Calendar 2005

GPS World, Feb, 2005

* FEBRUARY 1-3

ESRI Federal Users Meeting

Washington, D.C. Covers geographic data, application tools, technologies, spatial initiatives, and partnerships. See www.esri.com/feduc.> * FEBRUARY 7-9

Map India & Geomatics 2005

New Delhi, India. Annual international conference and exposition for GIS, GPS, aerial photography, and remote sensing, Visit www.mapindia.org.

* FEBRUARY 8-11

6th Geomatic Week

Barcelona, Spain. The Institute of Geomatics event covers geodesy, navigation, photogrammetry, remote sensing, cartography and GIS. See www.setmana-geomatica.com.

* FEBRUARY 21-25

5-Day GPS/INS Nav Course

San Diego, California. This Technalytics five-day course covers GPS/INS multisensor Kalman filter navigation. For details, see www.techna/ytics.com/course.htm.> * FEBRUARY 24-25

GPS-Wireless 2005

San Francisco, California. Covers telematics, wireless location, fleet management, personal location, and GPS markets for consumer and B2B applications. See www.gps-wire/ess.com.> * FEB 28-MARCH 3

GPS Short Course

Beltsville, Maryland. See www.AT/Courses.com.> * MARCH 6-9

GITA 2005

Denver, Colorado. The Geospatial Information and Technology Association conference addresses data distribution and access, system architecture, operations support, field and mobile technology, and applications. See www.gita.org. Visit the GPS World/Geospatial Solutions booth at this event.

* MARCH 7-11

ASPRS Annual Conference

Baltimore, Maryland. The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing meeting covers GIS, land and environmental management, photogrammetry, lidar, mapping, charting, and geodesy. See www.asprs.org.

* MARCH 14-15

CGSIC European Meeting

Prague, Czech Republic, European regional meeting of the International Subcommittee of the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee. See navcen.uscg.gov/cgsic/meetings/.

* MARCH 14-16

CTIA Wireless 2005

New Orleans, Louisiana. Wireless telecom service providers, users, developers, technology buyers and manufacturers worldwide. Features an LBS Challenge judged by a GPS World editor among industry experts. See www.ctia.org.

* MARCH 17-19

Geodetic Symposium

Jaen, Spain. "International Symposium on Geodetic Deformation Monitoring: From Geophysical to Geodetic Roles." See www.ujaen.es/huesped/gdeforma/.> * MARCH 18-23

ACSM Conference

Las Vegas, Nevada. The American Congress on Surveying and Mapping's annual conference and show. See www.acsm.net/conference.htm/.> * MARCH 31-APRIL 1

Spirent Federal Conference

Washington, D.C. Spirent Federal's satellite simulator user conference covers GNSS simulation technologies and emerging engineering developments, and includes hands-on workshops. See www.spirentfederral.com. call 714-692-6565 or [??] info@spirentfederal.com.

* APRIL 5-6

Spirent Federal Conference

Anaheim, California. Spirent Federal's satellite simulator user conference covers GNSS simulation technologies and emerging engineering developments, and includes hands-on workshops. See www.spirentfederral.com. call (714) 692-6565 or [??] info@spirentfederal.com.

* APRIL 5-9

AAG 2005

Denver, Colorado. Association of American Geographers conference. See www.aag.org.

* APRIL 11-15

Joint Navigation Conference

Orlando, Florida. The Joint Service Data Exchange (JSDE) hosts the U.S. military navigation conference. See www.jointnavigation.org.

* APRIL 12-14

CERGAL 2005

Braunschweig, Germany. Certification of Galileo Systems and Services: safety requirements, policy, planning, management systems, regulatory framework, certification strategies, and hazard identification. See www.dgon.de.

* APRIL 16-21

FIG Working Week, GSDI-8

Cairo, Egypt. International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) Working Week 2005 and the international conference for Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI-8). See www.fig.net/cairo.> * APRIL 21-22

Spirent User Conference

Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Spirent's satellite simulator user conference covers GNSS simulation technologies and emerging engineering developments, and includes hands-on workshops. See www.spirentcom.com/positioning, call 44 1803 546325 or [??] sales-uk@spirentcom.com.

* APRIL 24-29

EGU General Assembly

Vienna, Austria. The general assembly of the Euro Geosciences Union (EGU) covers the spectrum of geosciences and space and planetary sciences, with workshops. See www.copernicus.org.

* MARCH 8-10

Munich SatNav Summit

Munich, Germany. This third annual summit brings together key industry and government officials and scienctific minds to discuss existing and emerging opportunities for worldwide cooperation and interoperability in satellite navigation. What are the new possibilities of GPS and Galileo that can be established after the EU-U.S. interoperability agreement of June 2004, and what are the key impacts on applications of satellite navigation, in combination with telecommunications and geo-information technology. See www.munich-satellite-navigation-summit.org.

Complete calendar at gpsworld.com.