GPS World, July 2015

OUT IN FRONT www gpsworld com EDITORIAL Editor in Chief and Group Publisher Alan Cameron editor@ gpsworld com Managing Editor Tracy Cozzens tcozzens@ northcoastmedia net Art Director Charles Park EDITORIAL OFFICES 1360 East 9th St Suite 1070 Cleveland OH 44114 USA 847 763 4942 Fax 847 763 9694 www gpsworld com gpsworld@ gpsworld com CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Innovation Richard Langley lang@ unb ca Defense PNT Don Jewell djewell@ gpsworld com European GNSS Tim Reynolds treynolds@ gpsworld com Professional OEM Tony Murfin tmurfin@ gpsworld com Geospatial Eric Gakstatter egakstatter@ gpsworld com GeoIntelligence Art Kalinski akalinski@ gpsworld com Survey Dave Doyle and Dave Zilkoski Wireless LBS Insider Kevin Dennehy kdennehy@ gpsworld com Janice Partyka jpartyka@ gpsworld com BUSINESS International Account Manager Michelle Mitchell mmitchell@ northcoastmedia net 216 363 7922 Digital Operations Manager Bethany Chambers bchambers@ northcoastmedia net 216 706 3771 Senior Digital Editor Diane Sofranec dsofranec@ northcoastmedia net 216 706 3793 Digital Editor Joelle Harms jharms@ northcoastmedia net 216 706 3780 Web Developer Jesse Malcmacher jmalcmacher@ northcoastmedia net 216 363 7925 Marketing Manager Ryan Bockmuller rbockmuller@ northcoastmedia net 216 706 3772 PUBLISHING SERVICES Manager Production Services Chris Anderson canderson@ northcoastmedia net Sr Audience Development Manager Antoinette Sanchez Perkins asanchez perkins@ northcoastmedia net PRODUCTION OFFICE 1360 East 9th St Suite 1070 Cleveland OH 44114 216 978 5341 CIRCULATION SUBSCRIBER SERVICES gpsworld@ halldata com USA 847 763 4942 NORTH COAST MEDIA LLC President CEO Kevin Stoltman kstoltman@ northcoastmedia net 216 706 3740 Vice President of Finance Operations Steve Galperin sgalperin@ northcoastmedia net 216 706 3705 VP Graphic Design Production Pete Seltzer pseltzer@ northcoastmedia net 216 706 3737 MANUSCRIPTS GPS World welcomes unsolicited articles but cannot be held responsible for their safekeeping or return Send to 1360 East 9th St Suite 1070 IMG Center Cleveland OH 44114 USA Every precaution is taken to ensure accuracy but publishers cannot accept responsibility for the accuracy of information supplied herein or for any opinion expressed REPRINTS Reprints of all articles are available 500 minimum Contact 877 652 5295 Nick Iademarco Wrights Media 2407 Timberloch Place The Woodlands TX 77380 SUBSCRIBER SERVICES To subscribe change your address and all other services e mail gpsworld@ halldata com or call 847 763 4942 PERMISSIONS Contact 877 652 5295 Nick Iademarco Wrights Media 2407 Timberloch Place The Woodlands TX 77380 INTERNATIONAL LICENSING Contact e mail info@ 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 The State of Our Union 2015 S ometimes you have to stop and yes smell the roses but also survey just how far youve come where you stand at this actual moment and what directions hold the most promise for the future When youre moving as fast as the GNSS and PNT industries do a periodic pause to assess becomes even more vital Thats why we conduct the annual State of the Industry Survey which generates the State of the Industry Report Your part in this the Survey occurs now Or starting July 15 when the online survey will be posted and remain at www gpsworld com State15 until Monday morning Aug 3 STATE INDUSTRY of the THE Twenty Questions and a Prize for Answering Our part the Report of your filings will appear in the September issue Past State of the Industry Reports have borne such insights as these September 2012 Careful optimism appears to be the watchword for the GNSS industry as we head into the next year tempered with the reality that a full economic recovery has not yet arrived 65 percent of respondents described the market for GNSS products and services as enjoying either moderate growth or strong growth With the economy in the state it is in competition is very tight That is all right it keeps our pencils sharp wrote one industry veteran September 2013 After the passage of one year 69 percent described the market for products and services in their sector as either relatively healthy or very healthy Thats whats known in economic circles as a modest increase Dominating executives and managers awareness as a key issue shaping the future that year were three candidates according to John Pottle of Spirent Communications Vulnerability of GNSS signals the flurry of activity following the release of the BeiDou system ICD and the continuing indoor navigation challenge Whatever your viewpoint one thing is clear there remain plenty of challenges for us all as indusry insiders to solve over the coming years October 2014 With another 13 months under our collective belt we had not fully mastered any of those top three challenges but we had logged significant progress Jamming both intentional and unintentional along with spoofing led all concerns for 28 percent of survey respondents and if constellation health were added SURVEY to those worries fully half of our experts meaning you deemed this the industry issue of the year Meanwhile the percentage of those finding moderate to strong growth in their sector had risen to 74 Michael Ritter of NovAtel spoke for many when he wrote Ultimately GNSS itself will no longer be enough Ubiquitous positioining requires multisensor fusion that can exponentially increase availability And he revealed that NovAtel spends 30 percent of its annual revenue on research and development The Future Begins Now Only you in your collective wisdom can tell us where we stand and where were headed I encourage you to help us compile the State of the Industry by filling out a relatively quick online questionnaire Look for it to be posted on July 15 GPS World July 2015 www gpsworld com 6