Say You Want a Revolution

摘要

Well, you know. We all want to change the world. The new signals in orbit augur a new age. Galileo's satellite now transmitting the interoperable MBOC, and GPS L5 broadcast capability rising soon, together will usher in applications like unto which we have not yet seen. Increased accuracy, availability, integrity, robustness - these words have been used so often to advertise future GNSS capabilities, perhaps we don't fully grasp what they will mean. I believe they carry full revolutionary fervor and import. The logistical and social land-scapes of the future will radically change as a consequence of these new signals and all they will bring. Transportation, land and air, will become more automated and efficient, to an extent we can hardly imagine today. Personal communications and location services will afford an awareness of people and things that is nearly extrasensory. Survey and construction, already precise, will lock and load this driver for untold advantage.