Last weekend's Survey Summit was perhaps the best opportunity to date for land surveyors and other high-precision GPS users to speak out and let LightSquared and our policymakers know how crucial high-precision GPS/GNSS receivers are to their operations. The discussion content was very good and our industry clearly made its points, but it was all for naught.
Esri got LightSquared Executive Vice President Jeffrey Carlisle to fly in from Washington D.C. to speak at the plenary and then participate in the discussion panel along with myself, moderator John Matonich (NSPS), Dr. Javad Ashjaee (JAVAD GNSS), Dr. Joe Paiva (consultant), Curt Sumner (ACSM), and Peter Large (Coalition to Save Our GPS). However, it was a lost opportunity. Only fifty or so people attended the discussion panel, and I'm sure Mr. Carlisle flew back to Washington D.C. to report that the high-precision GPS users just rolled over, and they are not nearly the roadblock that might have been anticipated.
Only fifty or so people attended the discussion panel? It might have helped the attendance if the panel discussion hadn't been held in direct conflict with a host of other workshops as well as the NSPS Board of Governors/Board of Directors Joint Meeting where the major issue of the future of ACSM was being discussed. Sometimes, I think these things are intentionally set up to fail.
No one cares anymore. The DoD and the NTIA already gave LightSquared a thumbs down. LightSquared is dead until the FCC does a spectrum swap with them.
well, you oviously don't work for the fed. government or you would know that they have bungled bigger things than this.