GPS World - February 2008 - (Page 28)

John Wilde | Director | DW International Limited European Industry Group J ohn Wilde (JW), director at the independent technical consultancy DW International Limited, also serves as deputy chair of the Civil Global Positioning System Service Interface Committee (CGSIC), responsible for international affairs. Alan Cameron (AC): Can you specify the need for a new GNSS industry group in Europe? JW: It started with the work I’ve been doing over the years for the CGSIC, which does an excellent job of information flow, policy/status briefing, and providing a platform for people to bring forward any issues they may have with GPS. However, I noticed that in contrast to the regular representation of U.S. and Japanese industry interests at CGSIC through the U.S. GPS Industry Council and the Japanese GPS Council, there was no similar body to represent the interests of European industry in an organized or regular manner in this forum or elsewhere. So there was always, to my mind, the pressing need for a complementary industry group to facilitate their particular requirements. I see an industry group which brings to the table an international information resource, both to policy-makers and the media, together with industry itself. 28 GPS World | February 2008 Somewhere we can go to talk about policy, strategy, regulatory issues, technical issues, even diplomatic issues; anything that affects the conduct of industry business in the GNSS arena. I see it providing a much needed service to policymakers and media, facilitating information flow and essentially identifying who is doing what, where and when. This has been a difficult issue over the years, particularly in Europe. As a resource to industry, I see it providing an information portal between companies involved in GNSS, and a forum where they can not only raise issues but seek a contact within appropriate policymakers. So it’s a two-way street. I believe that there is a communitywide demand that needs to be satisfied for integration, coordination, and interoperability of existing solutions and proposed new solutions. This will include new GNSS solutions coming from around the world. We know there is some technical work being done on interoperability, some of which is visible. I regularly meet new people doing something interesting in GNSS, looking to talk to other companies doing similar or complementary work worldwide. One must also consider the political and administrative landscape — what is the www.gpsworld.com http://www.septentrio.com http://www.septentrio.com http://www.septentrio.com http://www.gpsworld.com

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