cebit spatial@gov - nunzio gambale, ceo and co-founder, locata corporation
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GPS is atime bomb
NUNZIONUNZIO GAMBALEGAMBALECEO - Locata
“I have notnot
come to
burybury
GPS,
but to praise itpraise it”
I love GPS. BUTBUT……
Australian hi-tech.
GPS is
broken broken we are
fixingfixing
it.
The Problem
11Most haveno clueno clue
of the dangerdanger
down the track
A Superb Solution
22Most do notknowknow
that AussiesAussies
have invented one
Picture Credit: Getty Images
A Plug
33Incomparablechancechance
for AustraliaAustralia
to leadlead
the world
The GPS Problem
“Most people
have
no ideano ideathere evenis
a problema problem”
Perception Problem Perpetuated
The GPS everywhere delusionTom Hanks examines a GPS device in The Da Vinci Code by Sony Pictures
Perception Problem
She is hereHe is here Really?
“I reallyKNOWKNOWwhereI amI am”delusion
The GPS precision position delusion
by PRESSPRESS……by INSTITUTIONSINSTITUTIONS……
Perception Problem PerpetuatedPerpetuated
by COMPANIESCOMPANIES……
She is hereHe is here
They’re not “experts”
So the
publiccan be forgivenforgiven
BUTBUT……
The ProblemBut YOU don’t get off that lightly
have special responsibility to MITIGATEMITIGATE
risk.
You have been WARNEDWARNED
for years.
GovtGovt
&& the Spatial Industrythe Spatial Industry
GPS is CRITICAL infrastructure!GPS isGPS is CRITICALCRITICAL infrastructure!infrastructure!
GPS is CRITICALLY important!GPS isGPS is CRITICALLYCRITICALLY important!important!
Its huge success isits biggest problemits biggest problem
GPS is CRITICALLY important!GPS isGPS is CRITICALLYCRITICALLY important!important!
Across the globe VERY FEWVERY FEW
realize how much of the
world’s technology now DEPENDSDEPENDS
on GPS availability.
Many Studies Warn of Critical Danger•• 1st: Volpe Report (2001)
reliancereliance
on GPS leads to leads to serious consequencesserious consequences…”
••
US National Space Policy orders orders “redundant backredundant back--upup
systemssystems…”••
US Federal Navigation Plan “develop backdevelop back--up PNTup PNT
capabilitycapability…”
••
USA: NSTAC Report to the President on Commercial Communications Reliance on GPS (2010)••
Closer to home:Closer to home:
The Australian Strategic Plan for GNSS (Australian Spatial Consortium - 2012)•• Many many more!
Most Recent Studies INCREASE Warning
Pro Industry Press KNOWS…
Pro Industry Press KNOWS…
Pro Industry Press KNOWS…
Pro Industry Press KNOWS…
Pro Industry Press KNOWS…
Pro Industry Press KNOWS…
Quote -PNTPNT’’s Troubled Futures Troubled Future
Pro Industry Press KNOWS…
••
Royal Academy of Engineering Global Navigation Space Systems: reliance and vulnerabilities 20112011•• UP TO DATEUP TO DATE
•• REPEAT REPEAT ––
ESSENTIAL READING!ESSENTIAL READING!
••
Superb respected synopsis of Superb respected synopsis of the dependence everyone the dependence everyone GLOBALLY has placed on GPSGLOBALLY has placed on GPS
ESSENTIAL READINGESSENTIAL READING
The ProblemThe problems are NOT simple to fix
The FAA’sNextNext--GenGenair traffic controlsystem relies relies deeplydeeply
on GPS –
and it MUST have a back-up!
The FAA’sNextNext--GenGenair traffic controlsystem
The FAA’sNextNext--GenGenair traffic controlsystem
GPS is INCREDIBLY EASY INCREDIBLY EASY to jam.Jammers are INCREDIBLY HARD INCREDIBLY HARD to find!
Newark Airport Installation
JammersJammersare VERYVERY
HARDHARD
tofind!
APNT Study Brief to PNT Advisory Board Federal AviationAdministrationOctober 14, 2010
FAA Landing System Test Bed Problem
Newark Airport Installation
JammersJammersare VERYVERY
HARDHARD
tofind!
APNT Study Brief to PNT Advisory Board Federal AviationAdministrationOctober 14, 2010
FAA Landing System Test Bed
It took the FAA FAA over 3 months3 months
to find the jamming jamming was coming from trucks on the freeway!
Problem
The greatest dangeris in what you DON’T
know…
BUTBUT……
The greatest dangeris in what you DON’T
know…
UNEXPECTED CONSEQUENCESUNEXPECTED CONSEQUENCES
BUTBUT……
The General Lighthouse Authority wanted towanted to
seesee
what what happens inhappens in
real lifereal life
when GPS “disappears”
In UKIn UK
WOW!WOW!
UK’s General Lighthouse Authority wanted towanted to
seesee
what what happens inhappens in
real lifereal life
when GPS “disappears”
WOW!WOW!
UK’s General Lighthouse Authority wanted towanted to
seesee
what what happens inhappens in
real lifereal life
when GPS “disappears”
WOW!WOW!
UK’s General Lighthouse Authority wanted towanted to
seesee
what what happens inhappens in
real lifereal life
when GPS “disappears”
WOW!WOW!
UK’s General Lighthouse Authority wanted towanted to
seesee
what what happens inhappens in
real lifereal life
when GPS “disappears”
REPORT = Less than 1 Less than 1 mWmW jammerjammer• False positions and speeds • Autopilot turned vessel • Not one alarm!
A little more jammer power A little more jammer power -• Electronic Chart Displays• Ships Autopilot• Automatic Identification System• Satellite voice radio• Data communications• Maritime distress safety system• Radar• Gyro-compass• Ship Heli-Pad Stabilization System• OH… and GPS finally failed too!
LET ME SUMMARIZE THIS UNBELIEVABLE MESS!
FAIL FAIL –– FAIL FAIL -- FAILFAIL
WOW!WOW!
Jammer somewhere
in here Would any of you like to try
the same the same experiment inexperiment in
real lifereal lifeHEREHERE
to “see” whathappens?
WOW!WOW!
Jammer somewhere
in here
HEREHERE?
No?I didn’t
think so.
Or maybeOr maybe
WAT Trial!
THE PROBEMS ARE GETTING WORSE!THE PROBEMS ARE GETTING WORSE!THE PROBEMS ARE GETTING WORSE!
WAT Trial!
THE PROBLEMS ARE GETTING WORSE!THE PROBLEMS ARE GETTING THE PROBLEMS ARE GETTING WORSEWORSE!!
WAT Trial!
Wired MagazineWired MagazineJuly 19, 2012July 19, 2012
THE PROBLEMS ARE GETTING WORSE!THE PROBLEMS ARE GETTING THE PROBLEMS ARE GETTING WORSEWORSE!!
The EXPECTATIONEXPECTATION
“GPS is the
WORLDWORLD’’SSNEXTNEXTUTILITYUTILITY”
The EXPECTATIONEXPECTATION
“GPS is the
WORLDWORLD’’SSNEXTNEXTUTILITYUTILITY”
No.
Sorry.
Long term
this cannotcannot
happen.
The EXPECTATIONEXPECTATION
“GPS is the
WORLDWORLD’’SSNEXTNEXTUTILITYUTILITY”
I call this “The Mother of all Delusions”
No.
Sorry.
Long term
this cannotcannot
happen.
LET’S CALL A SPADE A SPADELETLET’’S CALL A SPADE A SPADES CALL A SPADE A SPADE
You CANNOT CANNOT have a critical DEPENDENCYDEPENDENCY
without having a BACKUP!BACKUP!
LET’S CALL A SPADE A SPADELETLET’’S CALL A SPADE A SPADES CALL A SPADE A SPADE
THE GPS SOVEREIGNTY PROBLEMTHE GPS SOVEREIGNTY PROBLEMTHE GPS SOVEREIGNTY PROBLEM
THE GPS SOVEREIGNTY PROBLEMTHE GPS SOVEREIGNTY PROBLEMTHE GPS SOVEREIGNTY PROBLEM
Can we let ANY other countrytotally control our critical utility?totally control our critical utility?
THE GPS SOVEREIGNTY PROBLEMTHE GPS SOVEREIGNTY PROBLEMTHE GPS SOVEREIGNTY PROBLEM
Can we let ANY other countrytotally control our critical utility?totally control our critical utility?
With NO BACKNO BACK--UP?UP?
THE GPS SOVEREIGNTY PROBLEMTHE GPS SOVEREIGNTY PROBLEMTHE GPS SOVEREIGNTY PROBLEM
Can we let ANY other countrytotally control our critical utility?totally control our critical utility?
With NO BACKNO BACK--UP?UP?
The answer can ONLY be NO. NO. NeverNever..
Great.
So…When GPS fails….
What is PLAN B?PLAN B?
A Superb Solution
Locata has invented the world’s firstLOCAL GPSLOCAL GPS
Picture Credit: Getty Images
Locata has invented a real,
COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT POSITION, NAVIGATION & TIME
capability
The world’s first and only PRECISE PRECISE LOCALLOCAL BACKBACK--UP for GPSUP for GPS
A world first achievementA world first achievement
Meet a LocataLite
REMARKABLE: nanosecond synchronizationFOUNDATION: of new enabling technology
UNIQUE:
world-first device
“GPS is like
Swiss
cheese…
… it’s full of holes”…… itit’’ss full of holesfull of holes””
Actual customer quote.
The Problem GraphicallyThe Problem Graphically
The Problem FixedThe Problem Fixed
“GPS
where you
need it…
… under your control”
…… under your under your controlcontrol””
CASE STUDY 1CASE STUDY 1
US AIR FORCEUS AIR FORCENEW TRUTH REFERENCE SYSTEM
WHEN GPS IS COMPLETELY JAMMED
WORLD-FIRST CAPABILITIES
Master LocataLite site
White Sands Locata Test Bed3,500 sq km; 10 x LocataLites
USAF White Sands LocataNetsuccessfully covering 3,500 sq km
Locata at White SandsLocata at White Sands
Example Flight
Oct 30, 2011
Locata Signal Acquired & Tracked at
more than more than 40 miles40 miles
Locata at White SandsLocata at White Sands
Unprecedented
Example Flight
ACCURACYACCURACY
≤30 mile range, up to 550 km/hr
Horizontal:Horizontal:~6cm (2.5~6cm (2.5””))
Vertical:Vertical:~15cm (6~15cm (6””))
CASE STUDY 2CASE STUDY 2
LEICA GEOSYSTEMSLEICA GEOSYSTEMSNOW SELLING
NEW MINING SYSTEMWHICH FILLS IN GPS HOLES
IN THE PIT
WORLD-FIRST CAPABILITIES
The Real FixThe Real Fix
Installed NOWNOW
at the
Boddington
Gold Mine in WA
SuperbSuperb
world-firstperformance
CASE STUDY 3CASE STUDY 3
NSW GOVERNMENTNSW GOVERNMENTSYDNEY SATELLITES PROJECT TO TEST
URBAN BACK-UP AND EXTENSION
OF GPS
WORLD-FIRST CAPABILITIES
Locata 1
Locata 2
Locata 3
Locata 4
Locata 5
Locata 6
Locata 7 SE Pylon SHB
Locata 8
SYDNEY HARBOUR
SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
FORT DENISON
World’s 1st Urban LocataNet Test Bed October 2012
State of NSW State of NSW -- ““Sydney Satellites ProjectSydney Satellites Project””
Phase 1Phase 1
State of NSW State of NSW -- ““Sydney Satellites ProjectSydney Satellites Project””
World’s 1st Urban LocataNet Test Bed October 2012
The Opportunity
Uniqueopportunityopportunity
for AustraliaAustralia
to leadlead
the world in a vital new technology
1: Take Responsibility1: Take Responsibility•Federal NATIONAL
problem•Leaders
required –
look at NSW!
2: Find the Problems2: Find the Problems•Audit NOW•Leaders
required –
this is urgent!
3: 3: BuildBuild
the Backthe Back--upup•PROPERLY: Locata + others integrated•OPPORTUNITY: learn & export to world
A Call to Arms
Problems can be seen two ways….
Locata: Positioning the FutureLocata: Positioning the Future
[email protected] Copyright Locata Corporation: Nov 2012
Locata has invented new and important
GPS-like technology
which will change what is possible with positioning –
forever.