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Tightly Coupled Processing of Precise Point Position (PPP) and INS Data
Greg Roesler, NovAtel Inc.
Hugh Martell, NovAtel Inc

Compliance of NovAtel's GPS-702L Antenna to the European Union's new WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) and RoHS (Restriction of the use of Certain Hazardous Substances) Directives
Gord Paynter, NovAtel Inc.
Vince Banas, NovAtel Inc.

Architecture and System Performance of SPAN™ - NovAtel's GPS/INS Solution
Sandy Kennedy, NovAtel Inc.
Jason Hamilton, NovAtel Inc.
Hugh Martell, NovAtel Inc.

Galileo Sensor Station Ground Reference Receiver Performance Characteristics
Neil Gerein, NovAtel Inc.
Allan Manz, NovAtel Inc.
Michael Clayton, NovAtel Inc.
Michael Olynik, NovAtel Inc.

NovAtel’s Galileo Test Receiver
Neil Gerein, NovAtel Inc., Canada
Michael Olynik, NovAtel Inc., Canada
Michael Clayton, NovAtel Inc., Canada
Jonathan Auld, NovAtel Inc., Canada
Tony Murfin, NovAtel Inc., Canada

Galileo BOC(1,1) Prototype Receiver Development
Neil Gerein, NovAtel Inc.
Michael Olynik, NovAtel Inc.
Michael Clayton, NovAtel Inc.

Galileo Ground Segment Reference Receiver Performance Characteristics
Neil Gerein,NovAtel Inc., Canada
Allan Manz, NovAtel Inc., Canada
Michael Clayton, NovAtel Inc., Canada

A Dual-frequency L1/E5a Galileo Test Receiver
Neil Gerein, NovAtel Inc., Canada
Michael Olynik, NovAtel Inc., Canada
Michael Clayton, NovAtel Inc., Canada
Jonathan Auld, NovAtel Inc., Canada
Tony Murfin, NovAtel Inc., Canada

Prototype Galileo Receiver Development
Neil Gerein, NovAtel Inc, Canada
Michael Olynik, NovAtel Inc, Canada

Helicopter Ship Board Landing System
Tom Ford, NovAtel Inc.
Mark Hardesty, Boeing Co.
Mike Bobye, NovAtel Inc.

 

GPS/MEMS Inertial Integration Methodology and Results
Tom Ford, NovAtel Inc.
Jason Hamilton, NovAtel Inc.
Mike Bobye, NovAtel Inc.
Dr. Laurence Day, BAE Systems Inc.

The Use of GPS Tracking and Guidance Systems for the Chicken Little Joint Project's Acoustic Week Flight Test Program
Mark Hardesty,
David Conner,
Charles Smith,
William Terrell

A Precision Flight Test Application of a Differential Global Positioning System
Mark Hardesty,
Mark Metzger,
Joe Flint

Development, Test and Evaluation of Helicopters using a Precision Differential Global Positioning System
Mark Hardesty,
Mark Metzger,
Joe Flint,
Daphne Fredrickson

Theory and Performance of the Pulse Aperture Correlator
Pat Fenton, NovAtel Inc.
Brian Smith, NovAtel Inc.
Jason Jones, NovAtel Inc.

A New Positioning Filter:Phase Smoothing in the Position Domain
Tom Ford, NovAtel Inc.
Jason Hamilton, NovAtel Inc.

A Three Dimensional Choke Ring Ground Plane Antenna
Waldemar Kunysz, NovAtel Inc.

Injected Alignment for an INS System from Trackmodel Data in a Race Car Environment
Tom Ford, NovAtel Inc.
Jason Hamilton, NovAtel Inc.
Mike Bobye, NovAtel Inc.

Using a Sky Projection to Evaluate Pseudorange Multipath and to Improve the Differential Pseudorange Position
Dana G. Hynes, System Test Group, NovAtel Inc.

MEMS Inertial on an RTK GPS Receiver: Integration Options and Test Results
Tom Ford, Jason Hamilton and Mike Bobye of NovAtel Inc
John R. Morrison and Brian Kolak of Honeywell Commercial Aviation Products

NovAtel Inc. New Positioning Filter: Phase Smoothing in the Position Domain
Tom Ford, NovAtel Inc.
Jason Hamilton, NovAtel Inc.

OEM4 Inertial: A Tightly Integrated Decentralised Inertial/GPS Navigation System
Tom Ford, NovAtel Inc.
Janet Neumann, NovAtel Inc.
Pat Fenton, NovAtel Inc.
Mike Bobye, NovAtel Inc.
Jason Hamilton, NovAtel Inc.

GPS Positioning in the Fast Track: Track Model Constraint Enhancement for OEM4
Tom Ford, NovAtel Inc.
Ken Milnes, Sportvision Inc.
Matt Lazar, Sportvision Inc.

Characterization of L5 Receiver Performance Using Digital Pulse Blanking
Joseph Grabowski, Zeta Associates Incorporated
Christopher Hegarty, Mitre Corporation

Running Interference Multipath Detection for GPS Monitoring Sites
Joe Jaksic

Advanced Pinwheel Compact Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna (AP-CRPA) designed for Interference and Multipath Mitigation.
Waldemar Kunysz, NovAtel Inc.

OEM4 Inertial: An Inertial/GPS Navigation System on the OEM4 Receiver
Tom Ford, NovAtel Inc.
Janet Neumann, NovAtel Inc.
Mike Bobye, NovAtel Inc.,

Track Model Constraint Enhancement for NovAtel's OEM4
Tom Ford, NovAtel Inc.
Ken Milnes, SportVision

Analysis of the Multipath Performance in Environments With Multiple Interferers
Bryan Townsend, Roberton Enterprises Ltd.

Analysis of the Multipath Meter Performance in the Presence of Anomalous Satellite Signals
Andy Jakab, NovAtel Inc.
Bryan Townsend, Roberton Enterprises Ltd.

Results and Analysis of Using the MEDLL® Receiver as a Multipath Meter
Bryan Townsend, Roberton Enterprises Ltd,
Jonathan Wiebe, NovAtel Inc.
Andy Jakab, NovAtel Inc.

An Approach to GPS Satellite Failure Detection.
A.Jakab, NovAtel Inc., Calgary, Alberta

The Effects of SAW Group Delay Ripple on GPS and Glonass Signals.
Damon Adams, NovAtel Inc., Calgary, Alberta.

Hi! We're the NovAtel GNSSA Team
by Tony Murfin Director, Aviation Group NovAtel Inc.

Magnetic Beeline® - Satellite Derived Attitude for Marine Navigation
Tom Ford, Mamoru Kuwata, Hisakatsu Itoh, Dr. Otsu

Real-Time Carrier Phase Positioning Using the RTCM Standard Message Types 20/21 and 18/19.
Janet Brown Neumann, Keith J. VanDierendonck, Allan Manz, and Thomas J. Ford (NovAtel Inc.)
Ref.: TP0047

Proposed Airport Pseudolite Signal Specification for GPS Precision Approach Local Area Augmentation Systems
A. J. Van Dierendonck (AJ Systems), Pat Fenton (NovAtel Inc.), Chris Hegarty (The MITRE Corporation)
Ref.: TP0046

HAPPI - a High Accuracy Pseudolite/GPS Positioning Integration
Tom Ford, Janet Neumann, Neal Toso, Wally Petersen, Curtis Anderson, Pat Fenton (NovAtel Communications) Tom Holden, Kevin Barltrop (Stanford Telecom)
Ref.: TP0045

Beeline® RT20TM - a Compact, Medium Precision Positioning system with an Attitude.
Tom Ford, Waldemar Kunysz, Rod Morris, Janet Neumann, Jim Rooney, Theo Smit (NovAtel Inc.)
Ref.: TP0044

Precise GPS time transfer to a moving vehicle
Tor Egil Melgard, David Last, Bernard Thomas
Ref.: TP0043

L1 Carrier Phase Multipath Error Reduction Using MEDLL® Technology
Bryan R. Townsend, Patrick C. Fenton, Keith J. Van Dierendonck, (Consultant - D.J. Richard van Nee)
Ref.: TP0042

Test Results from a New 2 cm Real Time Kinematic GPS Positioning System
Janet Brown Neumann, Allan Manz, Thomas J. Ford, Orest Mulyk
Ref.: TP0041

Core Technology Developments and End-user Products at NovAtel
Simon Newby, Pat Fenton, Janet Neumann, Bryan Townsend
Ref.: TP0040

The Use of Differential Satellite Navigation Systems in an Automatic Flight Inspection System
Cecelia M. Feit, Martin R. Bates
Ref.: TP0039

High-Precision Trajectory Determination Using Satellite Navigation Systems
D. Alexander Stratton, Parker Hannifin
Ref.: TP0038

Improved GPS Positioning for Motor Vehicles Through Map Matching
Craig A. Scott
Ref.: TP0037

GPS/GIS and Space Time Data
Ewan Masters, Bernd Hirsch, Ken Wong
Ref.: TP0036

The Development of a Modular DGPS System
T.J. McCall
Ref.: TP0035

Extending Narrow-CorrelatorTM Technology to P(Y) - Code Receivers: Benefits and Issues
Steven N. Karels, Thomas J. Macdonald, Dr. Mats E. Viggh, Robert J. Balla
Ref.: TP0034

Accurate Positioning in a Flight Inspection System Using Differential Global Navigation Satellite Systems
Cecelia M. Feit, Martin R. Bates
Ref.: TP0033

Dynamic GPS Attitude Performance Using INS/GPS Reference
J. Chris McMillan
Ref.: TP0032

Assessment of a Non-Dedicated GPS Receiver System For Precise Airborne Attitude Determination
M.E. Cannon, H. Sun, T.E. Owen, M.A. Meindl
Ref.: TP0031

What's New from NovAtel
Simon Newby, Wendy Corcoran
Ref.: TP0030

A Differential Global Positioning System for Flight Inspection of Radio Navigation Aids
Dr. D. Alexander Stratton
Ref.: TP0029

A Kinematic Carrier Phase Tracking System for High Precision Trajectory Determination
Dr. Wang Tang, Dale Turley, Gene Howell
Ref.: TP0028

DGNSS Positioning Techniques for Flight Inspection
Cecelia M. Feit, Martin R. Bates
Ref.: TP0027

Statistics of Time Rate of Change of Ionospheric Range Delay
M. Bakry Eli-Arini, Patricia H. Doherty, Eric Raffi, John A. Klobuchar
Ref.: TP0026

Performance Evaluation of the Multipath Estimating Delay Lock Loop
Bryan R. Townsend, D.J. Richard Van Nee, Patrick C. Fenton, Keith J. Van Dierendonck
Ref.: TP0025

A Practical Approach to the Reduction of Pseudorange Multipath Errors in a L1 GPS Receiver
Bryan R. Townsend, Patrick C. Fenton
Ref.: TP0024

Seasonal Effect of Tree Foliage on GPS Signal Availability and Accuracy for Vehicular Navigation
G. Lachapelle, J. Henriksen, T. Melgard
Ref.: TP0023

NovAtel's RT-20TM - A Real Time Floating Ambiquity Positioning System
Tom J. Ford, Janet Neumann
Ref.: TP0022

The Multipath Estimating Delay Lock Loop (MEDLL®): Approaching Theoretical Accuracy Limits
Richard D.J. Van Nee, Jaap Siereveld, Patrick C. Fenton, Bryan R. Townsend
Ref.: TP0021

Performance of Category IIIB Automatic Landings Using C/A Code Tracking Differential GPS
Dr. Stephen V. Rowson, Glenn R. Courtney, Richard M. Hueschen
Ref.: TP0020

Precise Aircraft-to-Aircraft Positioning Using a Multiple Receiver Configuration.
Lachapelle, G.H. Sun, M.E. Cannon, G. Lu (1994)
Ref.: TP0019

Performance Analysis of a Narrow CorrelatorTM Spacing Receiver for Precise Static GPS Positioning.
Cannon, M.E., G. Lachapelle, W. Qiu, S. L. Frodge, and B. Remondi (1994)
Ref.: TP0018

NovAtel Communication Ltd. - What's New?
Patrick C. Fenton, Bryan R. Townsend
Ref.: TP0017

Performance Analysis of a Shipborne Gyrocompass With a Multi-Antenna GPS System.
Lu, G., G. Lachapelle, M.E. Cannon, and B. Vogel (1994)
Ref.: TP0016

GPS System Integration And Field Approaches In Precision Farming.
Gehue, H., G. Lachapelle, M.E. Cannon, T.W. Goddard, and D.C. Penney (1994)
Ref.: TP0015

GPS Signal Availability in an Urban Area - Receiver Performance Analysis.
Melgard, T.E., G. Lachapelle, and G. Gehue (1994)
Ref.: TP0014

Ionospheric Scintillation Monitoring Using Commercial Single Frequency C/A Code Receivers.
Van Dierendonck, A.J., J. Klobuchar, and Q. Hua (1993)
Ref.: TP0013

Kinematic Ambiguity Resolution With a High Precision C/A Code Receiver.
Cannon, M.E., G. Lachapelle, and G. Lu (1993)
Ref.: TP0012

Quadruple Single Frequency Receiver System for Ambiguity Resolution on the Fly.
Lachapelle, G., C. Liu, and G. Lu (1993)
Ref.: TP0011

GPS Versus Loran-C for Vehicle Navigation in Urban and Mountainous Areas.
Lachapelle, G., B. Townsend, H. Gehue, and M.E. Cannon (1993)
Ref.: TP0010

Attitude Determination in a Survey Launch Using Multi-Antenna GPS Technologies.
Gang, Lu., M. E. Cannon, and G. Lachapelle (1993)
Ref.: TP0009

Precise Marine DGPS Positioning Using P Code and High Performance C/A Code Technologies. Lachapelle, G., C. Liu, G. Lu, B. Townsend, M.E. Cannon, and R. Hare (1993)
Ref.: TP0008

Ambiguity Resolution on the fly - A Comparison of P Code and High Performance C/A Code Receiver Technologies, also published A Comparison of P Code and High Performance C/A Code GPS Receivers for On The Fly Ambiguity Resolution.
Lachapelle, G., M.E. Cannon, and G. Lu (1992)
Ref.: TP0007

Flight Evaluation of a Basic C/A Code Differential GPS for Category 1 Precision Approach.
Hundley, W., S. Rowson, and G. Courtney (1992)
Ref.: TP0006

Precise Real-Time Kinematic Differential GPS Using a Cellular Radio Modem.
Falkenberg, W., T. Ford, J. Neumann, P. Fenton, M.E. Cannon, and G. Lachapelle (1992)
Ref.: TP0005

High Precision C/A Code Technology for Rapid Static DGPS Surveys.
Lachapelle, G., M.E. Cannon, C. Erickson, and W. Falkenberg (1992)
Ref.: TP0004

Analysis of a High Performance C/A Code GPS Receiver in Kinematic Mode.
Cannon, M.E., and G. Lachapelle (1992)
Ref.: TP0003

Theory and Performance of Narrow CorrelatorTM Spacing in a GPS Receiver.
Van Dierendonck, A.J., P. Fenton, and T. Ford (1992)
Ref.: TP0002

NovAtel's GPS Receiver The High Performance OEM Sensor of the Future.
Fenton, P., W. Falkenberg, T. Ford, K. Ng., and A.J. Van Dierendonck (1991)
Ref.: TP0001

High Performance GPS Pinwheel Antenna
Waldemar Kunysz (NovAtel Inc.)

The Use of GPS Tracking and Guidance Systems for the Chicken Little Joint Project's Acoustic Week Flight Test Program
Mark Hardesty,
David Conner,
Charles Smith,
William Terrell

A Precision Flight Test Application of a Differential Global Positioning System
Mark Hardesty,
Mark Metzger,
Joe Flint

Development, Test and Evaluation of Helicopters using a Precision Differential Global Positioning System
Mark Hardesty,
Mark Metzger,
Joe Flint,
Daphne Fredrickson

Evolution Leads to Revolution - Helicopter Flight Testing Using RTK DGPS Technology.
Mark Hardesty, Flight Test Engineer, Greg Ashe, Senior Experimental Test Pilot
The Boeing Company, Mesa, Arizona USA

Real-Time Carrier Phase Positioning Using the RTCM Standard Message Types 20/21 and 18/19.
Janet Brown Neumann, Keith J. VanDierendonck, Allan Manz, and Thomas J. Ford (NovAtel Inc.)
Ref.: TP0047

Proposed Airport Pseudolite Signal Specification for GPS Precision Approach Local Area Augmentation Systems
A. J. Van Dierendonck (AJ Systems), Pat Fenton (NovAtel Inc.), Chris Hegarty (The MITRE Corporation)
Ref.: TP0046

The Use of Differential Satellite Navigation Systems in an Automatic Flight Inspection System
Cecelia M. Feit, Martin R. Bates
Ref.: TP0039

High-Precision Trajectory Determination Using Satellite Navigation Systems
D. Alexander Stratton, Parker Hannifin
Ref.: TP0038

Accurate Positioning in a Flight Inspection System Using Differential Global Navigation Satellite Systems
Cecelia M. Feit, Martin R. Bates
Ref.: TP0033

Dynamic GPS Attitude Performance Using INS/GPS Reference
J. Chris McMillan
Ref.: TP0032

Assessment of a Non-Dedicated GPS Receiver System For Precise Airborne Attitude Determination
M.E. Cannon, H. Sun, T.E. Owen, M.A. Meindl
Ref.: TP0031

A Differential Global Positioning System for Flight Inspection of Radio Navigation Aids
Dr. D. Alexander Stratton
Ref.: TP0029

A Kinematic Carrier Phase Tracking System for High Precision Trajectory Determination
Dr. Wang Tang, Dale Turley, Gene Howell
Ref.: TP0028

DGNSS Positioning Techniques for Flight Inspection
Cecelia M. Feit, Martin R. Bates
Ref.: TP0027

Performance of Category IIIB Automatic Landings Using C/A Code Tracking Differential GPS
Dr. Stephen V. Rowson, Glenn R. Courtney, Richard M. Hueschen
Ref.: TP0020

Precise Aircraft-to-Aircraft Positioning Using a Multiple Receiver Configuration.
Lachapelle, G.H. Sun, M.E. Cannon, G. Lu (1994)
Ref.: TP0019

Flight Evaluation of a Basic C/A Code Differential GPS for Category 1 Precision Approach.
Hundley, W., S. Rowson, and G. Courtney (1992)
Ref.: TP0006