GPS World, December 2014

THE BUSINESS Researchers Honored with Water Prize The GPS Reflections Group of University of Colorado Boulder has been awarded the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Creativity Prize for Water The prize acknowledges work that contributes to the sustainable availability of water and the alleviation of the global problem of water scarcity Professors Kristine Larson and Eric Small developed a new method to measure water at the Earths surface using geodetic GPS instruments They developed a cost effective technique GPS Interferometric Reflectometry GPS IR to measure soil moisture snow depth and vegetation water content around existingGPS antennas Larson co authored the September Innovation article How Deep Is That White Stuff and her teams sea level work was featured in the August issue Telit GPS Module Helps Migration to Full GNSS Telit Wireless Solutions has debuted the Jupiter SL871 S designed for easy migration between full GNSS and simple GPS only solutions The module is designed to track and navigate GPS and QZSS constellations while ensuring pin to pin and protocol compatibility with its multiconstellation companion module the SL871 The SL871 S comes in a 97 x 101 millimeter LCC package with an ARM7 baseband processor embedded ROM memory and integrated LNA It delivers geolocation data using NMEA protocol through a standard UART port It supports ephemeris file injection A GPS as well as Satellite Based Augmentation System SBAS for increased position accuracy its low power consumption in all conditions is suited to applications requiring long battery life Teiit said SL871 S has been designed to ensure hardware and software compatibility with SL871 allowing customers to design once and mount the appropriate solution depending on the features required In this way customers can replace pre packaged modules without having to redesign their entire application to stay up to date Telit said THE INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION 2015 International Technical Meeting Laguna Cliffs Marriott Hotel Dana Point California January 26 28 2015 Plenary Session The Human Factor Interpreting and Acting on Navigation Data Advanced RAIM and Autonomous Integrity Alternative Sensors and Emerging Navigation Technologies Augmentation Systems SBAS and GBAS Aviation and Marine Applications Collaborative Sensing and Multisensor Fusion Emerging GNSS and Modernization GNSS Processing and Integration Human Centered Navigation Interference Spectrum Management and Backups to GNSS MEMS Timing and Micro PNT Quasi Zenith Satellite System Receivers and Antenna Technology Robot and Autonomous Vehicle Navigation Space and Atmospheric Weather Urban Indoor and Terrestrial Applications REGISTER TODAY www ion org itm GPS World December 2014 www gpsworld com 18