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MEDIA PLANNER - The Institute of Navigation
EDITORIAL CALENDAR 2021

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Mapping, Innovation
                                                                                                                                           Cover Story                                           Secondary Feature                                                                                                                                        Special Sections                                                                                                                     & Research                                                                              Bonus Distribution
JANUARY                                                                                                                                    Receiver Innovator Q&As:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Mapping Marvel                                                                          ION ITM/PTTI
                                                                                                                                           Technologies & Trends                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       (Jan. 25-28)
Ad Close: 12/4                                                                                                                             (Part 1 of 2)
Materials: 12/11

FEBRUARY                                                                                                                                   Receiver Innovator Q&As:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Innovation
                                                                                                                                           Technologies & Trends (Part 2 of 2)
Ad Close: 1/7
                                                                                                                                           Antenna Innovator Q&As:
Materials: 1/14                                                                                                                            Technologies & Trends

MARCH                                                                                                                                      Leading-Edge Applications:                                                                                                                                                                                     Simulator Buyers Guide                                                                                                               Research Roundup
                                                                                                                                           Machine Control—
Ad Close: 2/2                                                                                                                              Three case studies: precision
Materials: 2/11                                                                                                                            agriculture, construction,
                                                                                                                                           and port automation
APRIL                                                                                                                                      Leading-Edge Applications:                            UAV-based lidar surveying                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Mapping Marvel                                                                          European Navigation
                                                                                                                                           UAVs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Conference
Ad Close: 3/4
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Materials: 3/11
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MAY                                                                                                                                        Leading-Edge Applications:                            Machine control for                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Innovation                                                                              Joint Navigation
                                                                                                                                           Defense & Government                                  an expanding list of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Conference
Ad Close: 4/1                                                                                                                                                                                    equipment types                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       (July 7-10)
Materials: 4/8

JUNE                                                                                                                                       Leading-Edge Applications:                            Crowd-sourced                                                                                                                                            GNSS/PNT Buyers Guide                                                                                                                Research Roundup                                                                        ESRI User Conference
                                                                                                                                           Mapping                                               dead reckoning                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        (July 12-16)
Ad Close: 4/27                                                                                                                                                                                   and mapping of                                                                                                                                              Contact Emily Adkins
Materials: 5/5                                                                                                                                                                                   indoor environments                                                                                                                                        216-675-6006 for more
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              information on the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           GNSS/PNT Buyers Guide

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       LAUNCHPAD | SURVEYING & MAPPING
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Policy and System
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Developments
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 GPS       GLONASS           BeiDou          Galileo
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                                                                                                                                                      New product releases                                                                                                                                                                 Business news in
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                                                                                                                                                                              Fighting Coronavirus with Delivery Drones                                                                                                                                                 Third GPS III Satellite Orbiting
                                                                                                                                                                              Through its group company Antwork, Japanese
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Photo: TerraDrone

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        GPS III SV03 increases the number of        There, they declared rocket booster         over any previous GPS satellite. They
                                                                                                                                                                              company Terra Drone is employing its UAV system

                                                                                                                                                      in survey, mapping,                                                                                                                                                                  survey, mapping,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        military code (M-code)-enabled GPS          separation and satellite control about      also offer the L1C civil signal, which
                                                                                                                                                                              to transport medical samples and quarantine                                                                                                                                               satellites to 22 in the 31-satellite GPS
                                                                                                                                                                              supplies in China to fight the coronavirus.                                                                                                                                                                                           90 minutes after the satellite’s launch     is compatible with other international
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        constellation.                              aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from        global navigation satellite systems, like

                                                                                                                                                                              A
         1                                                                5                                                                                                                t 9 a.m. on Feb. 6, a medical delivery drone                                                                                                                                                                             Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,           Europe’s Galileo, to improve civilian

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  GNSS constellation
                                                                                                                                                                                           flew from the People’s Hospital of Xinchang

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         fter a successful launch   Florida. The Falcon 9's Stage 1 booster     user connectivity.
                                                                                                                                                                                           County to the disease control center of Xinchang                                                                                                                                              on June 30, the third      successfully landed on a pad at sea.           GPS III also continues the Space

                                                                                                                                                      OEM, UAV, mobile,                                                                                                                                                                    OEM, UAV, defense
                                                                                                                                                                                           County, marking the launch of the first urban-air                                                                                                                                             Lockheed Martin-built          Once in operational orbit, SV03 will    Force’s plan to field M-code, a more-
                                                                                                                                                                              transportation channel to help fight the novel coronavirus                                                                                                                                                 GPS III satellite headed   deploy its solar arrays and antennas,       secure, harder-to-jam and spoof GPS
                                                                                                                                                                              (COVID-19 ), a global health emergency.                                                                                                                                                                    to orbit under its own     and then be handed off to Space             signal for U.S. and allied military forces.
                                                                                                                                                                                 As of press time, the World Health Organization reports                                                                                                                                propulsion. The satellite separated         Operations Command.                            Originally scheduled to launch
                              4                                                                                                                                               at least 297,090 people are infected and at least 12,755 have                                                                                                                             from its rocket and used onboard                After on-orbit testing, GPS III SV03    on April 29, the GPS III-3 mission

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  developments and
                                                                                                                                                                              died. China, where COVID-19 originated, is in a tense period                                                                                                                              power to climb to its operational orbit,    is expected to join the GPS constellation   took a 60-day tactical pause to protect
                                                                                                                                                                              of epidemic prevention and control. Xinchang County is in                                                                                                                                 approximately 12,550 miles above Earth.     — including GPS III SV01 and SV02,          launch and operations crew during the

                                                                                                                                                      defense & government,                                                                                                                                                                & government,
       1. RTK THERMAL MAPPER                          be monitored in real time anywhere in          4. MOBILE MAPPING
       ASPHALT PAVING WITH RTK                        the world. The Z-Boat 1800-T is a high-        INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS                                              Zhejiang province — one of the areas most severely hit by                                                                                                                                   GPS III Sp ace Vehicle 03 is              which were declared operational in          COVID-19 pandemic, with minimal
       POSITIONING                                    resolution shallow-water hydrographic                                                                                   the virus.                                                                                                                                                                                responding to commands from U.S.            January and April.                          impacts to cost and schedule.
                                                      unmanned survey vehicle with the newly
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  A drone departs from the disease control center of Xinchang
                                                                                                     The Atlans Series of FOG-based inertial                                     As soon as the Wuhan quarantine began on Jan. 23,                County.                                                                                                               Space Force and Lockheed Martin                 The new GPS IIIs provide three times       The fourth GPS III satellite is
       The Thermal Mapper is designed to              released Odom Hydrographic Echotrac            navigation systems (INS) is designed for land
                                                      E20 Singlebeam Echosounder and dual-
                                                                                                                                                                              Antwork petitioned to provide drone technical support.                                                                                                                                    engineers in the Launch & Checkout          better accuracy and up to eight times       scheduled to launch in August.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  policy news
       monitor temperature segregation to                                                            and air mobile-mapping applications. Based
       prevent future problems and measure            antenna Trimble BX992 GNSS heading             on iXBlue’s fiber-optic gyroscope (FOG)
                                                                                                                                                                                 Antwork’s RA3 and tr7s drones and unmanned RH1                  ensure the safety of medical samples during transportation.                                                            Center at the company’s Denver facility.    improved anti-jamming capabilities
       performance, as well as provide accurate       receiver. Each sensor is integrated into       technology, the Atlans Series is a scalable                              station are ensuring that medical samples and quarantine              Using drones has increased the speed of transport by

                                                                                                                                                      transportation, and                                                                                                                                                                  transportation, mobile,
       compliance reporting, using real-time          a compact, portable package for marine         range of north-seeking and north-keeping                                 materials can travel with minimal risk between Xinchang            more than 50% compared to road transportation, proving
       kinematic (RTK) positioning accuracy.
       It records temperature readings behind
                                                      construction and allows data collection
                                                      under harsh conditions. Both sensors
                                                      can be removed and mounted on other
                                                                                                     INS. They provide FOG performance to
                                                                                                     the full spectrum of land and air mobile-
                                                                                                                                                                              County People’s Hospital and Xinchang County’s disease
                                                                                                                                                                              control center. The automatic, unmanned air delivery system
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 to be a more efficient means of transportation for epidemic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 prevention and control. The drones also relieve the personnel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        China Completes BeiDou-3 Constellation
       an asphalt paver during paving and                                                            mapping applications and offer highly

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Screenshot: China Global Television Network video
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       provides a visualization to operators in       watercraft and barges.                         accurate positioning up to 0.01 meter in all
                                                                                                                                                                              significantly reduces contact between samples and personnel,       shortage as more and more medical staff and ambulances are                                                                       hina completed its worldwide
       real time of whether the mix falls within      Teledyne Marine, teledynemarine.com            conditions, including within GNSS-denied                                 as well as improves delivery speed.                                transferred to the front lines — making the best use of human                                                                    BeiDou navigation satellite
       a predefined temperature range. If the         Trimble, trimble.com                           environments such as urban canyons,                                         Antwork branch company Aerodeli, which undertook the            and material resources.                                                                                                          system on June 23 with the

                                                                                                                                                      machine control                                                                                                                                                                      and machine control
       readings are unacceptable, operators                                                          mountainous or forested areas.                                           operation, obtained the first urban drone delivery license            After the project for Xinchang People’s Hospital was                                                                launch of its final satellite, marking
       can make adjustments. The system also          3. AERIAL MAPPING                              iXBlue, www.ixblue.com                                                   issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC)        put into operation, Antwork began assisting more medical                                                               the completion of the country’s
       creates data reporting files to download for   LARGE-FORMAT PHOTOGRAMMETRY
       applications such as U.S. Department of                                                                                                                                in October 2019. The sample delivery work is carried out           institutions in China to deploy drone transport services for                                                           domestically developed BeiDou-3
                                                                                                     5. CENSUS DATA
       Energy compliance through the interactive      The 280MP Aerial Solution has an image         2020 NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCKS AVAILABLE
                                                                                                                                                                              in strict accordance with certified operation procedures to        the anti-epidemic effort.                                                                                              (BDS-3) constellation.
       Pavelink module, the Topcon cloud-based        coverage width of more than 20,000 pixels.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           The satellite launched aboard a
       logistics application for asphalt paving.      The large format enables high-quality          The Maptitude 2020 U.S. Census Blocks                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Long March-3B carrier rocket from
       Topcon Positioning Group,
       topconpositioning.com
                                                      aerial surveys. Compact and lightweight,
                                                      the aerial mapping solution consists of
                                                                                                     Groups data is now available for the United
                                                                                                     States. The small-area Census Summary Level                              Drones Go to Work for U.S. States                                                                                                                                                         the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        9:43 a.m. Beijing time (0143 GMT). The
                                                      an iXM-RS 280F large-format camera,            is packed with neighborhood information for
                                                                                                                                                                                   roneUp LLC and seven of the United        The award is the first of its kind for the   all 50 states, the District of Columbia,
       2. UNMANNED FLEET
       AIDS NEAR-SHORE PROJECTS
                                                      Applanix GNSS/inertial measurement
                                                      unit (IMU) POS-AV receiver, DSM 400
                                                      Somag gyro-stabilized mount, Phase One
                                                                                                     making accurate geography-based decisions.
                                                                                                     Users can explore locations by income, income
                                                                                                     growth, daytime population, age, race, gender,
                                                                                                                                                                              D    States have signed Participating
                                                                                                                                                                              Addendums for the NASPO ValuePoint
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          drone industry, according to DroneUp, an
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          end-to-end drone pilot service provider
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          and the territories of the United States
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          through the National Association of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        launch followed a delay after originally
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        being scheduled for July 16 because of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        a technical issue discovered in pre-
       The Z-Boat 1800-T unmanned survey              iX Controller and iX Flight Management         ethnicity, occupation, housing characteristics                           contract for UAV services.                  for aerial data collection. DroneUp was         State Procurement Officials (NASPO)                                                           flight tests.
       vessel is equipped with Trimble’s high-        software. It is designed for use in a wide     and more. The data can be leveraged by                                      The signed addendums open the door       awarded Unmanned Aerial Systems                 ValuePoint Cooperative Purchasing
                                                      range of aircraft.                             data scientists and market research analysts
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           The final satellite is a geostationary
       precision GNSS heading receiver                                                                                                                                        for agencies in these states to purchase    (UAS) Services Master Agreement #E194-          Organization. The signing states are now
       and compatible with Trimble Marine             Phase One Industrial,                          using the Maptitude application. The files                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Earth orbit satellite of the BDS-3          short-message communication.                service to the Asia-Pacific region.
       Construction (TMC) software. The Z-Boat        industrial.phaseone.com                        are also available as shapefile, KML, KMZ or                             complete drone solutions. As of press       79435 by the Commonwealth of Virginia           able to use the award for the benefit of                                                      system. It is the 30th BDS-3 satellite        Begun in 1994, BDS-1 was                    Once the final satellite achieves
       1800-T enables marine construction and                                                        GeoJSON.                                                                 time, states that have signed include       in August 2019, established as contract         state departments, institutions, agencies,                                                    and the 55th BeiDou satellite. BDS-3 is     completed in 2000 to provide                orbit and is checked out successfully,
       dredging projects to run efficiently and                                                      Caliper, www.caliper.com                                                 Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Utah,         number #2020DRONE0002. The services             political subdivisions, and other eligible                                                    a 30-satellite navigation system, which     services to China. In 2012, BDS-2 was       BDS-3 will provide navigation services
                                                                                                                                                                              Montana, New Mexico and South Dakota.       under the award are available for use by        entities.                                                                                     offers high-precision positioning and       completed and has provided navigation       worldwide.

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MEDIA PLANNER - The Institute of Navigation
EDITORIAL CALENDAR 2021

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Mapping, Innovation
                                                                                                                                                                                     Cover Story                                                                                                                                                              Secondary Feature                                                                                                                                                                                    Special Sections                                                                                                                                                  & Research                           Bonus Distribution
         JULY                                                                                                                                                                        Alternative PNT Innovator                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Mapping Marvel
             Ad Close: 5/27                                                                                                                                                          Q&As: Technologies & Trends
             Materials: 6/3

         AUGUST                                                                                                                                                                      Leading-Edge                                                                                                                                                        Online post-processing                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Innovation
             Ad Close: 6/22                                                                                                                                                          Applications: Survey
             Materials: 6/29
         SEPTEMBER                                                                                                                                                                   Simulator Innovator Q&As:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Intergeo                                                                                                                                                          Research Roundup                     Commercial UAV
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         SUPPLEMENT TO

             Ad Close: 7/28                                                                                                                                                          Technologies & Trends                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Must-See                                                                                                                                                                                               Expo (Sept. 7-9)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Exhibits Guide                                                                                                                  MUST-SEE
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Intergeo
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  S3      CHC Navigation    B3.052
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  S4      Hemisphere GNSS   C3.030
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  S5      JAVAD GNSS        G1.050
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  S6      Lidar USA         B3.042

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          (Sept. 21-23)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  S7      Tallysman         F3.082
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  S8      Tersus GNSS       B1.006

         OCTOBER                                                                                                                                                                     Survey: What the availability of                                                                                                                                    eLoran funding, testing and GNSS Solutions:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Mapping Marvel
             Ad Close: 8/25                                                                                                                                                          four complete GNSS                                                                                                                                                  developments                Suppliers discuss latest
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              GNSS SOLUTIONS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Q+A Kolmostar         with

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Q: What is your most proven GNSS solution?

         NOVEMBER
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Lucy Fan

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          A: Kolmostar specializes in ultra-low-power, instant cold-boot GNSS positioning
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Kolmostar

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          solutions for Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications, mobile devices and beyond.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Q: What are the solution’s key specs?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          A:      Our advanced GNSS positioning module JEDI-200 is specially designed for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          location-based IoT applications such as asset tracking, fleet management, pet/livestock

                                                                                                                                                                                     Applications: OEM                                                                                                                                                   tracking
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          tracking, smart wearables and share economy. It is also optimized for integration with
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          LPWAN (low power wide area network) technologies such as LoRaWAN®/NB-IoT/
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          LTE-M to provide the ultimate ultra-low-power profile for IoT applications. There are
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          two outstanding advantages of JEDI-200: ultra-low-power and instant cold-boot. With

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          25mW power consumption and the revolutionary 1-second TTFF (time-to-first-fix),
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          JEDI-200 is able to reduce the energy consumption to get one position fix by up to 120x                    JEDI-200
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          compared to traditional GNSS modules on the market.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Q: What are the solution’s key features and benefits?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          A: GNSS/GPS sensors are one of the most power-consuming sensors in IoT or
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          mobile devices. Battery life will be significantly shortened when GNSS/GPS sensors
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          are turned on. Hence, many IoT and mobile devices either do not include GNSS/GPS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          sensors or have to equip themselves with very large-sized batteries, incurring much

             Materials: 10/7
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          inconvenience and cost. Kolmostar’s ultra-low-power and instant cold-boot JEDI-200
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          module is specially designed to solve this long-standing industry pain point.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          With its ultra-low-power feature, JEDI-200 is able to reduce the energy consumption        Kolmostar Inc.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          to get one position fix by up to 120x when compared to traditional GNSS modules. IoT       48531 Warm Springs Blvd
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          devices with very limited-sized batteries are now able to have GNSS positioning ability    Ste.407, Fremont, CA 94539
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          while still maintaining a battery life up to 10+ years. Another key feature of JEDI-200
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          is instant cold-boot. Unlike traditional GNSS modules’ 30-second TTFF (time-to-            Phone:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          first-fix) in cold-boot, JEDI-200 can achieve an instant 1-second TTFF, providing a        +1 510-270-8322
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          better and more seamless customer experience when short latency/response time is
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          particularly desired in certain applications. In addition, JEDI-200 is optimized for       Email:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          LPWAN technologies such as LoRaWAN®/NB-IoT/LTE-M, further reducing both the

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          cost and the power consumption of devices’ wireless communication, which is another
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          big challenge most IoT and mobile devices previously faced.

                                                                                                                                                                                     Leading-Edge                                                                                                                                                        Intelligent transportation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Research Roundup
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Tony Agresta, Nearmap                            Clem Driscoll, C.J. Driscoll    Mitch Narins, Consultant
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Miguel Amor,                                     & Associates                    Bradford W. Parkinson,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           John Fischer, Orolia
                                                                                                                                                                                      PNT Corner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Seen & Heard
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Hexagon Positioning                                                              Stanford Center for Position,
          Inertial           Ranging & eLoran                Wi-Fi       Bluetooth
                                                                                                   corner
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 SEEN HEARD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Intelligence                                     Bernard Gruber,                 Navigation and Time
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Northrop Grumman                Stuart Riley, Trimble
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 WHERE’S THE BEEF?                                                                                                                                                                                               USE THAT APP IN GERMANY?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Thibault Bonnevie,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 A new mapping app is                                                                                                                                                                                            NO WAZE!
MAGNETIC FIELDS                                                                                                                                                                                                  helping Los Angeles                                                                                                                                                                                             The German
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 County residents find                                                                                                                                                                                           government has
                                                                                                                                      Image: NOAA National Geophysical Data Center

    Riding Earth’s Magnetism
                                                                                                                                                                                     News coverage of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Photo-illustrated
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 more than 2,000 food                                                                                                                                                                                            amended its road

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          SBG Systems
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 resources, during and                                                                                                                                                                                           traffic regulations

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Ellen Hall, Spirent Federal     Jean-Marie Sleewaegen,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 after the COVID-19                                                                                                                                                                                              to outlaw apps
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 pandemic. Sponsored                                                                                                                                                                                             that alert drivers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 by the non-profit 211                                                                                                                                                                                           to speed cameras.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 LA County, the LA                                                                                                                                                                                               The law makes it

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Systems                         Septentrio
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 FoodFinder is powered by Slingshot Earth, which aggregates                                                                                                                                                      clear that any app

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alison Brown,
                                                                                                                                                                                     other positioning,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            news items from
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 food resources and service data from multiple public and private                                                                                                                                                used for traffic-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 sources. The app enables residents to find resources for child                                                                                                                                                  monitoring alerts
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 nutrition, meal services, groceries/food pantries, senior food                                                                                                                                                  is forbidden,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 needs and government food benefits programs. Since the                                                                                                                                                          whether it runs on a phone, tablet or a GPS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          NAVSYS Corporation                               Jules McNeff, Overlook          Michael Swiek, GPS Alliance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 COVID-19 outbreak, 211 LA County has experienced a 10-fold                                                                                                                                                      navigation system. Violating the traffic laws
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 increase in website traffic for food needs.                                                                                                                                                                     and using speed camera apps inside a car could
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 result in a fine of up to €75 (about $83). Both

                                                                                                                                                                                     navigation and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                around the world
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Garmin and TomTom have emailed registered
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 users alerting them to the news.

                                                                                          EMAG2 World Digital Magnetic Anomaly Map.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       MAKING THE MOST OF GPS DATA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       University of Nevada 2020 Outstanding
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Researcher Geoffrey Blewitt has made the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       most of GPS data to study changes in Earth’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Ismael Colomina,                                 Systems Technologies, Inc.      Julian Thomas,
                                                                                                                                                                                     timing technologies                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  GeoNumerics                                      Terry Moore, University         Racelogic Ltd.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       crust, from the Ice Age to today. Nevada Today
 BY Matteo Luccio / GPS WORLD CONTRIBUTING EDITOR                     changes very little over time. However, unlike topographic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       outlines his significant discoveries, including
                                                                      features, which only occur on the third of the planet’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       that GPS data may hold a key to detecting

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                here are many ways to navigate. For most ap-          surface covered by land, magnetic variations also occur
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       dark matter. Other discoveries: Nevada is the
                plications, none surpass the accuracy, afford-        on the oceans. This makes them potentially very useful as

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           of Nottingham
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       fastest growing state, geologically speaking,
                ability and convenience of satellite navigation.      landmarks to the Navy and Air Force. Magnetic variations

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Greg Turetzky, Consultant
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       as it spreads apart. Drought in the western
                However, given the threats to GNSS from               have the additional benefit that they cannot be jammed or
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       U.S. is causing the Sierra Nevada to lift, and the
                spoofing and jamming, and the possibility that        spoofed.
 GNSS satellites could be destroyed accidentally by space                 Just like other features of Earth, magnetic fields can be                                                                                                                                    melting of ice sheets in Greenland is changing
 debris or intentionally during a war, the search is on for           mapped, using scalar magnetometer sensors to measure                                                                                                                                             the shape of Earth.
 alternative sources of positioning, navigation, and timing           their strength and direction. In fact, government agencies
 (PNT) data. Potential alternative PNT (APNT) approaches              and mining companies have been making these maps for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     KOALA CARE
 include computer vision, terrain contour matching (TER-              many decades, for geological exploration and other purposes,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Drones equipped with FLIR thermal-imaging cameras helped
 COM, which was used to guide cruise missiles in the 1970s            though mostly on land. Conversely, these maps can be used
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     save koalas injured in this summer’s Australia bushfires. In
 and 1980s), and using magnetic anomalies (MAGNAV).                   to navigate by comparing the data from magnetometers to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     a search-and-rescue operation, Victoria wildlife experts and
     Diverse animals — such as sea turtles, spiny lobsters, and       the map, just like cruise missiles used to use on-board radar
 birds — use magnetoreception for orientation and navigation.         altimeters to match the contours of the land beneath them                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      police used DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise Dual drones to scan the
 However, while animals likely perform way-finding using the          to contour lines on a digital map and navigators on vessels                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    forest for injured koalas, many found clinging to scorched
 direction of the magnetic field, similarly to how humans use         in shallow waters compare the depths reported by their                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         eucalyptus trees. The images were relayed to a ground
 a compass, high-resolution maps used in conjunction with             fathometers to those marked on a chart.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        station in a nearby van for closer inspection. When a koala
 atomic instruments enable us to perform absolute positioning            Before this approach to navigation can be widely imple-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     was located, the experts stepped in to assess the animal, and
 to tens of meters, explained Maj. Aaron Canciani.                    mented, however, magnetic maps need to greatly improve                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         if needed, provide healthcare and relocate it. The team used
    Canciani, an assistant professor of electrical engineering        in coverage and quality. In addition to magnetic maps and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      cherry pickers to retrieve the little animals.
 at the Air Force Institute of Technology, has been designing         sensors, MAGNAV also requires sophisticated algorithms
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 PHOTO CREDITS: Grocery store/Drazen Zigic/iStock/Getty Images/Getty Images Plus; speed control in Hamburg/Symbiont/iStock/Getty Images Plus; Geoffrey Blewitt/ Debra Vigil;
 algorithms for MAGNAV flight testing for several years.              and careful calibration, to do such things as subtract errors                                                                              koala/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images
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