Galileo plus GPS - Opportunities

John Spiller, Tony Tapsell and Richard Peckham

Abstract:	Since the launch of GPS, there continues to be strong growth in the development of technologies able to exploit satellite derived position and timing information for commercial and private uses. Applications include aircraft and maritime navigation, road transport fleet management, in-car and pedestrian services, surveying, sailing and other leisure pursuits, animal tracking in wildlife conservation programmes and many more. The planned development of the European Galileo satellite navigation system alongside GPS and its various augmentation services extends the number of satellite position and timing services that will become available in a few years. This could be particularly beneficial to critical and safety related applications such as civil aviation where total dependence upon a single navigation sensor poses considerable risk. The additional satellites also offer worthwhile improvements, especially in urban areas, for many other users of the technology. Based on work undertaken in a UK National study this paper considers the range of applications and possible user benefits that might be gained from a hybrid of complementary and compatible GPS/Galileo services.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 14th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 2001) September 11 - 14, 2001 Salt Palace Convention Center Salt Lake City, UT
Pages:	2059 - 2066
Cite this article:	Spiller, John, Tapsell, Tony, Peckham, Richard, "Galileo plus GPS - Opportunities," Proceedings of the 14th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 2001), Salt Lake City, UT, September 2001, pp. 2059-2066.
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