After an almost 3-year hiatus, the ION Alberta Section met in person on Thursday October 27 and Room EN B112 at the University of Calgary. We attempted to run a hybrid meeting, with attendees in person and on Zoom.
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For a change from 2 years of virtual meetings, on Saturday May 14, 2022 the ION Alberta Section participated in an introduction to the sport of orienteering that was hosted by the Foothills Wanderers Orienteering Club. Eight members spent two hours on Saturday morning learning how to read maps and run between waypoints. No GPS allowed! Timing is managed by a set of RFID readers with synchronized clocks. The club hosts weekly evening events on Wednesdays.
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Dr. Tyler Reid, co-founder and CTO of Xona Space Systems presented “A New Space Approach to Commercial LEO PNT.” [download here]
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Three Unversity of Calgary Student Papers from ION GNSS+ 2021 were presented. ION GNSS+ is the worlds largest technical meeting on GNSS positioning and technology. Each year the University of Calgary sends multiple students who present award winning research on their respective topics.
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The Alberta section of the Institute of Navigation held its AGM and election before joining the Mars Perseverance Rover Webinar hosted by the Institute of Navigation National Office. Paul Alves was re-elected chair, Yang Gao elected vice-chair, Kyle O’Keefe elected treasurer, Landon Urquhart re-elected secretary, and Paul Gratton elected outreach
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Pro Dr. Dejan Šeatovic gave a presentation entitled Towards Autonomous Field Systems and Smart Farming: Let the machines do the work . Watch the presentation here.
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Rodrigo Leandro gave a presentation on Standards and Technologies in Modern GNSS [download here] Continue reading “ION Alberta Virtual Meeting – Tuesday August 11, 2020”
Matt Lowe gave a presentation on Why you need millimetre-level positioning in your life [download here]
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Dr. Yang Gao gave a presentation on Precise Point Positioning and Path to Mass-Market Applications [download here]
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