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51st Annual Meeting Proceedings
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the ION

June 5-7, 1995
Antlers Doubletree Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Table Of Contents


Plenary Session: 100 Years of Progress: Navigation in 2045

Air Navigation in the Year 2045
Dr. Martin Beckmann, Marty Gunther, and Dr. Rudy Kalafus, Trimble Navigation .....3-10
Navigating Towards the Year 2045
Sandra Berning and Peter Howe, USAF Wright Laboratory.....11-14
 
Session 1A: GPS System Status/Block IIF Update

A History of Satellite Navigation
Prof. Bradford Parkinson and Konstantin Gromov, Stanford University;
Thomas Stansell, Leica, Inc.; Ronald Beard, NRL .....17-62
The Natural Measurements of a GPS Receiver
Phillip Ward, Navward GPS Consulting .....63-70
Salient Features of the GPS Block IIR Spacecraft Design
Dr. A. Das, Lockheed Martin Astro Space .....71-78
L-Band Anomaly Detection in GPS
Kenneth Brown, Jr., Ming Kang Chien, and William Mathon, Loral Federal Systems;
Capt. Steven Hutsell and Capt. Christopher Shank, U.S. Air Force..... 79-87
The Effects of Altitude on GPS Dilution of Precision and Coverage
Christopher Varner and Dr. M. Elizabeth Cannon, The University of Calgary .....89-94
From Apollonius to Newton to GPS
Joseph Hoshen, AT&T Bell Laboratories .....95-100
 
Session 1B: Urban and Land Navigation

From Chinese Chariots to Smart Cars: 2000 Years of Vehicular Navigation
Robert French, R. L. French & Associates
A Rapid Engineering Evaluation of Intelligent Transportation System
Vehicle-Based Travelers Information Technology and Architecure

Thomas O'Brien and Dwight Fuqua, Dimensions International, Incorporated
Enhanced GPS Coverage Through Map Aiding in Urban and Canyon Environments
Dr. James LaMance and Dr. Alison Brown, NAVSYS Corporation
Test Results of the NAVSYS GPS/Inertial Mapping (GIM) System
Timothy Ash, Dr. Josef Coetsee, Randy Silva, and Dr. Alison Brown, NAVSYS Corporation
Cellular Data Services for Vehicular Tracking, Control and Information Systems
Michael Sushko, Kensington & Icknield
DGPS Architecture Based on Separating Error Components,
Virtual Reference Stations, and FM Subcarrier Broadcast

Lynn Weber and Anil Tiwari, Stanford University
 
Session 2A: Civil Aviation (part 1)

The Early History of Airborne Doppler Systems
William Tull
Development of a Secure, GPS-Based Flight Recorder for Sport Aviation
David Ellis, Cambridge Aero Instruments .....145-156
APALS Autonomous Precision Approach and Landing System
Otto Dieffenbach, Lockheed Martin, Martin Marietta Advanced Development Operations.....157-166
Suppressed-Image ILS Glide Slope Antenna
Alfred Lopez, ARL Associates Incorporated .....167-173
Capabilities of the New ILS
Dr. Richard McFarland and David Quinet, Ohio University .....175-180
A Real-Time Architecture for Kinematic GPS Applied to the Integrity Beacon Landing System, David Lawrence, Boris Pervan, Clark Cohen, H. Stewart Cobb,
J. David Powell, and Bradford Parkinson, Stanford University .....181-192
 
Session 2B: NAVIGATION TEST FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

The CIGTF Connection: A Story of Precision Testing at the Central Inertial Guidance Test FacilityFrederic Nadeau, 746th Test Squadron, 46th Test Group Holloman Air Force Base..... 223-229
GPS Applications to Launch Vehicles
Jurn Leung, Gary Schipper, G. T. Tseng, and Phillip Wildhagen, The Aerospace Corporation;
Dan Wingard, Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center .....231-239
Laboratory Testing of an Interferometric GPS Flight Reference System
Dr. Frank van Graas and Dr. David Diggle, Ohio University; Larkin Lake and Sam Newman, NRaD .....231-239
Treatment of Cycle Slips in Navigation Reference Systems
Lt. Brian Bohenek, 746th Test Squadron, Holloman AFB;
Lt. Col. Robert Riggins, Air Force Institute of Technology, WPAFB .....241-250
Simulated Inertial GPS Navigation Laboratory (SIGNaL)
Marvin May and Robert Mullen, NRaD Warminster .....251-259
A Proposed Methodology for Operational Test and Evaluation
of the FAA's Wide Area Augmentation System

Dwight Fuqua, Dimensions International, Inc. .....261-268
GPS Receiver Performance Evaluation
Donald English, ARINC .....269-275
 
Session 3A: CIVIL AVIATION (PART 2)

Standards Development for Category II/III Precision Approach and Landing
Using Differential GNSS; RTCA Activities and Status

Keith McDonald, Sat Tech Systems, Inc.; George Ligler, PMEI
A Position-Domain Method for Ensuring Integrity of Local Area Differential GPS, Kelly Markin and Curtis Shively, The MITRE Corporation..... 287-292
RAIM Availability for CatIIIb Operation
Ronald Brown, Richard Hall, Glyn Romrell, and James Waid, E-Systems..... 293-302
What Level of Confidence to Put on Computed Availability Figures for Satellite Navigation System? Pierre Janniere, Alcatel Espace .....303-312
 
Session 3B: APPLICATIONS OF PRECISE TIME DETERMINATION

The Impact of Precise Time in Our Lives: A Historical and Futuristic Perspective Surrounding GPS, David Allan, Allan's TIME
Low-Power Oscillator/Clock for Direct P-Code Acquisition
John Vig and Raymond Filler, U.S. Army Research Laboratory .....347-355
Navigation Message Correction Tables: On-Orbit Results
Brian Brottlund and Cliff Harris, National Systems Research; Capt. Chris Shank, U.S. Air Force.....357-369
A Statistical Analysis of the GPS Time Transfer Error Budget
Capt. Steven Hutsell, 2nd Space Operations Squadron, Falcon AFB .....371-379
 
Session 3C: INERTIAL NAVIGATION

The Introduction of Inertial Naviagtion into Commercial Aviation Aircraft
by the Federal Aviation Agency, 1963-1969

Sidney Hirshon, Consultant .....421-430
Integrated Nav: The Second Edition I Never Wrote
James Farrell, NaVIGIL .....431-437
A Micromechanical INS/GPS System for Guided Projectiles
Dr. Donald Gustafson, Ralph Hopkins, Dr. Neil Barbour, and Dr. John Dowdle, Draper Laboratory .....439-444
 
Session 4A: DGPS APPLICATIONS AND STATUS

Evolution in Naval Air NavigationFrom NADC to NRad
Jack Jankovitz, NRaD Warminster .....465-471
Use of the Global Positioning System to Aid in Environmental Studies
Celeste Barry, Noriko Kawamoto, and David Stensby, Bechtel; Patrick O'Callaghan, CHZM-Hill.....473-482
The Application of Differential GPS to the Conduct of Helicopter Off-Shore Approaches in the North Sea, Dr. Rolf Johannessen, Lambourne Navigation Ltd.; David Howson, Safety Regulation Group, CAA .....483-493
CAT II/III Accuarcy and Availability for Local Area Differential GPS Including
Geostationary Satellite and Pseudolite Augmentations

Mitch Sams, Wilcox Electric .....495-504
Comparison of Full Vector and Common View WAAS Algorithms
Dr. Changdon Kee, Dr. Todd Walter, Yi-Chung Chao, Yeou-Jyh Tsai, Jennifer Evans, Andy Barrows, Eric Abbot, Dr. David Powell, Dr. Per Enge, and Dr. Bradford Parkinson, Stanford University
A New Method for Coverage Prediction for the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS)
Samuel Pullen, Dr. Per Enge, and Dr. Bradford Parkinson, Stanford University .....505-513
Use of Autonomous GPS Carrier Phase Measurements for Enhancing GPS Integrity with WAAS, Dr. Duncan Cox, Jr, DBC Communications Inc.; Dr. William Michalson and Hua Hua, Worchester Polytechnic Institute .....515-523
 
Session 4B: MILITARY NAVIGATION

The History of Pressure Pattern Navigation
John Bellamy .....527-530
GPS-Aided Guidance for Ballistic Missile Applications: An Assessment
Dr. Gerald Frost and Dr. Irving Lachow, RAND .....531-538
A Direct Performance Comparison Between Loosely Coupled
and Tightly Coupled GPS/INS Integration Techniques

J. David Weiss, Galaxy Scientific Corporation; D. Scott Kee, NRaD .....539-547
NANUs to NOTAMs: An Assessment of Existing and Emerging GPS Warning Systems,
M-Series GPS NOTAMs Implemented May 17, 1995

William Fauver, Volpe Center .....549-556
Integrity Monitoring in the KC-10's GPS Embedded Module
Redge Bartholomew and Robert Hoech, Rockwell International CACD
Embedded GPS Receiver Control and Display Unit
R. Glen Moffat, Litton Systems Canada .....557-565
 
Session 5A: MARITIME NAVIGATION

Perspectives on Marine Satellite Navigation
Thomas Stansell, Jr., Leica Navigation and Positioning .....579-591
Training During a Paradigm Shift
Samuel Shaw, California Maritime Academy .....593-601
IFOG Technology for Gyrocompass Applications
Eric Goldner, David Rozelle, Allan Brockstein, Amado Cordova, Ronald Michal,
Ralph Patterson, and James Steele, Litton Guidance and Control Systems;
Joseph DeFato, Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Center .....593-601
Development of a New Digital Electromagnetic Log Using Discrete Time Processing Techniques, John Peterson, PRC Incorporated .....603-609
Off-Shore Differential Sea Height Determination Using Precise Relative GPS Processing
Bruce Hermann, Alan Evans, Gary Sitzman, and Larry Bartyczak, Naval Surface Warfare Center;
Benjamin Remondi, The xyz's of GPS, Inc.; John Dugan, Areté Associates .....611-619
Precise GPS Shipborne Positioning Experiments with Semicodeless Receivers
Dr. Gerard Lachapelle, H. Sun, Dr. M. Elizabeth Cannon, and Chris McMillan, The University of Calgary .....621-629
 
Session 5B: MAP DATABASES AND DISPLAYS

Navigation, Positioning, and Mapping: A Review
Dr. Walter Senu, Defense Mapping Agency .....651-656
Resolution Enhancement of Digital Elevation Models by Fusion with SAR Intensity Data
Charles McPherson, Homer Pien, and Mukund Desai, Draper Laboratory .....657-671
Spacecraft Angular Rate Reference System
Akira Murakami, GPS Palm - Set Design Shop .....673-681
Use of Commercial GIS and GPS for Emergency Location and Dispatch
Max Cameron and Mark Schultz, NAVSYS Corporation .....683-692