GPS World - Feature

In-depth feature articles from GPS World magazine

50+ Leaders to Watch Who will move the industry and its applications forward in 2008 and 2009? What strategies will they employ and what risks will they undertake? In this special report, we look ahead to identify key indivduals shaping the future of positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT). Finders Keepers The ultimate winners appear to be the Internet and software players. The key to success remains content and the software that delivers it. Navigating These Mean Streets DARPA's upcoming Urban Challenge will showcase capabilities for effective real-time mapping by robotic vehicles requiring sophisticated sensing capabilities to cope with the object-rich urban setting, where moving objects will also be present. 50+ Leaders to Watch Who will move the GNSS industry and technology forward into 2007 and 2008? What are their goals, and what strategies will they employ? Meet GIOVE-A Galileo satellites must operate in a harsh environment more than 20,000 kilometers above the Earth, through the intense Van Allen electron belt. Key team members describe the design, manufacture, launch, and commissioning of the demonstration satellite GIOVE-A.