Monday, January 30, 2006
Next-Generation GPS Capabilities Presented to US Chamber of Commerce
Posted by Ekkie Tepsupornchai in "NEWS" @ 10:00 AM
"The new signal-known as 'L2C-was specifically designed with commercial needs in mind," said Deputy Commerce Secretary David Sampson in remarks prepared for delivery at a U.S. Chamber of Commerce press event this morning. "For example, it is transmitted with a higher effective power, so GPS receivers work better in urban areas and indoors. And it requires less energy to receive the signal, an important feature for battery-powered devices such as mobile phones."
There's no word at this point if this new signal will require new GPS hardware (likely) or if it might be something that can be accomodated with new software/firmware. The latter scenario would have to be addressed by each vendor anyway so we'll have to wait and see how each vendor addresses it. Interesting to note that the theme of the presentation itself was centered around the business productivity value of GPS and involved corporate heavyweights such as Caterpillar, General Motors, IBM, John Deere, Lucent, and Trimble.
There's no word at this point if this new signal will require new GPS hardware (likely) or if it might be something that can be accomodated with new software/firmware. The latter scenario would have to be addressed by each vendor anyway so we'll have to wait and see how each vendor addresses it. Interesting to note that the theme of the presentation itself was centered around the business productivity value of GPS and involved corporate heavyweights such as Caterpillar, General Motors, IBM, John Deere, Lucent, and Trimble.
