GPS World, May 2016

ONLINENOW READER POLL WHEN WOULD YOU TRUST AN AUTONOMOUS CAR FOR A 100 MILE DRIVE ASSUMING ALL OTHER CARS ON THE ROAD ARE ALSO AUTONOMOUS Next In the U S military within 25 years most vehicles surface ships and aircraft will be unmanned that is autonomously guided Agree or disagree GO TO WWW GPSWORLD COM MAYPOLL Complete survey by May 17 See results in June issue All poll takers entered in drawing for 50 gift card 4 GPS WORLD WWW GPSWORLD COM MAY 2016 BY Tony Murfin PROFES SIONAL OEM CONTRIBUTING EDITOR UPCOMING WEBINARS R E G I S T E R A T W W W G P SWO R L D C O M WE B I N A R S HOTTEST PAGES @ GPSWORLD COM M A R 2 0 A P R I L 1 9 2 0 1 6 1 New app for farmers enables smartphone nav in the field ENEWS 2 South Korea issues warning over suspected North Korean GPS disruption ENEWS 3 US congressmen seek delay to NDGPS closings ENEWS 4 Location technologies prominently featured at MWC FROM THE MAGAZINE 5 China launches 22nd BeiDou satellite ENEWS 6 Europe enters The Year of Galileo EAGER newsletter INSIGHTS 7 Driverless Conference sparks autonomous car development analysis GNSS Design Test newsletter ENEWS 8 State Department issues notice on North Korean jamming ENEWS 9 Innovation Flying safe FROM THE MAGAZINE 10 The need to clarify Galileos legal basis of time ENEWS UAV Design and Applications Sponsored by Thursday May 19 Virtual Reality and More New Survey Tools Thursday June 17 Time for both webinars 10 a m Pacific 1 p m Eastern 7 p m Central European Tme Now In 5 years In 10 years In 15 years In 20 years Never 22 22 10 10 3 33 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Drones Registration and Regulation Move Forward Amid Near Misses I ts especially troublesome for these law abiding drone owners when a wildcat operator gets into the approach path at an airport It seems that good airmanship and eyesight have so far avoided any drones being sucked into commercial aircraft engines no thanks to a small number of irresponsible drone flyers who are tempting fate by intruding into no go airspace Lets get the FAA small UAV regulations published and give everyone clear rules by which even these people are required to fly their drones So far individual section 333 waivers have been granted by the FAA to known characters who apparently want to do things properly Rules also presumably come with penalties so we might have some deterrence and more control over wildcat operators Read the full column from the Professional OEM newsletter at gpsworld com opinions