As regular readers of this newsletter know, my primary focus over the past year has been to champion the importance of geodesy and to prepare the geospatial ...

Exactly a decade has passed since the first major milestone of the GPS-mobile phone success story, the E-911 legislation enacted in 1999. Ensuing developments in that history include: Snaptrack bought ...

You’ve probably heard of at least one of those terms in any discussion around GPS anti-jam technology for defense. Because they are all terms that describe essentially the same thing: a specialized ...

No audio available for this content. Table 1. Preliminary 2013 U.S. GPS economic benefit estimates. (Chart: GPS World, based on data from author) This article is based on a presentation to the ...

GNSS jamming and spoofing pose a significant threat to global security, as satellite-based navigation and timing systems are utilized in various application fields, including critical infrastructure, ...

Wingcopter’s authorized partner in Japan, ITOCHU Corporation, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the practical use of ...

No audio available for this content. Recent changes in hardware and standards make one-meter accuracy possible, in some cases as soon as this year. The transcript of a talk given to Android developers ...

No audio available for this content. You may have heard about “NMEA data” with respect to GPS. NMEA is an acronym for the National Marine Electronics Association. NMEA existed well before GPS was ...

Since the dawn of GPS, researchers have worked to improve the accuracy of estimated positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) from the receiver-derived pseudorange, carrier-phase and Doppler ...

No audio available for this content. SBG Systems’ INS Ellipse-D powers Leo Drive’s autonomous car. The evolution of autonomous vehicles has been a fascinating journey, transforming from science ...

Tracy Cozzens joined GPS World magazine in 2006, serving for many years before being wooed out of retirement and rejoining in 2025. “I simply couldn’t stay away from what I know — GPS, GNSS and PNT — ...