GPS World, December 2014
December 2014 VOL 25 NUMBER 12 gpsworld com COVER STORY RECEIVER DESIGN The Fashion Demands of Always On 46 Ultra Low Power High Accuracy Location for Wearable GNSS Devices From Host Based to On Chip As location penetrates smaller and smaller devices that lack memory and computation power GNSS chips must reacquire the standalone capability that they shed when first going to small form factors such as phones A new chip with a new architecture demonstrates navigation and tracking and avoids burdening its main processor with heavy software By Steve Malkos Manuel del Castillo and Steve Mole DIRECTIONS 2015 27 GPS What It Takes to Make a Gold Standard 28 By Colonel William T Bill Cooley BeiDou BeiDou Belongs to China and to the World 30 By Li Wang Galileo Galileo Looks Ahead to Early Services 32 By GPS World staff OPINIONS DEPARTMENTS Out in Front 6 My Heart in My Sleeve By Alan Cameron Editorial Advisors 7 THE SYSTEM 8 eLoran Operational on Eastern UK Coast Galileo Roving High Welcome IIF 8 THE BUSINESS 12 Qualcomm to Acquire SiRF Chipmaker CSR Samsung Smart Watch Has GPS GLONASS and more EXPERT ADVICE 42 Managing GPS Take Two By John Lavrakas Sponsored by LEADERSHIP AWARDS 2014 Signals Sherman Lo UAVs Revolutionizing Aviation 34 Exciting Challenges for the PNT Community Satellites Javier Benedicto Ruiz Galileos Top Five for the Future 36 Accuracy Robustness Ephemerides Time to First Fix Authentication Services Eric Gakstatter High Precision in High Volumes 38 From a Circuit Card in a Handheld Computer to RTK in Mobile Phones Products Oliver Montenbruck Bringing SatNav Future into View 40 A Platform for Early Familiarization with New Constellations www gpsworld com December 2014 GPS World 3
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