report of the action team on global navigation satellite systems (gnss)

monitoring, national reference <strong>of</strong> geodesic co-ordination management, cadastral mapping,maritime mapping and earthquake monitoring by many governmental ministries and researchinstitutions.422. While R&D activities on land navigation are mainly dominated by industries; air andmaritime navigation activities are mainly conducted by governmental ministries. Manyimplementations, feasibility studies, and research activities on CNS/ATM are underway led by<strong>the</strong> Ministry <strong>of</strong> Construction and Transportation (MCT) in conjunction with <strong>the</strong> Korea AirportCorporation and Korea Aerospace Research Institute. The Korea Aerospace Research Institutehas developed a testbed for LAAS for increasing air navigation performances and aviation safetyand has also finished flight evaluation tests. It has also developed a DGPS receiver prototype usedfor maritime DGPS network. Recently, <strong>the</strong> MCT has performed a feasibility study on <strong>the</strong> strategy<strong>of</strong> a nationwide WAAS establishment. Final outcome <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> study will be an initiative for <strong>the</strong>Government to finalize its decision-making process on <strong>the</strong> WAAS strategy.423. Since <strong>the</strong> directives <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Prime Minister on GPS use was announced in 2000, <strong>the</strong>establishment <strong>of</strong> NDGPS networks have been underway by combining <strong>the</strong> new and existinginfrastructure, including nationwide reference stations and integrity monitoring stations led by <strong>the</strong>Ministry <strong>of</strong> Marine and Fishery (MOMAF).424. Recently, a new project named “National Transportation Core Technology Development”was launched in 2003 by <strong>the</strong> initiative <strong>of</strong> a consortium <strong>of</strong> government ministries. About 3 billionUS Dollars will be invested through 2007 to upgrade <strong>the</strong> level <strong>of</strong> air, maritime, land navigation inorder to upgrade current transportation systems to <strong>the</strong> next generation level and promotenavigation safety.4. AfricaTraining opportunities425. There are different opportunities for training <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essionals from tropical countries onGNSS and <strong>the</strong>ir applications at Portuguese Universities and Research Institutes, mainly residentsfrom African countries with which Portugal had cultural ties. African students have been able t<strong>of</strong>ollow <strong>the</strong>ir studies in Portugal for <strong>the</strong> degrees mentioned in <strong>the</strong> section on “TrainingOpportunities in GNSS”.426. Since a large amount <strong>of</strong> work was done in <strong>the</strong> past in <strong>the</strong> field <strong>of</strong> surveying and mappingand taking into account that GNSS is now <strong>of</strong> primary importance for <strong>the</strong> continuation <strong>of</strong> relatedactivities, <strong>the</strong>re are special opportunities for training <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essionals from tropical countries at<strong>the</strong> Portuguese Tropical Research Institute (IICT). This Portuguese Institute is devoted to <strong>the</strong> cooperationwith tropical countries, mainly African countries with historical ties to Portugal(http://www.iict.pt).GNSS activities427. Several co-operation activities have been undertaken between IICT and African countriesin <strong>the</strong> area <strong>of</strong> surveying and mapping involving GNSS techniques. Recent GPS observations forsuch purposes were carried out in <strong>the</strong> Republic <strong>of</strong> Mozambique. At <strong>the</strong> Republic <strong>of</strong> Cape Verde,besides activities <strong>of</strong> that kind, co-operation work has extensively used GPS for monitoringvolcanic activity in Fogo Island.73