My last newsletter highlighted the products on the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) Alpha Preliminary Products site. The alpha site provides products that individuals can use to better understand the products that will be distributed as part of the new, modernized National Spatial…
Mobile mapping using an OxTS xNAV650 INS and lidar sensor. Photo: OxTS We discussed mobile mapping with Jacob Amacker, application engineer, OxTS. How do you define “mobile mapping” as opposed to “surveying”? We use the two terms interchangeably. Each one…
Registration has now opened for the Applanix User Group Meeting and Conference, focused on Air and Land solutions, taking place in Fremont, California, Sept. 20-22. Discounted early bird prices will be available until May 1. The conference is also currently…
The ION ITM/PTTI 2022 virtual meeting portal is now available at ion.org. Register today to attend the ION’s co-located International Technical Meeting (ITM) and the Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI) Systems and Applications Meeting, being held January 25–27, 2022,…
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center (NAVCEN) will hold the 61st meeting of the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC) on Sept. 20-21. The meeting will be conducted at the St. Louis Union…
The 6th Satellite-Based Augmentation Systems Interoperability Working Group (SBAS IWG) recently took place in Delhi, India. During the meeting, SBAS developers and operators were joined by users of the systems, with representatives of airlines, aircraft makers and avionics manufacturers. About…
By Rick Hamilton, CGSIC Executive Secretariat, U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center The 59th meeting of the U.S. Civil GPS Service Interface Committee was held Sept. 16-17 at the Hyatt Regency Miami hotel in Miami, Florida, in conjunction with the Institute…
Brig. Gen. John E. Shaw is Director of Strategic Plans, Programs, Requirements and Analysis, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. (Photo: USAF) The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Coast Guard Navigation Center have announced preparations…
