ITEM 1)
EARLY BIRD DEADLINE FOR
FT. WORTH TUTORIALS IS THIS FRIDAY,
AUGUST 25
REGISTER
NOW FOR NavtechGPS's 2006 TUTORIALS in Ft. Worth!http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPStutorials/tutreg.asp
BROWSE
our 32 technical tutorials to be held September 25-26 in
Fort Worth, Texas prior to the ION GNSS
2006 Conference:
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPStutorials/iongnss2006.asp
** Please note that Navtech
and the ION are different organizations and require separate
registrations. (go to www.ion.org
for the conference registration.)
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ITEM 2) HOTEL INFORMATION FOR FT.
WORTH; TUTORIALS AND CONFERENCE at
SAME WWW SITE
Make Your Hotel
Reservations Online as soon as possible
- many conference hotels are full. For
special ION and NavtechGPS
rates at:
http://www.ion.org/meetings/gnss2006hotel.cfm
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ITEM 3) NEXT GPS SATELLITE LAUNCH
SEPTEMBER 21
This is from
http://spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html
|
Sept. 21 |
Delta
2 • GPS 2R-M2 |
Launch date:
September 21, 2006
Payload: GPS 2R-M2
Launch time:
approx. 1900 GMT (3 p.m.
EDT)
Launch site:
SLC-17, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
The Boeing Delta 2 rocket
will launch the second modernized Lockheed Martin NAVSTAR
Global Positioning System Block 2R military navigation
satellite. The launch will be run by the U.S. Air Force. The
rocket will fly in the 7925 vehicle configuration. Delayed
from Sept. 14. [Aug. 11]"
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ITEM 4) ION GNSS 2006 PAPERS TO BE
PRESENTED IN FT. WORTH SEPT 26-29, 2006
http://www.ion.org/meetings/gnss2006program.cfm#d2
We will send you the updates to
the ION GNSS presentation list as they occur. An update is
expected in the next week.
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ITEM 5) GSA
PRICING ON NavtechGPS's
ION GNSS 2006
TUTORIALS IN FT. WORTH!
We now offer GSA pricing on
our pre-ION/GNSS
2006 tutorials on September 25-26, 2006 in Fort Worth, TX.
We honor group discounts on GSA prices and accept all
government credit cards for payment.
View our special GSA pricing
in PDF format:
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPStutorials/pdf_tutorials/NavtechGPS_Tutorial_GSApricing.pdf
** Please note that Navtech
and the ION are different organizations and require separate
registrations. (go to
www.ion.org
for the conference)
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ITEM 6) ION GNSS CONFERENCE
REGISTRATION (Ft. Worth Sept. 26-29) **
ION GNSS
2006 is the world's largest GPS meeting, with the largest
exhibit. Be there for leading edge product announcements
and technical papers. Online registration for
the ION GNSS 2006
conference is available at:
http://www.ion.org/registration/
** Please note that Navtech and
the ION are different organizations and require separate
registrations. (go to www.ion.org
for the conference registration.)
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ITEM 7)
5th ANNUAL OPEN MIC NIGHT AT ION GNSS SEPT 28
And you
are invited to attend NavtechGPS's famous and FREE 5th
ANNUAL OPEN MIC NIGHT co-sponsored this year by
U-Blox
+ NavCom Technologies + GPSoft +
InsideGNSS + GPS World + GPS Networking (as
well as NavtechGPS!)
This will
be a great party with wonderful ION musicians. Get your act
ready!!!!! Thursday, September 28 ~ 8pm @ 8.0 Restaurant &
Bar.
Detailed information:
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPStutorials/pdf_tutorials/Navtech_ION2006_OpenMic.pdf
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ITEM 8)
NEWSLETTER LINKS and USEFUL WEBSITES (This is an
archival list. Please notify us if your own link changes.)
* Mr. Glen
Gibbons, founding editor of "GPS World", launched a new
international trade journal, "Inside GNSS"
last . Subscription is FREE and details can be found
at
http://www.insidegnss.com
* The
European Space Agency publishes an EGNOS newsletter that is
called EGNOS NEWS, focusing both on EGNOS and on satellite
navigation issues:
http://ravel.esrin.esa.it/docs/egnos/estb/newsletter.htm
* To view
details on "GPS World" magazine, the GPS standard since
1990, go to
http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld
* For the
archives of the Locus Inc. newsletter on LORAN positioning
and timing, go to, go to:
http://www.locusinc.com/loran_newsletter.html
* For the
newsletter published by "Professional Surveyor" Magazine, go
to
http://www.profsurv.com/newpsm/news.php
*
Continuously updated newsletter by the US Coast Guard's
Navigation Center "NAVCEN" is at
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/
* Military
and Aerospace magazine's newsletter is found at:
http://mae.pennnet.com/Search/index.cfm?Section=Archives
* Kalman
filter site maintained by Gregory F. Welch, UNC, Chapel
Hill, NC
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~welch/kalman/
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ITEM 9)
MEETINGS CALENDAR
______________________________________
September 26-29, 2006 (Navtech Tutorials:
September 25-26)
ION GNSS
2006
Fort Worth Convention Center
Fort Worth, Texas
www.ion.org
______________________________________
October 23-25, 2006
International Loran Association
Conference
2006 Convention and Technical Symposium -
ILA-35
Mystic Marriott Hotel and Spa
Groton, Connecticut
www.loran.org/events.html
______________________________________
October 18-20, 2006
12th IAIN World Congress
2006 International Symposium on GPS/GNSS
ICC
Jeju, Korea
http://www.iaincongress.org/
______________________________________
September 25-28, 2007 (Navtech Tutorials:
September 24-25)
ION GNSS
2007
Fort Worth Convention Center
Fort Worth, Texas
www.ion.org
______________________________________
December 5-7, 2006
38th Annual
Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI)
Systems and Applications Meeting
Hyatt Regency
Hotel, Reston VA
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/ptti.html
