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OUT IN FRONT Opportunities Abound www.gpsworld.com EDITORIAL Editor in Chief Alan Cameron | acameron@questex.com Managing Editor Tracy Cozzens | tcozzens@questex.com Art Director Annie Leung | aleung@questex.com EDITORIAL OFFICES 201 Sandpointe Avenue, Suite 500, Santa Ana, CA 92707-8716 USA 714-338-6700 | Fax 714-338-6717 www.gpsworld.com | info@gpsworld.com CONTIBUTING EDITORS Innovation Richard Langley | lang@unb.ca Navigate! daily Jeff Chappell | jchappell@questex.com LBS Kevin Dennehy | kdennehy@questex.com Survey Eric Gakstatter | egakstatter@questex.com Business/OEM Stephen Colwell | scolwell@questex.com Military/Government Don Jewell | djewell@questex.com Avionics/Transport Bill Thompson | bthompson@questex.com Utilities/Communications Janice Partyka | jpartyka@questex.com ADVERTISING Publisher Kristina Panter kpanter@questex.com | 714-338-6733 National Account Manager Michael Eager meager@questex.com | 714-338-6738 Account Manager Jeannie Hortness jhortness@questex.com | 714-338-6732 Sales Administrator Marisa Strange mstrange@questex.com | 714-338-6766 ADVERTISING OFFICES 201 Sandpointe Avenue, Suite 500, Santa Ana, CA 92707-8716 USA 714-338-6700 | Fax 714-338-6717 PUBLISHING SERVICES Production Director Bonnie Ling | bling@questex.com Production Manager Anna Abbott | aabbott@questex.com Audience Development Manager Deborah Gullian | dgullian@questex.com PRODUCTION OFFICE 306 West Michigan St., Suite 200, Duluth, MN 55802, USA. 218-279-8840. Subscriber Services: To subscribe, change your address, and all other services, call 866-344-1315 or 615-377-3322 (Outside U.S.), fax 615-377-0525, or e-mail questex@sunbeltfs.com. QUESTEX MEDIA GROUP, INC. President & CEO: Kerry C. Gumas EVP & CFO: Tom Caridi EVP: Robert S. Ingraham EVP: Tony D’Avino EVP, Corporate Development: Claudia Flowers VP & General Manager: Don Rosenberg VP, Digital Media: Seth Nichols VP, Human Resources: Diane M. Evans L eft hand, meet right hand. Let’s stay in touch. When I wrote in November that “Di Qui’s article on geoencryption with Loran represents to my knowledge the first article ever published in this magazine that is not about GPS or some other GNSS,” I completely neglected the wealth of material that Richard Langley has provided in the Innovation column over the years. Of course we’ve presented many articles on the integration of other technologies, sensors, or media with a GNSS receiver. But for the standalone, if you will, usage of another technology for positioning, Richard had the market cornered. Prior to “Security for Insecure What — or who— drives the search for other positioning solutions, whether co-harnessed, complementary, or competing? Times” in November, at least. As recently as July, Innovation covered the use of AM radio signals for positioning: “Opportunistic Navigation.” In July 2006, it featured an article on enhanced Loran — although in my defense it was not standalone in that case, but an integrated tracking system with GPS. September 2005 found Langley and his authors delving into “Use of Broadcast TV Signals to Fill GPS Acquisition Gaps.” Again though, note that we’re filling gaps, not standing alone. And so on, and so on. All Innovation columns, by the way, dating back to June 2001 — not the complete oeuvre, but 44 percent of it, near as I can calculate — are conveniently collected and easily accessed on our website. Just cruise down the lefthand navigation bar and find the button under the Resources heading. What — or who — drives the search for other positioning, navigation, and timing solutions, whether co-harnessed, complementary, or competing? It’s those danged consumers, that’s who. For nearly a decade — the first decade of GPS technology’s use by various professionals, and coincidentally the first decade of this magazine’s life — innovative research focused on wringing more out of the GPS signal itself: dualfrequency, carrier-wave, RTK. Because almost all use occurred outdoors, and challenges involved visibility, latitude, canopy, distance from reference stations, and so on. Then the tiny little cell of nonprofessional use was nurtured and encouraged to grow, to the point where it has taken on behemoth proportions. With a commensurate appetite for position and navigation data. Why, these people want to know where they are, at every instant, in tunnels, parking garages, urban canyons, inside offices and malls and skyscrapers. The nerve. So we must assemble all the tools we can, and invent new ones. I marvel at the ingenuity of engineers who can take advantage of every, it seems, waveform known to science, and turn it to position’s advantage. Just don’t tell me that next we’ll be harnessing the tides for PNT. QUESTEX WORLDWIDE HEADQUARTERS 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466, USA 617-219-8300 | Toll-Free 888-552-4346 | Fax 617-219-8310 MANUSCRIPTS: GPS World welcomes unsolicited articles but cannot be held responsible for their safekeeping or return. Send to: 201 Sandpointe Avenue, Suite 500, Santa Ana, CA 92707-8716 USA. Every precaution is taken to ensure accuracy, but publishers cannot accept responsibility for the accuracy of information supplied herein or for any opinion expressed. REPRINTS: Reprints of all articles are available (500 minimum). 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GPS - January 2008 Contents Out in Front Expert Advice The Money-Go-Round u-Nav Latest Acquisition Apples to Apples Global SBAS 2008 GPS Receiver Survey Advertisers Index & Company Directory The Manufacturer's Road Year of the Who Working Indoor Up and Down Good, Better, Best Marketplace Classifieds Seen + Heard

GPS World - January 2008

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