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The GPS/GNSS newsletter by Navtech Seminars
& GPS Supply,
the GPS professional's resource since 1984. |
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Editor-in-Chief:
Carolyn P. McDonald (send news items to cmcdonald@navtechgps.com)
Technical
Editor: Keith D. McDonald (satconsult@aol.com)
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Included
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1) Gravity Probe-B
satellite was launched April 21
2) ISCe Conference June 1-3, 2004, Long Beach may be of
value
to you!
3) FREE: U. Calgary Ph.D. theses released online
4) FREE: Canadian GPS Associates' book released
5) Navtech's June 2004 public courses in Annapolis, MD
6) Annapolis hotel for June
7) Navtech's public courses through January 2005 (Note that the
New
Orleans courses are being moved to 2005)
8) Links to various navigation industry newsletters
9) Meetings calendar
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1) Gravity Probe-B
satellite was launched April 21
The Delta 2 carrying NASA's
Gravity Probe-B satellite was launched Wednesday, April 21 from
Vandenburg AFB, California. This program is using GPS to
help test Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Dr. Brad
Parkinson, known to many of our readers, has been
instrumental in developing this phase of the project at Stanford
University. For numerous reviews, see..............
CNN http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/04/20/bc.space.gravity.reut/index.html
Stanford http://einstein.stanford.edu/
Marshall Space Center http://www.gravityprobeb.com
"Space News: SPACECRAFT
LAUNCHED TO TEST ALBERT EINSTEIN'S THEORIES
A slender Boeing Delta 2 rocket boosted NASA's Gravity Probe-B
spacecraft into polar orbit Tuesday, kicking off a $700 million
mission to precisely measure how gravity warps and twists the
fabric of space and time. http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d304/status.html"
Gravity Probe-B video coverage:
http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d304/d304video.html
Launch photo gallery:
http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d304/040420gallery/01.html
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2) ISCe Conference
June 1-3, 2004, Long Beach may be of value
to you!
Topics will center on business
aspects of communication satellite, and will include how GPS
fits into the world of communications. ISCe stands for
International Satellite & Communications Conference and
Expo. GPS is one string of the conference, and will focus
on business aspects of GPS relative to the communications
market. Please go to http://www.isce.com
for conference details and registration.
Navtech is presenting a two basic 3-hour GPS courses on June 1
at the Hyatt Long Beach as part of the ISCe Conference &
Expo that begins June 2. The tutorials are less expensive
for you if you also attend the conference, and you should sign
up at www.isce.com directly in
that case.
Navtech's own sign up is at www.navtechGPS.com
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3) FREE: U. Calgary
Ph.D. theses released online
Over 13 year's worth of graduate
theses have been released by the University of Calgary's
Geomatics Department for online study.
Go to http://www.geomatics.ucalgary.ca/links/GradTheses.html
to see this exceptional group of technical papers.
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4) FREE: Canadian GPS
Associates' book released
The Canadian GPS Associates,
publisher of the widely read book "Guide to GPS
Positioning" have released this book for free viewing on
the web. This book was edited by David Wells and was
published by the group in 1986. While the book was never
updated, it is still a valuable text on surveying with GPS.
Go to http://plan.geomatics.ucalgary.ca/special_publications.html
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5) Navtech's June 2004
public courses in Annapolis, MD
To
receive a paper catalog, you can subscribe on-line at
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/subscribe.asp
or call us at (703) 256-8900 or (800) NAV-0855 (toll-free from
US & Canada)
*** June
14-18, 2004 *******************
The Sheraton Barcelo
Annapolis, Maryland (Washington DC area) (Lovely time of year)
and it's components known as...
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6) Annapolis hotel for
June
ROOMS AT THE SHERATON BARCELO
ANNAPOLIS are available. Call +1 (410) 266-3131 and ask
for "Reservations". Identify yourself as part of
the Navtech roomblock to receive our $95 rate (government rate
for everyone, including non-government people, under our
contract.) Please call NOW. The room block expires
May 21. If you fail to make your reservation by then, please try
anyway, though the availability of rooms after May 21 cannot be
guaranteed.
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7) Navtech's public
courses through January 2005 (Note that the New
Orleans courses are being moved to 2005)
*** June 1,
2004 *******************
The Hyatt Long Beach, Long
Beach, California (Perfect weather)
Tutorial prior to ISCe (International Satellite &
Communications Expo)
*** June
14-18, 2004 *******************
The Sheraton Barcelo,
Annapolis, Maryland (Washington DC area) (Lovely time of year)
(Already detailed in our Item 5 above)
www.navtechgps.com
*** September
20-21, 2004 *******************
The Hyatt Long Beach
Long Beach, California (Perfect weather)
Navtech's tutorials prior to ION
GNSS 2004 (same series as ION GPS/GNSS 2003 in
Portland, Oregon, just a revised name)
These tutorials (32 half days in
a 2-day period) will be announced by June 1,
2004. Prices will be the same as 2003. See www.navtechgps.com
under seminars for our 2003
series, for an idea of what we will be offering.
*** December
6-10, 2004 => January 10-14, 2005 *******************
THE
NEW ORLEANS SEMINARS HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO
JANUARY 10-14, 2005!!!
The Chateau Sonesta New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana (The best time of all to be in festive
New Orleans)
and its components, known as....
*** Franck Boynton of our Navtech
GPS Supply will be on hand in San Diego, Annapolis,
and New Orleans to demonstrate equipment. Call if you have
special requests.***
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8)
Links to various navigation industry newsletters
* The European Space Agency
publishes an EGNOS newsletter that is called EGNOS NEWS,
focusing both on EGNOS and on satellite navigation issues.
http://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/egnos/estb/newsletter.htm
* To learn about the world's most relied upon GPS technical
magazine, GPS
World, go to http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld
* For the authoritative Galileo newsletter, go to:
http://www.genesis-office.org/galileo_newsletters/galileo_newsletters.html
* For the archives of the Locus Inc. newsletter on LORAN
positioning and
timing, go to: http://www.locusinc.com/loran_newsletter.html
Their March issue was just released.
* For the electronic on-line magazine for GPS professional users
published by
Matteo Luccio, go to www.gpsuser.com
(the latest issue is Nov. 13, 2003)
* For the newsletter published by Professional Surveyor
Magazine, Marc
Cheeves, Publisher, go to http://www.profsurv.com/newsArc.htm
* Continuously updated newsletter by the US Coast Guard's
Navigation Center
"NAVCEN" is at http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/
* Military and Space magazine's newsletter is found at:
http://mae.pennnet.com/Search/index.cfm?Section=Archives
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9)
Meetings calendar
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May 16-19, 2004
GNSS 2004
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Theme: "Merging Science and Applications"
www.enc-gnss2004.com
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June 1-3, 2004
ISCe 2004 Conference
(Navtech tutorial prior to ISCe is June 1)
Long Beach, California
This meeting is lining up many high level speakers with an
emphasis on business,
anti-terrorism, and intelligence. GPS is new to the three-year
old
conference, and there will be at least 3 panel discussions in
which GPS is
the topic. See www.isce.com or www.navtechgps.com
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June 7-9, 2004
ION 60th Annual Meeting
Co-Sponsored by Air Force Institute of Technology and CIGTF
Dayton Marriott
Hotel Dayton, Ohio (see www.ion.org
)
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June 14-17, 2004
NIST 29th Annual Time, Frequency and Metrology Seminar
Boulder, CO
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/confpage/blconf.htm
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June 14-18, 2004
Navtech courses
Sheraton Barcelo, Annapolis, MD
Gto www.GPSetc.com
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June 22-23, 2004
EURAN 2004
Munich, Germany
email schulze-thesing.dgon.bonn@t-online.de
for further information
Theme: "Integration of GPS, EGNOS, Galileo and LORAN-C/EUROFIX"
Call +49 228 20197.0 schulze-thesing.dgon.bonn@t-online.de
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September 21-24, 2004
ION GNSS 2004
Preceded by Navtech's tutorials at the Hyatt Long
Beach Sept. 20-21) www.navtechgps.com
(Formerly known as ION GPS, and then ION GPS/GNSS, still
presented by the
ION's Satellite Division) Long Beach Convention Center Long
Beach,
California www.ion.org
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December 7-9, 2004
The 36th Annual PTTI Meeting
Hyatt Regency, Washington, DC
Contact Sheila Faulkner at: bopenyan@aol.com
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6-8 December, 2004
2004 International Symposium on GPS/GNSS
Sydney, Australia
http://www.gnss2004.org
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August, 2005
The 37th Annual PTTI Meeting
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Will meet with the IEEE Frequency Control Symposium.
Contact Sheila Faulkner at: bopenyan@aol.com
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