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mechanism to contact a person in whatever policy-maker about a given subject? I believe an efficient industry grouping would also have a profound effect on the market and manufacturer acceptance of GNSS programs. Having looked at the organizational models operated by the U.S. and Japanese councils, I realized that there was a missing third leg of the stool, and this was Europe. There is no equivalent of these groups in Europe. Whilst one could talk to individuals who were involved in a particular project or technical group, one couldn’t get an overriding comprehensive, and moreover, independent, view of what was happening. What I see for the future is an association of both major and minor players in European GNSS, encompassing the user equipment makers, system builders, and consultancy firms, and also the major user groups, airlines, railroads, maritime, car makers, agriculture, geodesists, and so on, together with academia. I envisage close links between this new industry group and specialized groups within each of the specific industries, for example with the International Federation of Surveyors, and international organizations such as the United Nations International Committee on GNSS. All stakeholders will be able to participate in communication across disparate worlds, leading to the ability to bring industry issues to the attention of policy-makers here in Europe, the United States, Japan, and globally. We can then credibly address market access, technical, policy, strategy, and regulation issues, moving the whole GNSS world forward. I would hope to keep the core membership primarily European, with nonEuropean entities represented by the appropriate regional industry group. I would expect to perform interoperability information flow through the regional industry groups. There may be specific restrictions where those groups do not have a model or a mandate to go into certain areas. At which point we www.gpsworld.com may make direct contact with those outside the scope of a local industry group. AC: Would the group take on any lobbying roles? JW: Inevitably it would do some lobbying, in that I see it raising issues on behalf of industry to the policymaker, inevitably leading to the need to explain those issues. If we can show that we can have a coordinated, like-minded, international association of regional groups that can aid everybody in achieving their goals — that is my number one aim. For more about the European GNSS industry group: john.wilde@dwint.com. O M N I S T A R H I G H P E R F O R M A N C E TM D G P S : BRINGING DECIMETER ACCURACY WITHIN REACH Introducing OmniSTAR High Performance (HP), our revolutionary new DGPS system that redefines the standard for differential correction. OmniSTAR has developed cost-effective, reliable real-time corrections enabling high-accuracy applications over entire continents without deploying local base stations. Our innovative HP signal provides five times the accuracy of standard DGPS for horizontal accuracy of ~ +/- 10-15 cms. HP means a wide-area solution offering previously unobtainable levels of accuracy, opening the door for high-precision uses such as auto steering, guidance and automation of agri-vehicles, increased hit probability for GIS/utilities, rough grading for construction applications, survey projects, oil exploration, aerial photogrammetry, and more. We just raised the bar on accuracy and reliability, but it’s way within your reach. OmniSTAR HP. Others promise—we deliver. © 2005, OmniSTAR Contact us for more information www.omnistar.com ® Expect high performance February 2008 | GPS World 29 http://www.omnistar.com http://www.omnistar.com http://www.gpsworld.com

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