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04 June 2002: First SISNeT handheld receiver recently developed FGI
(the Finish Geodetic Institute) has developed the first handheld SISNeT-powered
EGNOS receiver under ESA contract. This application is based on an iPAQ
Personal Digital Assistant (manufactured by Compaq), and includes a GSM
modem and a GPS receiver, in the form of PCMCIA cards. This first version
of the product is intended for demonstration purposes. Although several
tests are planned for this year, preliminary static and dynamic tests
reveal that users will be able to benefit from the EGNOS potential in
urban scenarios. ESA plans to extend the contract making the device able
to interface with commercial mapping software products. This will allow
transparently using applications like Route Planner or Visual Map with
EGNOS-corrected positions. The future upgrade of the receiver will also
include GPRS support and integrated GPS antenna.
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