GPS World, September 2018

WIRELESS TIMING MOBILE RAIL MARINE DEFENSE OEM 2018 FLEETS STATE OF THE HIGH GNSS INDUSTRY P RECISION MAPPING FINANCIAL DEFENSE MOBILE RAIL MARINE DEFENSE OEM AVIATION GAMES PRECISION The Now MAPPING and the FINANCIAL Mobile DEFENSE DEFENSE OTHER SECURITY FREIGHT Next SIMULATION for SatNav WIRELESS TIMING WIRELESS UAV SMARTPHONES CONSUMER EMERGE SURVEY AS FITNESS KEY PLAYER FLEETS FOR GROWTH HIGH P SECURITY FREIGHT WIRELESS TIMING MOBILE RAIL SURVEY FITNESS FLEETS HIGH PRECISION MAPPING 20 35 25 20 0 10 20 30 40 50 Primarily on GPS Multi GNSS PNT including other sensors All above plus GIS 50 40 30 20 10 0 8 9 Intentional jamming 7 Spoofing Unintentional jamming 25 24 19 4 4 Constellation health New signal capabilities UAVs Adjacent band interference Other Limited sky view Indoor location Consumer expectations Other 22 Jamming spoofing interference Battery life 11 44 6 11 6 28 GPS WORLD WWW GPSWORLD COM SEPTEMBER 2018 W ith 106 operational GNSS satellites flying today or was that yesterdays number satnavs backbone is robust variegated supportive of growth across many industries and poised to leverage even more prosperity Ive seen forecasts of as many as 400 satellites well beyond GNSS proper and involving low Earth orbit telcomm constellations constantly patrolling space above us and beaming down positioning navigation and timing PNT intelligence A draft headline for the cover of this issue The Skys the Limit actually underestimated Not even the sky is the limit Mobile GNSS enabled tablets and smartphones provide navigation traffic and congestion maps to billions These features will continue to drive demand for GNSS in all electronic equipment As we move from the Internet to the Internet of Things IoT as the dominant paradigm of advanced and developing societies GNSS will boom louder than we have heretofore known it to do Communication and location enabled transportation services such as Lyft and Uber provide only one example of novel GNSS uses that have become the norm Tracking devices whether personal vehicular or affixed to large assets constitute a quiet though muscular growth market The GPS tracking device generates high demand from industries such as information technology IT transportation and telecommunication providing real time intelligence and advance diagnoses about products vehicles and people valued by consumers and businesses enhancing security and safety key concerns that will only grow in an increasingly vulnerable world Volume The GPS tracking segment alone is expected to reach 253 billion by 2023 nearly 12 annual growth Other mobile segments will increase in parallel Dont be deceived by the lowcost of low accuracy tracking devices Volume Volume Volume is just as powerful a mantra as Location Location Location With the wireless carriers and IoT behind it GNSS will see growth a plenty and virtually no downside U S cell carriers are now selling access to your real time phone location data a key signal that economic giants put high value on the technology OBSTACLE TARIFFS OPPORTUNITY MULTIPLE PNT TECHNOLOGIES Where do you see your efforts focusing primarilly over the next decade ALAN CAMERON EDITOR IN CHIEF GPS WORLD What is the industry Issue of the Year What is the key challenge for positioning and navigation in the wireless and consumer space Cover Toria Shutterstock com