CGSIC 47th Meeting 
          Summary Report

CGSIC 47th Meeting Summary Report

Hilton Hotel

Fort Worth, Texas
CGSIC 47th Meeting 
          Summary Report

 

Monday, 24 September 2007

       08:00    Registration

[01] 09:00    Welcome/ Opening - CAPT Matt Blizard, NAVCEN, Deputy Chair

[02] 09:05    Overview - Richard Brancato, DOT RITA, Chair, CGSIC

[03] 09:30    U.S. National Space-based PNT Executive Committee - Mike Shaw, NPCO

[04] 09:55    State Department Activities - Alice Wong, Department of State

[05] 10:20    Update on U. S. Interference Detection & Mitigation Plan (IDM)CAPT Matt Blizard for DHS

       10:30    Break

[06] 10:45    National PNT Architecture - Karen Van Dyke, DOT Volpe Center & LCDR Jeff Vicario, NSSO

[07] 11:15    GPS Program UpdateTom Powell, The Aerospace Corporation, GPS Wing

[08] 11:40    GPS Constellation Status and Performance - 1st LT Charlie Bellows, 2SOPS

       12:00    Q/A Panel (Presenters)                                          

       12:30    Break for Lunch

            Session II

[09]  14:00   GPS Oprations Center Updated - 1st LT Charlie Bellows, 2SOPS

[10]  14:20   Space Weather Service for GPS - Joe Kunches, NOAA Space Environment Center

[11]  14:40   Update on GPS L1C Signal ModernizationTom Stansell, Aerospace consultant, GPS Wing

[12]  15:00   WAAS and LAAS Program StatusLeo Eldredge, DOT FAA, GNSS Program Manager  

[13]  15:25   Update on DOT NDGPS ProgramTim Klein, DOT RITA, NDGPS Program Sponsor

[14]  15:40   Validation of the New GPS Master Control Station with User EquipmentCAPT Adam          
           Fisher, Navigation Test Lab, 746 TS, Holloman AFB NM

        16:20   Q/A Panel (Presenters)      

        16:30   Break                                                                    

        16:45   Subcommittee Reports

[15]      Report from International Subcommittee - Dr. Terry Moore, University of Nottingham

[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

        17:30   End of Meeting Day

Tuesday, 25 September 2007

        08:15   Registration

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

            International Session – Terry Moore, Chair, IISC

[20] 09:00   Introduction - CGSIC Deputy Chair (International) / ISC Chair

[21] 09:05   Glonass Status & Developments - Sergey Revnivykh, Russian Space Agency

[22] 09:25   Galileo Programme Status - Marco Falcone, ESA

[23] 10:00   EGNOS Status - Marco Falcone, ESA

[24] 10:15   QZSS / MSAS Status - Satoshi Kogure, JAXA

[25] 10:30   Decoding Compass Codes - Grace Xingxin Gao, The GPS Lab, Stanford University

[26] 10:45   GBAS / GRASKeith McPherson, Air Services Australia

[27] 11:15   GPS News from Poland and CEI - Janusz Sledzinski, FRIN

       11:00   Break

[28] 11:30   Panel Discussion Session European Industry Views of GPS Issues

12:25   Closing Remarks - CGSIC Deputy Chair (International) / ISC Acting Chair

12:30   Session Ends           

Concurrent session:

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

[30] 08:30  Welcome and Introduction - Rudy Persaud, USDOT/FHWA

[31] 08:40  Inland Nationwide Differential GPS (NDGPS) Program Status - Timothy Klein, USDOT/RITR

[32] 09:10  Maryland need and usage for NDGPS - Joseph White, Maryland State Highway Administration

[33] 09:35  HA-NDGPS - Accuracy and Integrity Research to Date - James Arnold, USDOT/FHWA

       10:00  Break

[34] 10:15  NDGPS in the Future - Eric Fly, ARING

[35] 10:40  Coast Guard Operational Command on NDGPS status update - Jacob Ramos, Coast Guard

[36] 11:05  Archimedes Limit - DeLane Meier, North Dakota Department of Transportation

       11:30  State update on GPS and NDGPS

       11:45  Question and Answer with session speaker

       12:00  Session End

 Afternoon

Concurrent Sessions: Timing and CORS User Forum

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

[40] 14:00   IntroductionWłodzimierz Lewandowski, BIPM

[41] 14:20   Report from NISTVictor Zhang, NIST

[42] 14:40   USNO ReportDemetrios Matsakis,USNO

[43] 15:00   GPS Receiver Calibration and Characterization   Blair Fonville, USNO

       15:20   Coffee break

[44] 15:40   GPS/Galileo Cooperation   Ed Powers, USNO, and Jorge Hahn, ESA

       15:55   Time and Navigation Exhibition at the Smithsonian:  An Update

                               Carlene E. Stephens, National Museum of American History

       16:10   Discussion

       17:10   Session End

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

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

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

[52] 13:55  EarthScope’s Plate Boundary Observatory: Status Update - Greg Anderson, UNAVCO, Inc.

[53] 14:15  OPUS-GIS and Other OPUS-Related Innovations - Gerald Mader, NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey

[54] 14:35  Surveying Green Light: Impact of Space Weather - Joe Kunches, NOAA’s Space Environment Center

[55] 14:55  On-GRID: An Initiative to Promote Regional Real-Time GNSS Networks - Gavin Schrock,
                     
Washington State Reference Station Network

[56] 15:15  NGS Support for Real-Time GNSS Positioning - William Henning, NOAA’s National Geodetic
                    Survey

        15:35  Question & Answer Session with Panel of the Speakers

        15:55  Break

        16:05 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