The Internationl Activities of the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee

George Preiss

Abstract:	The paper apens with a brief description of the format ion and roles of the Civil Gl5 Service Interfatz -ittee (CXXCC) and its various Sub-&mnittees, defining clearly the concept of civil GPS status and health information, and the information services which are W. The paper then concentrates on international implications, referring to the activities of the asSIC’s international sub-carmittee, the International Infonmtion Sub-&nmittee (IISC) . The concepts of national points-of-contact and national information centres are introduced together with a description of their perceived functions, and this is followed by discussion of the products which they are expected to make available. The paper uxtinues to describe the ma223 that have tx32n encumtm by the IISC, and the action that has been or is being undertaken. The cuxept of so-called %ct ive distribution” is defined, and is fol lawed by discuss ion of the disseminat iatl not only of GPS status and health information, but of information about how that informat ion can be obtained. The pcesibi 1 ity of legal implications and m iti also discussed and developed towards the argumeplts for appropriate international agtxments regarding the civil use of the Global Positioning System.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 4th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1991) September 11 - 13, 1991 Albuquerque, NM
Pages:	15 - 26
Cite this article:	Preiss, George, "The Internationl Activities of the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee," Proceedings of the 4th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1991), Albuquerque, NM, September 1991, pp. 15-26.
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