AUTOMAKERS DEVELOP NAVIGATION TECHNOLOGY FOR GALILEO SYSTEMS
July 1st, 2006
BY DEIRDRE MASON, in London
AFTER years of tests and international negotiations, Europe's Galileo satellite navigation network at last has announced the technical details of its signal, crucial information for auto and component suppliers wanting to develop components to exploit the system. This detailed document opens the door to the development of precise location systems and state of the art SatNav worldwide. Crucially, the civilian Galileo network is now fully compatible with the US Global Position System (GPS), meaning that the European Union (EU) system ...
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