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The GPS/GNSS newsletter by Navtech Seminars
& GPS Supply,
the GPS professional's resource since 1984. |
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15, 2004 |
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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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1) HURRICANE FRANCES DELAYS DELTA 2 LAUNCH
INTO
OCTOBER
2) OPEN MIC NIGHT PHOTOS FROM 2003 in
PORTLAND
3) NAVTECH TUTORIALS PRIOR TO ION SEPT.
20-21! You can
still sign up for a tutorial - let us know ASAP,
though!
4) NAVTECH'S PUBLIC COURSES THROUGH JANUARY
2005
(NOTE THAT THE NEW ORLEANS COURSES ARE BEING
MOVED TO 2005)
5) LINKS TO VARIOUS NAVIGATION INDUSTRY
NEWSLETTERS
6) MEETINGS CALENDAR (One new meeting is
listed in this issue)
7) SEE NAVTECH'S BOOK SEARCH ENGINE AT
www.navtechgps.com
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ITEM 1) HURRICANE FRANCES DELAYS DELTA 2
LAUNCH INTO OCTOBER
The Lockheed Martin-built GPS 2R-13 spacecraft was battered by
Hurricane Frances and the September 22 launch date has been
moved to October so that repairs can be made.
Read the full story:
http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d308/040914hurricane.html
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ITEM 2) OPEN MIC NIGHT PHOTOS FROM 2003 in
PORTLAND
Please take a look at some photos from last year's Navtech's
Open Mic Night 2003! This is the BEST party! You WOULD NOT want
to miss it this year!!!
Follow the link below to view the photos, as well as get all the
information about this year's Open Mic Night!
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPSCoursePhotos/open_mic_photo.asp
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ITEM 3) NAVTECH'S TUTORIALS PRIOR TO ION
Browse through our selection of 31 half-day/evening session
choices:
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPStutorials/iongps2004.asp
IMPORTANT: We will be accepting tutorial registrations through
5pm Eastern Daylight time Thursday, SEPTEMBER 16. Anyone who
wishes to register AFTER this date, should register as a walk-in
onsite. Please note that while we welcome walk-ins, we cannot
guarantee class notes in time for your session(s).
Registrations may be cancelled through 5pm Eastern Daylight time
Thursday, SEPTEMBER 16, without penalty, and attendee
substitutions may be made at any time.
NO REFUNDS will be provided for "no-shows" or late
cancellations, as we will have made commitments on your behalf.
Register online:
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPStutorials/tutreg.asp
This is the world's largest GPS meeting, with the largest
exhibit. Be there for product announcements, leading edge
technical papers,
AND Navtech's famous OPEN MIC NIGHT co-sponsored this year by
Platinum sponsors Navtech, GPS Networking, Spirent, and Gold
Sponsors NavCom Technologies, GPSoft, NordNav, and GPS World!
This will be a great party with wonderful ION musicians. Get
your act ready!!!!! Thursday, September 23 at The Madision
Restaurant (very posh but WE will be very casual.) The food will
be fabulous and it's all free if you get a ticket at one of the
sponsor's booths.
It's past time to get your hotel room for ION in Long Beach. Go
to www.ion.org for hotel information under ION GNSS 2004.
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ITEM 4) NAVTECH'S PUBLIC COURSES THROUGH
JANUARY 2005
*** September 20-21, 2004 *******************
The Hyatt Long Beach
Long Beach, California (Perfect weather). Navtech's tutorials
prior to ION
GNSS 2004 These 32 HALF-DAY tutorials will be
posted on our website by June 1, 2004. If you need to make plans
now, see www.GPSetc.com
under seminars for our 2003
series, for an idea of what we will be offering.
*** January 10-14, 2005 *******************
THE NEW ORLEANS SEMINARS orginially scheduled for Dec. 6-10 HAVE
BEEN CHANGED TO JANUARY 10-14, 2005!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Chateau Sonesta Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana
356: "GPS Operation for Engineers and Technical Professionals",
taught by
Mr.. Keith McDonald and Dr. Chris Hegarty (January 10-14, 2005)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem356.asp
and its components, known as....
111: "GPS Fundamentals", taught by Mr. Keith McDonald (January
10, 2005))
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem111.asp
122: "GPS Fundamentals and Enhancements", taught by Mr. McDonald
(January 10-11, 2005))
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem122.asp
217: "Introduction to Differential GPS", taught by Dr. Chris
Hegarty (January 12, 2005)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem217.asp
356B: "Advanced GPS Operation for Engineers", taught by Dr.
Chris Hegarty
(January 12-14, 2005) (The first day, Wednesday, is the same as
217)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem356.asp
331: "Weak Signal Tracking & High Sensitivity GPS for Indoors",
taught by
Dr. Gerard Lachapelle and Dr. Mark Petovello (January 10-12,
2005))
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem331.asp
AND..... THERE WILL BE MORE.
*** EQUIPMENT DEMONSTRATIONS: Franck Boynton of our Navtech GPS
Supply will
be on hand in New Orleans to demonstrate equipment. Call if you
have special requests.***
*** May 2-6, 2005 ****************
Navtech will present tutorials at the Marriot Hotel Mission
Valley, San Diego. Course 356 and its components 111, 122, 217,
and 356B will be presented, as well as others still to be
determined.
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ITEM 5) NEWSLETTER LINKS (This is an
archival list. Please notify us if your own link changes.)
* The European Space Agency publishes an EGNOS newsletter that
is called EGNOS
NEWS, focusing both on EGNOS and on satellite navigation issues.
The latest issue became available for download May 25, as Issue
1/2004:
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 archives of the Locus Inc. newsletter on LORAN
positioning and
timing, go to:
http://www.locusinc.com/loran_newsletter.html Their
May issue released May 24.
* 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,
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 Aerospace magazine's newsletter is found at:
http://mae.pennnet.com/Search/index.cfm?Section=Archives
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ITEM 6) MEETINGS
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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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October 4-6, 2004
ISPA 2004
(International Symposium on Precision Approach and Automatic
Landing)
Organized by the German Institute of Navigation
http://www.dgon.de
Munich, Germany
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October 25-27, 2004
The 33rd Annual Conference of the International Loran
Association
Tokyo, Japan
www.loran.org
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November 9-11, 2004
NAV 04, sponsored by the Royal Institute of Navigation
Church House, Westminster, London
Theme: "Location & Timing Applications". Colin Beatty FRIN is
Chairman.
Go to www.rin.org.uk
for details
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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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December 6-8, 2004
2004 International Symposium on GPS/GNSS
Sydney, Australia
http://www.gnss2004.org
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January 24-26, 2005
ION National Technical Meeting
The Catamaran Hotel
San Diego, California
Dr. John Studenny is General Chair and Dr. Naser El-Sheimy is
Program Chair
See www.ion.org for
details.
Call for abstracts has been mailed, and abstracts are due no
later than September 30, 2004.
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April 12-14, 2005
CERGAL 2005 (International Symposium on Certification of Galileo
System and Services)
Braunschweig, Germany
http://www.dgon.de
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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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ITEM 7) Navtech GPS Supply has a new
search engine for books on
www.navtechgps.com or
www.GPSetc.com !
You can now find GPS books you need from our site through our
great new search engine! Books are listed by:
Our part #
ISBN numbers
Title
Author
Publisher
Navtech's book category
Give it a try! AUTHORS, PLEASE CHECK OUT YOUR OWN WORKS AND LET
US KNOW OF CHANGES YOU'D LIKE.
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