GPS World, January 2017
ONLINENOW READER POLL NEWSLETTER EXCERPT When Inertial Can Help HOTTEST PAGES @ GPSWORLD COM D E C E M B E R 3 2 0 1 6 J A N U A R Y 2 2 0 1 7 1 NGS to replace NAVD 88 in 2022 What GNSS users need to know Survey Scene newsletter 4 GPS WORLD WWW GPSWORLD COM JANUARY 2017 INSIGHTS 2 Galileo declares Initial Services ENEWS 3 GSA 40 percent of GNSS receivers are Galileo ready ENEWS 4 Directions 2017 GPS navigates the future FROM THE MAGAZINE 5 When inertial can help with GNSS solutions see excerpt above INSIGHTS 6 2 Galileo satellites join constellation ENEWS 7 NASA launches micro satellites with GNSS receivers for remote weather sensing ENEWS 8 Innovation Precise positioning using raw GPS measurements from Android smartphones FROM THE MAGAZINE 9 Orolia fortifies resilient PNT with Satelles satellite time and location signal ENEWS 10 2016 Leadership Awards A GNSS dream realized FROM THE MAGAZINE NOW THAT GALILEO IOC IS DECLARED WHICH SECTOR WILL TAKE OFF FASTEST JANUARY POLL WEIGH IN TODAY WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR TO CONSIDER IN SELECTING A GNSS VENDOR GO TO GPSWORLD COM JANPOLL Answer by January 20 See results in the February issue All poll takers entered in drawing for a 50 gift card BY Tony Murfin CONTRIBUTING EDITOR PROFESSIONAL OEM A number of organizations are focusing on how inertial can help GNSS receivers to provide more stable reliable position outputs when signals are hard to receive Papers presented in September at the ION GNSS 2016 conference in Portland Oregon demonstrate that there is indeed a lot of focused effort in this area The conference showcased several integrated inert ial GNSS solutions from a range of companies NovAtel is developing a novel way to make better use of lower precision MEMS inertial for certain land applications SPAN development efforts have been focused on improving the performance of combined GNSS SPAN MEMS IMUs The premise of the work is that in land vehicle applications a land profile can be applied that constrains velocity based on a range of acceptable vehicle dynamics This includes applying limits to the cross track and vertical velocities of the vehicle In other inertial advancements Qualcomm is moving forward with a low cost visual inertial to advance autonomous vehicle developments and researchers in Germany from a university spin off company are studying a multi sensor solution Read the full column from the Professional OEM newsletter at gpsworld com category opinions 0 10 20 30 40 Agriculture Aviation Location Based Services Mapping Surveying Maritime Rail Road Timing
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