JAMES L FARRELL, PHD
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CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE: A SOLUTION?
CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE: A SOLUTION?
On 11/23/14, 60 Minutes drew wide attention to neglect of U.S. infrastructure, correctly attributing this impending crisis to inexcusable dereliction of duty. I won’t claim authority to straighten out our politicians but I can offer a way to light a fire under them: suppose they were given evidence, known also to the public, about how a collapse often happens slowly enough to allow advanced warning. A method already successful in two different applications could be applied for infrastructure as well. Now see the title "ShapeVid" among the videos on this website.
A look back in time by James L Farrell, PHD - 2023
Apologies for little posting lately. Much activity included some with deadlines; this will focus primarily on the few years leading up to Covid.
GNSS Aided Navigation & Tracking
Apologies for little posting lately. Much activity included some with deadlines; this will be limited to the past twelve months. In 2017 my involvement in the annual GNSS+ Conference again included teaching the satnav/inertial integration tutorial sessions with OhioU Prof. Frank vanGraas. Part I and Part II are likewise being offered for Sept 2018. Also...Read More
Once again I am privileged to work with Ohio University Prof. Frank vanGraas, in presenting tutorial sessions at the Institute of Navigation’s GNSS-19 conference. In 2019, as in several consecutive previous years, two sessions will cover integrated navigation with Kalman filtering. Descriptions of the part 1 session and part 2 session are now available online. By way of...Read More
The Institute of Navigation’s GNSS+ 2018 Conference provides me the privilege of collaborating with two of the industry’s pillars of expertise. Ohio University Professor Frank van Graas and I are offering fundamental and advanced tutorials. Then on the last day of the conference I’m coauthored with William Woodward, Chairman of SAE Int’l Aerospace Avionics Systems Division and hardware lead...Read More
A new SAE standard for GPS receivers is a natural complement to a newly receptive posture toward innovation unmistakably expressed at high levels in FAA and Mitre (ICNS 2018). Techniques introduced over decades by this author (many on this site) can finally become operational. 1980s euphoria over GPS success was understandable but decision-makers, lulled into complacency, defined requirements in adherence...Read More
At April’s ICNS meeting (Integrated Communications Navigation and Surveillance) as coauthor with Bill Woodward (Chairman, SAE International Aerospace Avionics Systems Division), I’ll present “NEW INTERFACE REQUIREMENTS: IMPLICATIONS for FUTURE“. By “future” we indicate the initiation of a task to conclude with a SAE standard that will necessitate appearance of separate satellite measurements to be included...Read More
A recent video describes a pair of long-awaited developments that promise dramatic benefits in achievable navigation and tracking performance. Marked improvements will occur, not only in accuracy and availability; over four decades this topic has arisen in connection with myriad operations, many documented in material cited from other blogs here.
For reasons, consider a line from a song in Gilbert-&-Sullivan’s Gondoliers: “When everybody is somebody, then nobody is anybody” — (too many cooks) For consequences, consider this question: Should an intolerable reality remain indefinitely intolerable? While much of the advocacy expressed in my publications and website have focused on tracking and navigation, this tract concentrates...Read More