U.S. Coast Guard GPS Information Center (GPSIC) and Its Function Within the Civil GPS Service (CGS)

Lieutenant Luann Barndt

Abstract:	The Global Positioning System Information Center (GPSIC) was created to provide civil users of the Global Positioning System with timely system status and other GPS satellite information. The GPSIC began providing basic services on a test and evaluation bask in March 1990. Since then we have improved these services, formalized the in formation gathering processes, and expanded GPSIC operations to meet GPS user needs. The GPSIC serves as a central point of contact for civil users to make their interests and needs known to the system operator, the Department of Defense (DOD) under the management of the US. Air Force. The GPSIC provides GPS information to civil users through Operational Advisory Broadcasts (OAB) containing GPS performance data. The OABs are disseminated through numerous sources including 24 hour access to a voice telephone recording and a computer bulletin board system (BBS) . The GPSIC staff also responds to individual user inquiries, comments, or concerns about civil access to and use of the GPS during normal working hours. This paper provides an overview of the Civil GPS Service as well as the details of the type of information and services that are available through the GPSIC and how thy can be obtained. It will also address the future expansion of GPSIC responsibilities.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 23th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting December 3 - 5, 1991 Pasadena, California
Pages:	15 - 34
Cite this article:	Barndt, Lieutenant Luann, "U.S. Coast Guard GPS Information Center (GPSIC) and Its Function Within the Civil GPS Service (CGS)," Proceedings of the 23th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting, Pasadena, California, December 1991, pp. 15-34.
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