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Male


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Houston, TX


About Me:

engineer


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Rocket and UAV autopilots


Hometown:

Houston


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Ian Garcia commented on Chris Anderson's blog post UAVs as robotic construction drones
"Damn right, as others point out, high precision outdoor navigation is definitely within the realm of current sensors. DGPS for one, down to +- 1 cm. Getting it below that should be an interesting nav problem but definitely doable.
ian "nav guy""
Jan 13, 2012
Ian Garcia commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Is the GPS system endangered in the US?
"That's crazy. GPS is primarily a military system. Legislation *will be changed* if this affects GPS reliability."
Aug 4, 2011
Ian Garcia commented on Chris Anderson's blog post DIY Drones visit to Scaled Composites
"Hey! You guys were across the street from Masten Space Systems, winners of the Lunar Lander Challenge and builders of the rocket equivalent of an ArduCopter (ArduLander?). If I had known I could have gotten you a tour."
Jun 3, 2011
Ian Garcia posted a discussion
Removing GPS altitude and velocity limits
Hello all,Anybody here has experience with trying to remove the export-control velocity and altitude limits from any of the popular GPS receivers? I am thinking U-blox, Mediatek or SiRF. I know these limits can be removed from the high-end units…
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Oct 29, 2010

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