This lecture will be presented by John Pottle, Director, Royal Institute of Navigation, on Thursday 4th April at 7.30pm.

The lecture will be preceded by the Royal Aeronautical Society Cambridge Branch Annual General Meeting (AGM) which will take place on Thursday 4th April at 7.15pm. The evening's lecture ‘Guidance from Outer Space’ will begin at 7.30pm.

Navigation and precise time are enabling our modern world. But just how accurate is GPS? Does Galileo make a big difference? Are there just too many satellites? How do you know if you’re being jammed or spoofed? Can the US turn off GPS? How do mobile devices provide position indoors?

In addition to addressing these questions, the talk will review the latest alternative and complementary positioning technologies, the use of “big data” techniques and augmented reality. The talk will be pitched to be accessible to all, not only to those with technical knowledge.

The speaker, John Pottle, joined the Royal Institute of Navigation as Director in 2017. Before this, he was in industry directing Spirent’s Positioning Technology business unit and as Commercial Development Director at Intelsat, Washington DC, USA. He holds a BSc in Communication Engineering and an MBA.

Date: Thursday 4th April 2019

Time: RAeS AGM starts at 7.15pm.  Talk starts 7.30pm.

Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Cambridge University Engineering Department, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ (directions).

Parking: There is limited parking available at the front of the site. There are further parking places at the rear. 

Visitors welcome. Booking not required. RAeS members, students and young people free. Visitors (including IMechE members) who are not members of the RAeS will be invited to make a £5 donation.

A poster to advertise this event can be downloaded here.

This event is organised jointly by the Royal Aeronautical Society Cambridge and the Royal Institute of Navigation.