CGSIC 48th Meeting Summary Report

Marriott Riverfront Hotel

Monday, 15 September 2008

08:00 Registration

Session I

[01] 09:00 Welcome/ Opening – Karen VanDyke, DOT/RITA, Chair, CGSIC

[02] 09:10 Meeting Overview – CAPT Thiedeman, NAVCEN, Deputy Chair

[03] 09:20 U.S. Space-based Position, Navigation and Timing: A Policy Update – Mike Shaw, NCO

[04] 09:40 GPS Wing Update – Mr. Tom Powell, U.S. Air Force, GPS Wing

[05] 10:00 GPS Constellation Status and Performance – LT Joe Rediesel, U.S. Air Force, 2SOPS

10:15 Break

[06] 10:30 Worldwide GNSS Interoperability – Ray Clore, U.S. State Department

[07] 10:50 The Effect of GPS Jamming on Safe Navigation at Sea – Sally Basker, General Lighthouse Authorities of the United Kingdom & Ireland

[08] 11:10 U.S. Interference Detection & Mitigation Plan (IDM) – John Merrill, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

11:30 Q/A Panel (Presenters)

12:00 Break for Lunch

Session II

[09] 13:15 WAAS and LAAS Program Status – Leo Eldredge, DOT/FAA, GNSS Program Manager

[10] 13:35 GNSS Evolutionary Architecture Study – Leo Eldredge, DOT/FAA, GNSS Program Manager

[11] 13:45 Update on NDGPS Program – Tim Klein, DOT/RITA, NDGPS Program Coordinator

[12] 14:05 NASA GPS Developments – Jim Miller, NASA

[13] 14:25 USDA/DOI GPS Challenge Team Overview – Mike Rasher, Department of Agriculture

14:45 Break

[14] 15:00 National PNT Architecture – CAPT Milton Abner, NSSO, Karen Van Dyke, DOT/RITA

15:30 Q/A Panel (Presenters)

Session III

16:00 Subcommittee Reports

[15] Report from International Subcommittee – John Wilde, DW International

[16] Report from Timing Subcommittee – Dr. Wlodzimierz Lewandowski, BIPM

[17] Report from U.S. States and Localities Subcommittee – Rudy Persaud, FHWA

[18] Report from Surveying, Mapping, and Geosciences Subcommittee – Richard Snay, NGS

Session IV

[19] 17:00 The Significance of Multiple GNSS Systems to End Users – Glen Gibbons, Inside GNSS

[20] 17:15 WAAS for Mapping: It Works Where You Work – Eric Gakstatter, GPS World Magazine

17:30 End of Meeting Day

Tuesday, 16 September 2008

08:15 Registration

Concurrent Sessions: International and U.S. States and Localities

International Session – John Wilde, Chair, ISC

[21] 09:00 Introduction – Karen VanDyke, DOT RITA, CGSIC Chair

[22] 09:05 U.S. Space-Based PNT International Cooperation – Alice Wong, U.S. State Department

[23] 09:25 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation – Maureen Walker, U.S. State Department

[24] 09:45 GLONASS Update – Sergey Revnivykh, PNT Information Navigation Center, The Russian Federation

[25] 10:15 GALILEO Update – Paul Verhoef, Head of Unit, Galileo, European Commission

[26] 10:45 GNSS Systems Interoperability – Francisco Salabert, DDAS/GNSS Policy Office , EUROCONTROL

[27] 11:05 Break

[28] 11:15 Australia Country Report – Ian Mallett, CASA

[29] 11:30 The Two Basic Bills for GNSS Utilization in Japan – Hiroshi Nishiguchi, Japan GPS Council

[30] 11:45 Regulation of RTK Services in Denmark – Anna Jensen, on behalf of the Danish Mapping Agency

[31] 12:00 Some GNSS applications in the Czech Republic – Prof. František Vejražka, Czech Technical University

Poland Report - ASG-EUPOS NETWORK, Janusz Sledzinski, FRIN

[32] 12:15 Panel Discussion ‘GNSS Market Access Issues’

Panel members:

Paul Verhoef, Working Group B Co-Chair
Ed Morris, Working Group B Co-Chair
Mike Swiek, GPS Industry Council
John Pottle, Spirent
Javad Ashjaee, Javad
TBD (possibly u-Blox)

Presentations: Galileo Market Access Issues – U.S. Department of Commerce
GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO and Market Access – Javad Ashjaee, Javad
TBD – Greg Turetzky, SiRF
TBD

13:00 Closing Remarks - CGSIC Deputy Chair (International) / ISC Acting Chair - John Wilde

13:05 Session Ends

Concurrent session:

U.S. States and Localities Session – Rudy Persaud, Federal Highway Administration, Chair

[33] 08:30 Introduction – Capt Edwin Thiedeman, NAVCEN, Deputy Chair

[34] 08:35 Welcome – Rudy Persaud, USDOT/FHWA, Chair USSLS

[35] 08:40 Inland Nationwide Differential GPS (NDGPS) Program Status – Timothy Klein, U.S. DOT/RITA

[36] 09:05 NDGPS Project Status – LCDR Jacob. J. Ramos, NAVCEN

[37] 09:30 How NPS uses GPS to assist in GIS applications and Vegetation Inventories – Karl Brown, DOI/NPS

[38] 09:55 Elements of the Nation Spatial Reference System – Dave Doyle, NOAA/NGS

10:20 Break

[39] 10:35 Detail on techniques, results and lessons learned using GPS/NDGPS – Mike Rasher, USDA

[40] 11:00 Gravity survey campaign and update on Oregon real-time GPS network – Kenneth Bays, Oregon DOT

[41] 11:25 Contributions on GPS data to severe weather forecasting, Seth Gutman, NOAA/ESRL

[42] 11:50 Update on Minnesota GPS program – Richard Morey, Minnesota, DOT

12:15 Closing Remarks, Deputy Chair, DeLane Meier, North Dakota, DOT

12:30 Session End
Afternoon

Concurrent Sessions: Timing And CORS User Forum

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

[43] 14:00 Introduction – Wlodzimierz Lewandowski, BIPM

[44] 14:20 Report from NIST – Victor Zhang, NIST

[45] 14:40 USNO Time Service – Demetrios Matsakis, USNO

[46] 15:00 Timing operations – Wendy Kelley, USNO

[47] 15:10 Progress on time transfer calibration – Ed Powers, USNO

15:20 Break

[48] 15:40 Update on the ITU-R WP7A work on the Future of UTC – Tom Bartholomew (invited talk) – TBD

[49] 16:00 Time and Navigation Exhibition at the Smithsonian: An Update – Carlene E. Stephens, National Museum of American History- to be confirmed

16:20 Discussion

17:20 Session End

Concurrent Session

Surveying, Mapping, and Geosciences Session- Chair, Richard Snay, National Geodetic Survey

[50] 13:30 Welcome – Dr. Richard Snay, NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey

[51] 13:35 CORS/OPUS: Overview and Status – Giovanni Sella, NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey

[52] 13:50 NGS Support for Real-Time GNSS Positioning – William Henning, NOAA NGS

[53] 14:05 PANEL SESSION: Real-Time GNSS Networks – Panel Members:

Art Andrew, Orange County, California
Ken Bays, Oregon Department of Transportation
Lewis Lapine, South Carolina Geodetic Survey
Gavin Schrock, Washington State Reference Network
Jim Waters, Tennessee Department of Transportation

[54] 14:45 Question & Answer Session with Panel of the Speakers

15:30 Break

[55] 15:45 Interactive Sessions within Small Discussion Groups

Group A: Real-Time Positioning from the Network Operator’s Perspective - Facilitators: TBD

Group B: Real-Time Positioning from the User’s Perspective - Facilitators: TBD

Group C: OPUS and other CORS Utilities - Facilitators: TBD

Group D: Ionospheric & Tropospheric Modeling - Facilitators: TBD

17:00 Session End