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48th Annual Meeting Proceedings
"From Columbus to Integrated Navigation"

ANA Westin Hotel - Washington, DC
June 29-July 1, 1992

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SESSION 1: GPS, REPLACEMENT FOR OTHER NAVIGATIONAL AIDS?

Hybrid GPS/Loran-C: An Effective Radionavigation Mix for Vehicular Navigation in Mountainous Areas,
Gerard Lachapelle and Bryan Townsend, The University of Calgary 3-12
Loran-C: Adapting Technology to User Needs,
LCDR Douglas S. Taggart, U.S. Coast Guard Electronics Engineering Center 13-22
Navigation and Positioning Requirements: the EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Case,
Eugene L. Bidun, Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services 23-28
Issues for GNSS-Based Precision Approach,
Dr. Stephen Heppe, Stanford Telecommunications, Inc. 29-38
Low Altitude Navigation and Approach Requirements V/STOL and CTOL,
R. Ryan Wilkins, Boeing Helicopters 39-46
Advantages of Interoperability to the Prudent Navigator,
CDR William J. Thrall, U.S. Coast Guard 47-50

SESSION 2A: AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION

Signal Acquisition and Tracking in the DOD Standard Miniaturized Airborne GPS Receiver,
Jeff L. Kacirek and Redge G. Bartholomew, Rockwell International 53-62
An Eight-State Navigation Filter, Susan C. Dixon, Boeing Commercial Aircraft Group *
GPS RAIM: Screening Out Bad Geometries Under Worst-Case Bias Conditions,
Gerald Y. Chin, John H. Kraemer, U. S. DOT, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center; and
Dr. R. Grover Brown, Iowa State University 63-72
RAIM Availability for Supplemental GPS Navigation,
Karen L. Van Dyke, U. S. DOT, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center 73-80
Flight Test of the Exploratory Gimballed Airborne ESG System,
Palmer O. Hanson and William G. Miller, Honeywell Inc. 81-90
The Application of Magnetic Variation: Past, Present, Future (?),
Michael J. Miressi, DOT/FAA/AVN-242 Office of Aviation System Standards 91-96

SESSION 2B: MARINE NAVIGATION

The Coast and Geodetic Survey’s Role in the Development of the Electronic Navigational Chart,
Capt. Nicholas A. Prahl and Walter M. Winn, NOAA, Coast and Geodetic Survey 99-104
A Solution to the Classic Problem of a Magnetic Compass in a Steel Ship,
John B. Moore, Jr., Naval Sea Combat Systems Engineering Station 105-112

The Coast Guard’s Differential GPS Program,
CDR Douglas H. Alsip, LCDR Jean M. Butler and James T. Radice, USCG Headquarters,
Office of Navigation Safety and Waterway Services, Radionavigation Division
113-122
Status of Radio-Beacon MSK Receivers for USCG DGPS Broadcasts,
Michael S. K. Sushko, Kensington & Icknield, Ltd. 123-146
Possibility for a Berthing Support System,
Mami Ueno, Toba National College of Maritime Technology and Shogo Hayashi, Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine 147-154


SESSION 3A: LAND & VEHICULAR LOCATION AND NAVIGATION

Self-Landmarking Intelligent Railroad Systems,
Dr. Philip S. Noe and Randal A. Schreiber, Texas A&M University 157-160
Ambiguity Resolution Without Static Initialization Using a High Performance C/A Code Receiver,
M. E. Cannon, Gérard Lachapelle, and Gang Lu, Department of Geomatics Engineering, The University of Calgary 161-166
GPS Multipath and Satellite Interference,
Richard D. J. van Nee, Delft University of Technology 167- 178
Performance Analysis of Triangulation Techniques,
Motti Gavish and Anthony Weiss, Department of Electrical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University 179-188
Cooperative Area Passive Tracking System (CAPTS),
Carl Schwab, Cardion, Inc., and Fred N. S. Goodrich, Consultant 189-196
Low Cost Vehicle Location and Tracking Using GPS,
Dr. Alison Brown, NAVSYS Corp 197-206

SESSION 3B: GPS, VARIETY OF APPLICATIONS

U. S. Coast Guard GPS Information Center (GPSIC) and Its Function within the Civil GPS Service (CGS),
G. Thomas Gunther, Luann Barndt and the GPSIC Staff, Omega Navigation Systems Center, USCG 209-218
Determination of the Probability Density Function of GPS (Global Positioning System) Positioning Error,
Masahiko Kobayashi, Dr. Frank Ingels, and Dr. George Bennett, Raspet Flight Research Lab., Mississippi State Univ. 219-232
Enhancement of the Navigation Position Reference for INS Testing
Using Differential GPS Pseudorange Measurements,
Capt. Randall N. Paschall and Capt. William J. Negast, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, USAF Institute of Technology 233-242
Wide Area Differential GPS - Potential for Accurate Global Navigation,
Dr. Prem Munjal and Dr. Mohan Ananda, The Aerospace Corporation 243-254
Attitude Error Estimation with a General GPS Observation Matrix,
Charles A. Bass, Naval Command Control and Ocean Surveillance Center (NCCOSC RDT&E Division), and
Dr. Constantine G. Karmokolias and Azaad Khatri, Galaxy Scientific Corp 255-264

SESSION 4A: GPS, INS, AND AVIONICS SENSOR INTEGRATION

SCNS/FLIR Target Locating,
Jay Weingart, ARINC Research Corp 267-278
Design, Implementation and Testing of a Helicopter Integrated Navigation System (HINS),
Dr. D. Blake Reid and Bryan H. Kliewer, Applied Analytics Corp.; Jan Zywiel, Holomax Limited;
Maj. Ross Riddell and Capt. Tom Flynn, Canadian Department of National Defence 279-290

Development of a GPS-Aided Motion Measurement, Pointing, and Stabilization System for
a Synthetic Aperture Radar,
John R. Fellerhoff and Stewart M. Kohier, Sandia National Laboratories 291-296
Coarse Correction of Selected Availability Affects Using Markov Models in an Extended Kalman Filter,
Capt. Randall N. Paschall and Capt. William J. Negast, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, USAF Institute of Technology 297-306
A GPS Coverage Model, Dr. Trent A. Skidmore, Ohio University 307-316

U. S. Air Force Phillips Laboratory Autonomous Space Navigation Experiment,
Maj. Jack Anthony, USAF, Phillips Laboratory, and 2nd Lt. William Glascoe III, 6585th Test Group, USAF 317-326

SESSION 4B: GPS/GLONASS DEVELOPMENT AND PRECISION LANDING APPLICATIONS

GPS Relative Navigation: An Alternative Precision Approach Aid,
Don Brown and Rob Conley, Overlook Systems Technologies, Inc. 329-340
GNSS Integrity for Aircraft Precision Approach,
Paul M. Creamer, Dr. E. Michael Geyer, Joseph J. Pisano, and Dr. David P. Frank, TASC 341-350
Integration of GPS/GLONASS and INS on a Raw Data Basis - First Results of an Experimental Study,
Wolfgang Lechner, Avionics Center Braunschweig; Rolf Jeske, Aerodata Flugmesstechnik; Stefan Vieweg,
Institute of Flight Guidance and Control; and Sergej Klyushnikov, Russian Institute of Radionavigation and Time 351-358
Tunnel Concept Risk Allocation Methodology for Aircraft Navigation Systems,
Robert J. Kelly, Bendix Communications Division 359-372
RAIM of GPS & GLONASS
, Pratap Misra, E. Bayliss, R. LaFrey, and M. Pratt, MIT Lincoln Lab *
Operational Aspects of GPS for Precision Approach and Landing,
Manfred Dieroff, Xiaogang Gu, Bemd ‘Fiemeyer, and Stefan Vieweg, Institute of Flight Guidance
and Control, University of Braunschweig
373-382

SESSION SA: GEODESY, GIS, AND IMPACT ON NAVIGATION

The Greenland Aerogeophysics Project: Year 1,
John M. Brozena and Mary F. Peters, Naval Research Laboratory 385-394
Comparison of DGPS and Double Difference Carrier Phase Results form a Land-Based Kinematic Survey,
Larry D. Hothem, U.S. Geological Survey, and Carlos L. V. Aiken, Center of Lithospheric Studies,
University of Texas at Dallas
*
Five Years of Absolute Positions at the Naval Surface Warfare Center,
Dr. Bruce R. Hermann, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division 395-402
GPS in the Gulf War,
Muneendra Kumar, Defense Mapping Agency; and Bryn A. Fosburgh, U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center 403-408
Evaluation of GPS On-the-Fly Ambiguity Resolution Techniques,
Jon Burgess, U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center 409-416
An Evaluation of the Use of GPS and Laser Ranging to Position Stationary Objects from a Distance,
Erin M. O’Leary, Alan G. Evans, and T. Nathan Smith, Naval Surface Weapons Center (NSWCDD) 417-426

SESSION 6: HISTORY OF NAVIGATION, DEVELOPMENTS SINCE COLUMBUS
The Mechanism of China’s South-Pointing Carriage,
H. Douglas Garner, NASA Langley 429-434
History of Navigation, Developments Since Columbus,
Vincenzo Nastro and Aniello Russo, Istituto Universitario Navale di Napoli 435-441
Capt. P.V.H. Weems and the Transition from Marine to Air Navigation,
G. D. Dunlap, Dunlap Enterprises, Inc. 443-448
The Start of a Laboratory/The Beginnings of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory,
William G. Denhard, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory 449-456

SOXO Air SIG S7 ILS, from Early Development to an Enduring World Standard,
Frank B. Brady, Aviation Consultant 457-464
Satellite Navigation, the Beginnings and Development of GPS,
Keith D. McDonald,
Sat Tech Systems, Inc. *

AUTHORS INDEX 467
CONFERENCE REGISTRANTS 469-473

* Manuscript unavailable for publication in Proceedings. Contact author for a copy of the paper.