Patent ID: 8018376
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: G01C,G01S,G05D

Abstract:
1. A global navigation satellite system (GNSS) based communication system utilizing position-specific information, which communication system includes: a fixed-position base station including a base GNSS receiver; a rover vehicle; a rover GNSS receiver mounted on said vehicle; multiple GNSS antennas mounted on said vehicle in fixed, spaced relation and connected to said GNSS receiver; a data server associated with said vehicle and receiving input from said base station and said rover GNSS receiver; said data server being adapted to associate position-specific information with a GNSS-defined position of said vehicle in real-time; said position-specific information corresponding to paths traveled by said vehicle and input to a mapping service via the Internet; and said position-specific information being forward-predicted based on vehicle: 1) position; 2) heading determined by the positions of said GNSS antennas relative to each other and said vehicle; and 3) speed determined from the GNSS positions of said vehicle and periodically updated based on an actual course for aerial or ground-based operations corresponding to a predictive vehicle course.