will create new opportunities for edge and cloud-based computing advances such as AI and machine learning to penetrate surveying, as 5G is doing in other industries, to improve efficiency, accuracy and automation.”
    Greg Turetzky
    Consultant

    Members of the EAB

    Tony Agresta
    Nearmap

    Miguel Amor
    Hexagon Positioning Intelligence

    Thibault Bonnevie
    SBG Systems

    Alison Brown
    NAVSYS Corporation

    Ismael Colomina
    GeoNumerics

    Clem Driscoll
    C.J. Driscoll & Associates

    John Fischer
    Orolia

    Ellen Hall
    Spirent Federal Systems

    Jules McNeff
    Overlook Systems Technologies, Inc.

    Terry Moore
    University of Nottingham

    Bradford W. Parkinson
    Stanford Center for Position, Navigation and Time

    Jean-Marie Sleewaegen
    Septentrio

    Michael Swiek
    GPS Alliance

    Julian Thomas
    Racelogic Ltd.

    Greg Turetzky
    Consultant

  • Editorial Advisory Board PNT Q&A: Simulation challenges

    Editorial Advisory Board PNT Q&A: Simulation challenges

    What’s the biggest challenge in simulating new GNSS signals for manufacturers’ product testing?

    John Fischer
    John Fischer

    “Anyone can follow a spec, but real expertise is required for interpreting nascent ICDs, looking for inconsistencies and pitfalls. The first receivers to market may not always get it right, especially before and during early live-sky signal broadcasts.” — John Fischer, Orolia

    Ellen Hall
    Ellen Hall

    “The challenge is twofold. Manufacturers are constantly implementing new signals, which is extremely difficult and expensive to do without the use of a simulator in a lab. The second problem manufacturers are facing is integrating secure signals across international constellations.” — Ellen Hall, Spirent Federal Systems

    Julian Thomas
    Julian Thomas

    “The industry has been stimulated by growing constellations and the arrival of new signals, resulting in an increasing number of sophisticated receivers hitting the market. Our biggest challenge is ensuring that all simulated signals work on all of these receivers.” — Julian Thomas, Racelogic Ltd.