GPS World, April 2014

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on such content Published monthly Europa Europa N ot so long ago we occasionally speculated on the order of GNSS preference for both manufacturers and end users GPS first of course Only the most radical of future visions saw anything different But after that GLONASS Galileo BeiDou or switch them around A case could be made for almost The wealthiest marketplace in the world The biggest trading power in the world The biggest source of and magnet for foreign direct investment any sequence by virtue of active constellation size or geometry code structure interoperability government funding or national economies It was once felt that a maximum of two GNSS could be made to fit costbeneficially on a chip destined for massmarket devices professional OEM boards had of course far more leeway and budget Then engineering ingenuity found space for three on a chip A wag noted during that timeframe that in GNSS as in the Olympics one can win gold silver or bronze There is no prize for fourth place Lately however it seems there may be room for all Our feature article this month affirms that the silicon manufacturer must continue the path WRZDUGV WKH IXOO ÀH LEOH PXOWL constellation mass market receiver Nevertheless choices will be made in design and manufacturing different choices by different manufacturers in different regions on different products I now think that market size and connectivity will be the strongest drivers for selection of GNSS in product design Constellations at least in their order of establishment almost dont matter Government mandates to use the respective national or regional GNSS in official or officially linked applications will add to the weight of market size These government mandated applications encompass air rail and maritime navigation and management survey and construction road tolling and road user charging just to start with With emergency calling its not hard to envision such mandates extending to telecomm as well the most plentiful in end user devices In that light consider the words of political scientist John McCormick from his book Why Europe Matters The European Union has a population of more than half a billion It is the wealthiest marketplace in the world is the biggest trading power in the world is the biggest source of and magnet for foreign direct investment and has shown that it is possible to wield influence without relying on military power Even should Galileo finish fourth in the race to establish a full constellation smart money may put Galileo on every future GNSS chip high precision or mass market GPS World April 2014 www gpsworld com 6