by EricColburn
December 2, 2012 in Associate Membership, Business, Continuing Education, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Videos, Members, Videos
History of Military Surveying Video-Part 4
This Youtube video was presented at Surveyors Rendezvous 2010, Surveyors Historical Society.
by EricColburn
November 24, 2012 in Associate Membership, Business, Continuing Education, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Videos, Members, Videos
History of Military Surveying Video-Part 3
This Youtube video was presented at Surveyors Rendezvous 2010, Surveyors Historical Society.
by EricColburn
November 17, 2012 in Associate Membership, Business, Continuing Education, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Videos, Members, Videos
History of Military Surveying – Part 2
This Youtube video was presented at Surveyors Rendezvous 2010, Surveyors Historical Society.
by EricColburn
November 12, 2012 in Associate Membership, Business, Continuing Education, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Videos, Members, Videos
History of Military Surveying Video-Part 1
With yesterday being the observance of Veterans Day, and many taking a holiday day today, here’s the first of a video series about the history of military surveying.
This Youtube video was presented at Surveyors Rendezvous 2010, Surveyors Historical Society.
by EricColburn
October 7, 2011 in Associate Membership, Business, Geomatics, GNSS, GPS, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, Links, News
Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa continues to seek answers regarding the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and its dealings with the firm, LightSquared.
This week, Grassley wrote separate letters to the top investor in and the chief executive of the company, seeking materials that would shed light on why the agency has allowed the company to advance wireless broadband plans, despite serious concerns of technical interference with the GPS systems used widely in military, aviation and emergency response venues.
by EricColburn
September 20, 2011 in Associate Membership, Business, Geomatics, GPS, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, Locata, News
Locata Prototypes a System for Centimeter-Accurate Positioning Over Large Areas When GPS Is Completely Denied
Professional Land Surveyor News
IRVINE, CA and CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA–(Marketwire – Sep 8, 2011) - Locata Corporation today announced it has successfully completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) contract phase for a Locata network which will enable the USAF to deploy a new ground-based, centimeter-accurate “truth-reference level” positioning system for use in GPS-denied environments. The USAF 746th Test Squadron (746TS) awarded Locata a multi-year contract for this project in July 2010, and the CDR was the last milestone to be met before the USAF committed to a technology demonstration in the USA. Locata’s Non-GPS Based Positioning System (NGBPS) — sold commercially as a LocataNet — will provide accurate positioning when GPS is jammed over 2,500 sq. miles (6,500 sq. kilometers) of the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) in New Mexico.
by EricColburn
September 16, 2011 in Associate Membership, Business, Geomatics, GPS, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, News
By Elaine Sanchez
American Forces Press Service
Professional Land Surveyor News
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2011 – Defense Department officials are raising concerns that a company’s proposed wireless broadband network would cause harmful interference to essential Global Positioning System operations.
LightSquared’s new terrestrial network has the potential to wreak havoc on GPS systems that are vital to the military and used in a host of applications, Teresa Takai, the DOD’s chief information officer, and Air Force Gen. William L. Shelton, commander of Air Force Space Command, told members of the House Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Strategic Forces yesterday.
“GPS is vital to national security and is relied upon by our servicemen and women for a wide array of capabilities,” Takai said in written testimony.
by EricColburn
February 26, 2010 in Associate Membership, Business, GPS, Land Surveying, News
Professional Land Surveyor News
February 25, 2010
The U.S. Air Force selected Raytheon for a contract of $886 million to develop a new element of the Global Positioning System (GPS), called the Advanced Control Segment (OCX), to improve the accuracy of information from GPS satellites.
The new segment will include anti-jam capabilities and improved security, accuracy, and reliability. It will be based on a modern service-oriented architecture to integrate government and industry open-system standards.
by EricColburn
January 19, 2010 in Associate Membership, Business, GPS, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Videos, News, Technology Videos, Videos
Professional Land Surveyor News
Yesterday, January 18, 2009, Reuters India reported from Beijing, China that over the past weekend China launched the third BeiDou (Big Dipper) or Compass satellite in an effort to build its own global satellite positioning (GPS) system. This latest satellite is part of a proposed constellation of 35 Chinese GPS satellites to be in orbit by the year 2020.
China is competing in space with the United States and Russia, and in addition to these BeiDou or COMPASS satellites also has plans to land on the Moon in 2012. While this instills a great deal of national pride within China, and is increasing the prominence of China in the space arena, this initiative and the overall China space program has alarmed some western counterparts. Within the region, rival India, in response to China’s space ambitions, is now working to increase India’s space program.
As reported, the China BeiDou or COMPASS GPS network will provide the following services:
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