[IEE EC3 News] IET EC3 Evening Lecture - Robust Positioning in Difficult Environments - 28 October 2010

[Bill Pechey]

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Bill Pechey
IET Thames Valley Specialised Section

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Robust Positioning in Difficult Environments

Dr Phil Harris, Thales

GPS-based positioning generally works well for most applications,
however it's ability to provide sufficient confidence for
liability-critical applications is marginal. In urban environments GPS
faces poor availability and reduced accuracy, while for some use-
cases the GPS system may be attacked directly by the nominal 'user' to
generate false or misleading information.

Future applications, particularly for Intelligent Transportation
Systems (ITS), will require significant improvements to the level of
both confidence and resilience in the positioning subsystem. This
presentation will describe approaches to mitigating the weaknesses of
GPS through the use of sensor fusion and map matching techniques, with
a particular focus on ITS applications.

This event is free of charge and open to all, with refreshments at 19.00.

Contact: Dr Richard Mitchell
rjmitchell at theiet.org http://www.theiet.org/local/uk/thames/ec3/

Thursday 28 October 2010 19.00 for 19.30

Cantley House Hotel, Milton Road, Wokingham, RG40 5QG

For directions please visit http://www.cantleyhotel.co.uk/