Presentations from 2010 TSPS Convention

October 16, 2010

An NCO representative delivered the following presentations during a seminar on "GNSS Surveying Technologies for the Future" at the 2010 Texas Society of Professional Surveyors (TSPS) Convention & Technology Exposition, held October 13-16, 2010, in Houston, Texas.

DOWNLOAD 4 MB	Module 1: NCO Overview; GPS Modernization and Augmentations Knute Berstis, National Coordination Office This briefing provides an introduction to U.S. GPS policy and management, status of the GPS program, discussion of augmentations, and details on SVN-49.
DOWNLOAD 2.5 MB	Module 2: GPS Accuracy in an Urban & Suburban Environments (Census Data) Knute Berstis, National Coordination Office This briefing discusses the National Geodetic Survey's efforts to assist the Census Bureau in collecting housing data with GPS, including in areas of obstructed coverage.
DOWNLOAD 5 MB	Module 3A: Technologies of Interest to Surveyors in 2025 Knute Berstis, National Coordination Office This briefing covers a number of emerging technologies, including iGPS, Assisted GPS, the "24 expandable" GPS constellation, GPS IIF, Galileo, NIST atomic clocks, and flex power.
DOWNLOAD 5 MB	Module 3B: Technologies of Interest to Surveyors in 2025 Knute Berstis, National Coordination Office This briefing describes the growing threat of GPS jammers and U.S. efforts to detect and mitigate interference to GPS. It also discusses the use of Google's GIS tool.