First place winners ARGEO accept their prize. (Photo: GSA) News from the European GNSS Agency The winners of this year’s MyGalileoApp competition were announced at aceremony held at the European GNSS Agency (GSA) headquarters in Prague onNov. 7. First prize of EUR 100,000 went to ARGEO, a mobile app based on geolocation, augmented reality and blockchain that allows users to discover content such as prizes, coupons and shopping cards geo-located around the streets of a […]

November 15, 2019 When Todd and Kerri Mozinski left for the Northwest Territories of Canada for a weekslong canoe trip, they told friends and family to expect them back in 40 days. Five days in, sitting awake through the night as an 8’ grizzly bear circled their camp, they realized that perhaps they had misjudged that guidance. Their only mode of transportation had been torn apart by the claws of the bear — along with […]

Hilton Oceanfront, Grand Ballroom 1550 North Atlantic Avenue, Cocoa Beach, Florida 32931 8:30 – 8:35 BOARD CONVENESCall to Order, Logistics, & Announcements Mr. James J. Miller, Executive Director, National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board, NASA Headquarters 8:35 – 9:30 Welcome & Kick-Off of 24th PNTAB MeetingPriorities & Proposed Topic Focus Areas Concise Roundtable Discussion ADM Thad Allen, Chair; Hon. John Stenbit, Deputy Chair; Dr. Bradford Parkinson, 1st Vice-Chair; Governor Jim Geringer, 2nd Vice-Chair 9:30 – […]

By Rick Hamilton, CGSIC Executive Secretariat, U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center The 59th meeting of the U.S. Civil GPS Service Interface Committee was held Sept. 16-17 at the Hyatt Regency Miami hotel in Miami, Florida, in conjunction with the Institute of Navigation’s GNSS+ (ION-GNSS+) conference. For readers who were unable to attend, a synopsis of the meeting is provided below. The full agenda and presentations are available for download from the GPS.gov website. The meeting […]

November 14, 2019 Flying plays an interesting role in each of our lives. For some it’s a career and a way of life. For others it’s more of a hobby or pastime. No matter what role it takes, there are occasionally times when it gets pushed to the bottom of the priority list. That was the case for Garmin TeamX engineer Bob Godsy. After earning a private pilot license in high school, flying would take […]

Russia plans to launch into orbit a spherical glass satellite for measuring Earth’s gravity field by the end of December, documents revealed. The BLITS-M retroreflector satellite will be launched together with three Gonets-M communications satellites using the Rokot carrier rocket, scheduled to take off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on December 25. The BLITS-M satellite is an improved version of the Russian BLITS (Ball Lens In The Space) satellite. It is […]

A free GPS World webinar on Nov. 21 tackles a new frontier, if not the final one, for GNSS. “Developments in Space GNSS Navigation,” sponsored by NovAtel, brings together experts from NASA, ESA, NovAtel and Spire (the CubeSat company) to discuss how they’re taking GNSS capabilities beyond Earth’s boundaries. Navigating through space has long proven to be challenge for aerospace engineers and professionals because of the complex combination of technology and cost required for success. […]

October 22, 2019 More Than a Period Tracker What makes menstrual cycle tracking in Garmin Connect better than other apps? Easy. We care about your health across the board, not just your period. Garmin Connect is your one-stop shop for all your health and wellness data, and it got even better when we added menstrual cycle tracking. Now you can track your cycle, keep a daily log of how you feel physically and mentally, and […]

Rutgers engineers have embedded high performance electrical circuits inside 3D-printed plastics, which could lead to smaller and versatile drones and better-performing small satellites, biomedical implants and smart structures. They used pulses of high-energy light to fuse tiny silver wires, resulting in circuits that conduct 10 times more electricity than the state of the art, according to a study in the journal Additive Manufacturing. By increasing conductivity 10-fold, the engineers can reduce energy […]

Photo: Trimble Trimble has introduced the the R12 GNSS receiver, a high-performance GNSS surveying solution. Powered by a new real-time kinematic (RTK) and Trimble RTX positioning engine, it features Trimble ProPoint GNSS technology that empowers land surveyors to quickly measure more points in more places than previously. Surveyors who work in challenging GNSS environments can use the Trimble R12 receiver to help reduce both the time in the field and the need for conventional techniques […]