52nd Meeting of the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee

Monday, 17 September 2012

08:15 Registration

Morning Concurrent Sessions:

· International Information Session ·
Mike Swiek, Vice-Chair, IISC

09:00 GPS and Australian Aviation
Karen Van Dyke on behalf of Ed Williams, AirServices Australia
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09:30 Japan Report
Hiroshi Nishiguchi, Japan GPS Council
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09:40 MULTI-POS Training Network
Terry Moore, University of Nottingham, UK
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09:50 APEC GNSS Implementation Team
Karen Van Dyke, U.S. Department of Transportation
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10:10 Vehicle borne GPS jamming incidents detected in the SENTINEL project
Charles Curry, Chronos Technology, UK
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10:30 Adjourn

· U.S. States and Local Government Session ·
Rudy Persaud, Federal Highway Administration, Chair USS&LGSC

09:00 Welcome Remarks
Captain William Burns, Commanding Officer, U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center, Deputy Chair, CGSIC

09:05 Introductions
Rudy Persaud, Chair, USS&LGSC

09:15 Receiver Certification for Hardening Against Spoofing and Jamming
Todd Humphreys, University of Texas
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09:40 Tennessee 511 Traffic Information System
Kim McDonough, GISP, GIS Coordinator, State of Tennessee DoT
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10:05 Tennessee Information of Public Safety – Street and Address Point Maintenance for Next Generation 9-1-1
Patrick Melancon, Public Safety GIS Manager, State of Tennessee
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10:30 Break

10:45 Low Cost UAS for Mapping via Google Application
Dr. Stacey D. Lyle, RPLS, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
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11:10 Survey/Aerial Survey
Jim Waters, PE, RLS, Assistant Director, Design Division, State of Tennessee DoT
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11:35 Ground LiDAR Scanning
Daniel Oliver, PE, RLS, and Shane Snoderly, PE, State of Tennessee DoT
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12:00 Overview of Geospatial Positioning by Oregon DOT
Ken Bays, Oregon DOT
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12:20 Wrap-up

12:30 Adjourn

Afternoon Concurrent Sessions:

· Timing Session ·
Dr. Wlodzimierz Lewandowski, BIPM, Chair; Co-Chair: Victor Zhang, NIST

14:00 Introduction
Dr. Wlodzimierz Lewandowski, BIPM

14:20 Report from NIST
Victor Zhang, NIST
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14:40 Report from USNO
Stephen Mitchell and Ed Powers, USNO
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15:00 Current Activities of ITU-R WP7A
Joe White, NRL
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15:20 Break

15:40 Status of Telecon Sync Requirements
Marc Weiss, NIST
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16:10 Relativity Effects for GPS to Meet More Demanding Needs
Marc Weiss, NIST
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16:40 Space Weather Effects on GPS Systems
Joe Comberiate, Michael Kelly, Lars Dyrud, Gregory Weaver, APL Johns Hopkins University
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16:55 Time and Navigation Exhibition at the Smithsonian: Opens March 2013
Andrew Johnston and Carlene E. Stephens, National Museum of American History
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17:00 Discussion

17:30 Adjourn

· Surveying, Mapping, and Geosciences Session ·
Giovanni Sella, NOAA's National Geodetic Survey, Chair

14:00 CORS Program Overview
Giovanni Sella, CORS Program Manager, NOAA/NGS
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14:20 OPUS Overview and Updates
Neil Weston, Chief Spatial Reference System Division, NOAA/NGS
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15:00 National Adjustment and Geoid Updates
Dave Doyle, Chief Geodetic Surveyor, NOAA/NGS
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16:00 Break

16:15 Discussion

16:20 Adjourn

Tuesday, 18 September 2012

08:00 Registration

CGSIC Plenary Session

09:00 Welcome/Opening
Karen VanDyke, Director, PNT, DOT/RITA, Chair, CGSIC

09:05 Meeting Overview
Captain William Burns, Commanding Officer, U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center, Deputy Chair, CGSIC

09:10 GPS Status and Modernization: Maintaining GPS as the 'Gold Standard' for Positioning, Navigation and Timing
Major General Jack Weinstein, Director of Air, Space and Cyberspace Operations, Air Force Space Command
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09:30 U.S. National Space-Based PNT Update
Colonel Harold "Stormy" Martin, Deputy Director, U.S. National Coordination Office for Space Based PNT
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09:50 GPS Program Update
Colonel Bernard Gruber, Director, U.S. Air Force, GPS Directorate
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10:10 GPS Constellation Status and Performance
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Ste.Marie, Commanding Officer, U.S. Air Force Second Space Operations Squadron
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10:30 Break

10:50 GPS International Activities
Ray Clore, Senior GPS Advisor, U.S. Department of State, Office of Space and Advanced Technology
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11:10 U.S. Interference Detection & Mitigation Plan (IDM)
John Merrill, PNT Program Manager, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Geospatial Management Office
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11:30 Q/A Panel

12:00 Lunch

13:30 Subcommittee Reports

14:10 WAAS and LAAS Program Status
Deborah Lawrence, Satellite Navigation Manager, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation
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14:30 NDGPS Program Update
Timothy Klein, Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Department of Transportation, RITA
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14:50 User Support Forum
Hank Skalski, U.S. Department of Transportation, Liaison to Air Force Space Command
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15:10 Fractured GNSS Fairy Tales: Flaws and Fallacies in PNT Policy
Glen Gibbons, Editor and Publisher, Inside GNSS Magazine
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15:30 Break

15:50 GPS User Perspective: Diving Deep Down the Data; Hidden Facts from the GNSS State of the Industry Report
Alan Cameron, Editor in Chief, GPS World Magazine
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16:10 Change Management Process for Public Signals In Space Documents
Major Thomas Nix, Chief, Engineering Requirements Branch, U.S. Air Force GPS Directorate
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  Q/A Panel (Presenters)

17:30 Adjourn