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4 A Strategy for the Future
Pages 75-78

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... There needs to be improved access to airborne technology; development of flexible operational measurement systems; better interagency and interdisciplinary coordination; and reevaluation of GPS security systems. As a result of deliberations based on the input it received, the Committee on Geodesy offers the following recommendations for meeting these requirements: Recommendation 1.
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From page 76...
... Access to each of these systems would provide fertile ground for scientific and technological advances. Management of the facility, evaluation of proposals for the use of its aircraft, and efforts to educate the potential user community about its capabilities could be coordinated through a variety of management structures, including the following: coordinating interagency working group; university consortium funded by the government; university/government/private-sector partnership; and central (nonprofit)
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From page 77...
... In addition, conferences that attempt to merge He small airborne geophysical community with the broader science community should be convened regularly. An appropriate forum might be a three-day Chapman Conference, sponsored by the American Geophysical Union, which would provide ample time for informal interaction and initiation of collaborative research.
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From page 78...
... Such improvements include replacing all but one manufacturer's existing GPS receivers with models that use a different encoded signal for positioning; installing additional ground tracking systems so that aircraft are never more than tens of kilometers away from a ground station; or coupling the GPS receiver to the inertial guidance system in the aircraft to account for the dynamics of the aircraft. Even when AS is off, very high resolution applications will require improved navigation and postmission processing.
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