report of the action team on global navigation satellite systems (gnss)
report of the action team on global navigation satellite systems (gnss)
report of the action team on global navigation satellite systems (gnss)
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CONTENTSIntroducti<strong>on</strong> .................................................................................................................................... iiiPageI. INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................1A. Background <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Acti<strong>on</strong> Team .....................................................................................1B. Terms <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> reference.....................................................................................................1C. Membership <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Acti<strong>on</strong> Team ....................................................................................3II.III.OVERVIEW OF PLANNED AND EXISTING GNSS AND AUGMENTATIONS.........5A. Existing and planned GNSS......................................................................................5B. GNSS augmentati<strong>on</strong>s ..............................................................................................31OVERVIEW OF EXISTING ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE GNSS................................38A. Civil GPS Service Interface Committee..................................................................38B. GLONASS service interface ...................................................................................40C. United Nati<strong>on</strong>s agencies..........................................................................................41D. Internati<strong>on</strong>al organizati<strong>on</strong>s ......................................................................................44E. United Nati<strong>on</strong>s Programme <strong>on</strong> Space Applicati<strong>on</strong>s ................................................52F. O<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r entities ...........................................................................................................53IV. GNSS APPLICATIONS ...................................................................................................55A. General applicati<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> GNSS ................................................................................55B. Applicati<strong>on</strong>s predominant in specific regi<strong>on</strong>s .........................................................561. Europe ..............................................................................................................562. Latin America and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Caribbean.....................................................................603. Asia and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Pacific..........................................................................................694. Africa................................................................................................................73V. NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.......................................79A. Needs <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> developing countries ................................................................................79B. Civil aviati<strong>on</strong> ...........................................................................................................81C. Telecommunicati<strong>on</strong>s ...............................................................................................84D. C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>...............................................................................................................84v