GPS World, December 2017

OUT IN FRONT 6 GPS WORLD WWW GPSWORLD COM DECEMBER 2017 WWW GPSWORLD COM EDITORIAL Editor in Chief Group Publisher Alan Cameron editor@ gpsworld com 541 984 5312 Managing Editor Tracy Cozzens tcozzens@ northcoastmedia net 541 255 3334 Digital Media Manager Joelle Harms jharms@ northcoastmedia net 216 706 3780 Digital Editor Allison Barwacz abarwacz@ northcoastmedia net 216 706 3796 Art Director Charles Park CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Innovation Richard Langley lang@ unb ca Defense PNT Michael Jones mjones@ gpsworld com European GNSS Tim Reynolds treynolds@ gpsworld com Professional OEM UAV Tony Murfin Geospatial Eric Gakstatter egakstatter@ gpsworld com GeoIntelligence William Tewelow wtewelow@ gpsworld com Survey Tim Burch and Dave Zilkoski tburch@ gpsworld com and dzilkoski@ gpsworld com Wireless LBS Janice Partyka jpartyka@ gpsworld com BUSINESS SR MARKETING EVENT MANAGER Michelle Mitchell mmitchell@ northcoastmedia net 216 363 7922 ACCOUNT MANAGER Mike Joyce mjoyce@ northcoastmedia net 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5295 Nick Iademarco Wrights Media 2407 Timberloch Place The Woodlands TX 77380 INTERNATIONAL LICENSING E mail gpsworld@ gpsworld com ACCOUNTING OFFICE AND OFFICE OF PUBLICATION 1360 East 9th St Suite 1070 IMG Center Cleveland OH 44114 USA GPS WORLD does not verify any claims or other information appearing in any of the advertisements contained in the publication and cannot take any responsibility for any losses or other damages incurred by readers in reliance on such content Published monthly Visioning the Visionaries BY Alan Cameron EDITOR IN CHIEF AND PUBLISHER V iews from the top drive this issue of the magazine personal essays from the directing officers and or architects of each global satnav system The plots of the four articles are the same what innovations were accomplished in 2017 and what new features to look for in 2018 But the themes differ If you reflect at the end of each article try to read between the lines divine what message seems most important to the author then distinctions surface Im not suggesting that the directors of each satnav system are trying to accomplish different things All share the goal of providing the highest quality product and service I posit that the hands above these guiding hands atop the top that is the national governments paying for each system and directing the directors do indeed have different priorities These priorities may produce differing results for industry markets and users The column in Novembers GNSS Design Test e newsletter at www gpsworld com opinions elaborates on this hypothesis as theres not sufficient space here Hyper briefly the most marked contrast appears between the United States on the one hand and Europe and China on the other The former appears focused on maintaining the Gold Standard of signals on beefing up security and then pretty much letting the market take care of innovation once the space signal hits the Earths surface The other two project clear messages of working closely with industry sectors to encourage and intensify use For them GNSS is an economic tool not merely a political one As for my 2018 I will attend both events below and hope to talk with as many readers as possible there J oin a full day of expert presentations and discussions on the opportunities and challenges technical commercial ethical and legal associated with developing fully autonomous systems that are cognizant and trustworthy for safety critical applications Free sponsored by the Institute of Navigation Speakers from the National Science Foundation Department of Transportation Air Force Research Laboratory Top Flight Technologies University of California Santa Barbara Santa Clara University The Ohio State University and more T his three day international conference focuses on the latest developments in satellite based navigation gathering high ranking speakers from industry science and governments for a broad overview and differing perspectives Topics include status and real world results of Galileo modernization of GPS GLONASS and BeiDou developments of QZSS and NavIC the need for GNSS authentication civil use of Galileo Public Regulated Service legal aspects of GNSS and autonomy within a single GNSS still possible COGNIZANT AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS FOR SAFETY CRITICAL APPLICATIONS WORKSHOP JANUARY 29 2018 RESTON VIRGINIA SEE WWW ION ORG CASSCA FOR DETAILS MUNICH SATELLITE NAVIGATION SUMMIT GNSS THE KEY TO AUTONOMY MARCH 5 7 2018 MUNICH GERMANY SEE WWW MUNICH SATELLITE NAVIGATIONSUMMIT ORG FOR DETAILS