by Editor | Dec 24, 2021 | Blog
Image: Shutterstock Yet another government report detailing bad things that will happen because of our foolish over reliance on GPS for timing. We understand, by the way, that in the terms of this report a “long lasting” GPS outage would be “24...
by Editor | Dec 23, 2021 | Blog
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor’s Note: This item about Qualcomm is part of the recent buzz about the possibilities of using 5G for location services. Lots of potential there, we are sure. Yet our telecommunications system has a critical dependency on...
by Editor | Dec 21, 2021 | Blog
One of our members spied this for sale. What a great, useful, and inexpensive gift for the holidays! And we are glad to see that it is “Made of environmentally friendly materials.” We are not sure about the “will not cause harm to people”...
by Editor | Dec 17, 2021 | Blog
Image: UK Merchant Marine Ensign – Shutterstock Blog Editor Note: We thought GPS week rollover problems were all done with… Passing this along as part of our public education and “protecting GPS/GNSS users” missions. Guidance Safety...
by Editor | Dec 16, 2021 | Blog
Image: XinhuaNet Blog Editor’s Note: The below article got us thinking again about how a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) is an instrument of national influence and power. In addition to being a very useful tool for a nation’s civil and military...
by Editor | Dec 15, 2021 | Blog
RNT Foundation Dana A. Goward spoke to 25th meeting of the President’s National Space-based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Advisory Board last week. Citing cases like Hurricane Katrina and the 9/11 attacks, his thesis was that, despite knowing about a...
