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As we approach the holidays and if I get tired of writing about weighty scientific, technical and policy issues, I might apply for a copywriting position at Hallmark Cards. But for now we begin to think concretely about the coming year. In fact, due to our production timelines, as you are reading this issue we are busy completing the January one. So, what can you expect to see in these pages in 2025?
First, more of the same… excellent content. Our cover stories will continue to bring you case studies from key GNSS application areas based on interviews with equipment manufacturers and end users. Our secondary features will cover bathymetric surveying; GNSS/PNT applications for consumers, science and business; autonomous vehicles; and indoor mapping. Our System of Systems section will continue to keep you informed about developments in GNSS, other PNT, and space exploration around the world. Our guest columnists — including Lisa Dyer of the GPS Innovation Alliance and Dana Goward of the Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation — will continue to bring you their valuable perspectives. Our annual Directions section will continue to provide updates on all four GNSS and the regional constellations.
Launchpad will continue to showcase the latest product releases and Market Watch will continue to bring you a roundup of timely industry news. Our buyers guides will continue to provide a handy reference to who makes what. Our Mapping Marvel, Research Roundup and Seen & Heard sections will continue to bring you beautiful and interesting maps, summaries of scholarly articles, and glimpses of interesting and amusing GNSS/PNT applications around the world, respectively.
Our Authoritative Reference section will feature an article on the GPS budget, an update to “Who Runs GPS?” (see the February 2023 issue), an almanac of GNSS satellites and signals, and a survey of augmentation and corrections services. Our Inside the Box occasional section will explain the workings of different aspects of GNSS/PNT technology.
Following Richard Langley’s fantastic 35-year run with his great Innovation column — if you missed it, see his last one, and a celebration of his work, in the November issue — the February issue will launch a new quarterly technical column and its editor (and, sometimes, author). Many of you will start guessing who this person is and the new column’s name… but my lips are sealed until then.
I will engage our Editorial Advisory Board in more in-depth discussions of technical and policy issues and ask some of its members to write full articles. I will expand our coverage of low-Earth orbit (LEO) PNT and corrections services and introduce new content categories — such as legal issues, the consumer market and book reviews.
I am looking for new authors, including a Washington correspondent, to report on relevant budget negotiations, legislation and policy discussions; a surveyor to report from the field about new equipment, techniques and challenges; a technology writer to cover the growth in LEO PNT constellations and other types of complementary PNT and one to cover developments in the consumer market.
Talk to you again next year!
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