GPS World, January 2014

ONLINE RESOURCES NEWSLETTER EXCERPT Reflecting on 2013 from Your Perspective As the end of the year approaches Id like to reflect on 2013 One of the new features of the GPS World website allows me to access webpage statistics so I can understand which articles and news items were hot Following is a list of GPS World magazines hot topics for 2013 with some commentary from me Top 5 Most Popular Pages at GPSWorld com in 2013 GPS World Webinars While it seems everyone is conducting webinars today GPS World was a pioneer in offering technical webinars more than six years ago and they continue to be very popular today Three of the latest webinars are t FUFDU BOE PDBUF 14 BNNJOH t 6ONBOOFE JSDSBGU BWJHBUJPO t 8IBU T UIF BUFTU SFBUFTU 44 1SPEVDUT for 2014 and Beyond RTK GNSS Receivers A Flooded Market I wrote this article in March 2013 discussing the myriad of new RTK receivers recently introduced Since the article was written even more have been introduced Smaller lighter and cheaper is where RTK is headed The fact that this article was GPS Worlds second most visited web page in 2013 speaks volumes of the growing interest in centimeter level real time positioning RTK Seven Free Alternatives to OPUS GPS Post Processing During U S Federal Government Shutdown ANDROID AND IPAD 1 2 3 GPS World Apps Now available for Android and iPad Take GPS World wherever you travel whether you own an Apple or an Android device Simply download the GPS World magazine app from the Google Play Store or the Apple Store Not far behind the RTK article in web hits was the article I co wrote with Mark Silver on various free online post processing services available to the general public The article was super timely as it was published a day BGUFS UIF 6 4 HPWFSONFOU TIVUEPXO BOE UIF 4 0164 website went blank Therefore thousands of GNSS users read the article in a very short amount of time Look No Base Station Precise Point Positioning Number four on GPS Worlds website for 2013 was Tony Murfins article on the real time PPP landscape Whereas the real time PPP landscape remained relatively unchanged for many years with OmniStar and Starfire services being the only games in town for satellite based precise positioning on land as opposed to off shore this landscape is changing The Almanac Rounding out the Top 5 GPS World web pages of 2013 is The Almanac featuring GNSS constellation tables DPNQJMFE CZ 1SPG 3JDIBSE BOHMFZ BU UIF 6OJWFSTJUZ of New Brunswick If you want a single comprehensive webpage that lists all the navigation satellites from the various constellations this is one you should bookmark in your web browser See page 71 for an updated Almanac By Eric Gakstatter Survey Scene Editor 4 5 Hottest Pages @ GPSWorld com November 21 December 20 2013 1 Garmin Updates Astro GPS Dog Tracking System with the DC 50 Collar LATEST NEWS 2 RTK GNSS Receivers A Flooded Market Survey Scene newsletter INSIGHTS 3 UAV Challenges Pluses and Minuses and Your Questions Professional OEM newsletter see page 74 INSIGHTS 4 Amazon Demonstrates Drone Delivery Service LATEST NEWS 5 GPS HUD Windshield Display Helps Drivers Navigate Safely LATEST NEWS 6 Galileo Position Fix with Open Source Software Receiver Achieved LATEST NEWS 7 Drone Moans and Satellite Woes Survey Scene newsletter INSIGHTS 8 GPS III Prototype Proves Compatibility with Existing Constellation LATEST NEWS 9 FAA Releases Roadmap for Unmanned Aircraft Professional OEM newsletter INSIGHTS 10 A Comparison of Free GPS Online Post Processing Services LATEST NEWS GPS World January 2014 www gpsworld com 4