Presentations from USTTI Seminar

November 7, 2014

U.S. government officials delivered the following presentations about GPS during a United States Technical Training Institute (USTTI) seminar on "Global Positioning System Applications for Disaster Management," held November 7, 2014, in Washington, D.C.

DOWNLOAD 1.4 MB	GPS Constellation, Modernization Plans, and Policy Jason Kim, National Coordination Office for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing This presentation provides an overview of GPS, GPS applications of interest to developing nations, GPS modernization, and U.S. GPS policy.
DOWNLOAD 1.1 MB	International Developments in Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Ray Clore, Department of State This presentation summarizes U.S. GNSS cooperation efforts with China, Europe, India, Japan, Russia, the International Committee on GNSS (ICG), and other international organizations, including efforts focused on Africa and the Asia-Pacific region.
DOWNLOAD 13.5 MB	GPS Precision Monitoring of Natural Hazards Larry Hothem, U.S. Geological Survey This presentation describes the role of USGS in natural hazards science and the many ways it uses GPS in this mission area.
DOWNLOAD 329.1 KB	U.S. Global Positioning System and the Homeland Security Mission Michael Bergman, Department of Homeland Security This presentation describes how GPS technology support DHS across a variety of mission areas, including natural disaster/crisis management and search and rescue.
DOWNLOAD 3.4 MB	Geospatial Capabilities for Homeland Security Michael Donnelly, Department of Homeland Security This presentation describes the activities of the Geospatial Management Office within DHS and provides real world use cases of how it has supported disaster management and response.