German Society for Positioning and Navigation

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German Society for Positioning and Navigation eV
(DGON)
purpose professional association
Chair: Holger Mahnke
Establishment date: 1951/1961
Seat : Bonn
Website: www.dgon.de

The German Society for Positioning and Navigation (DGON) is a Bonn- based engineering scientific society that deals with positioning and navigation on water, on land and in the air and is also involved in standardization work.

The non-profit association was founded in 1951 with the aim of promoting science and research, technology and the application of positioning and navigation and thus making a contribution to the safety, efficiency and profitability of shipping, aviation, space travel and land transport. Members are experts from authorities, science, industry and users as well as corresponding institutions. The DGON is supported by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI).

organization

The DGON is structured and organized in commissions and specialist committees. Three commissions have been set up for the transport systems:

In addition, four specialist committees have been set up for technical and scientific issues:

The DGON is headed by a five-person board (chair: Herrmann Rohling) and supported by the council chaired by Peter Vörsmann.

The Scientific Advisory Board (head: Reinhard Müller) controls the scientific and technical work and coordinates planning and development projects, also in the international area. He delegates the task of solving the tasks to the commissions and specialist committees.

tasks

According to the articles of association, the company takes on the following tasks:

  • Organization of specialist conferences and symposiums;
  • Promotion and integration of young scientists through joint events with universities, research institutions, industry and authorities;
  • Elaboration of expert reports, statements and recommendations on current topics of positioning and navigation as well as closely related areas of telecommunications and IT;
  • Advice to the responsible authorities and institutions of the federal and state governments;
  • Collection and publication of national and international scientific works and reports from the company's work area;
  • Cooperation with companies and institutions with similar goals at home and abroad.

The organization and implementation of the symposia is currently one of the main focuses of the DGON. With the participation of international program committees, the presentations are selected and appraised (peer review):

  • AHORN - The Alpine region and its challenges in terms of orientation, navigation and information exchange (www.dgon-ahorn.org)
  • CERGAL - International Symposium on Certification of GNSS Systems & Services (www.dgon-cergal.org)
  • DGON navigation convention
  • ENC GNSS - The European Navigation Conference on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (www.enc2017.eu)
  • ESAVS - International Symposium on Enhanced Solutions for Aircraft and Vehicle Surveillance and Applications (www.dgon-esavs.org)
  • IMAV - International Micro Air Vehicle Conference and Flight Competition (www.dgon-imav.org)
  • ISS - Inertial Sensors and Systems Symposium on GYRO TECHNOLOGY (iss.ite.kit.edu)
  • IRS - International Radar Symposium (www.dgon-irs.org)
  • ISIS-MTE - International Symposium Information on Ships, Marine Traffic Engineering Conference (www.dgon-isis.org)
  • ISPA - International Symposium on Precision Approach and Performance Based Navigation (www.dgon-ispa.org)
  • POSNAV ​​- Positioning and Navigation for Intelligent Transport Systems (www.dgon-posnav.org)

The DGON awards theses written at German universities with a focus on positioning and navigation and the associated technologies with the Leo Brandt Prize "DGON Master of Navigation" named after Leo Brandt .

history

It was founded on December 12, 1961 in Düsseldorf and emerged from the "Committee for Radio Location in the Society for the Promotion of Transport eV" formed in 1951. The number of members in the early 1970s was around 350 individual and corporate members.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Aviation Commission Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  2. Shipping Commission Retrieved September 27, 2018
  3. Land Transport Commission Retrieved September 27, 2018
  4. ↑ Radar Technology Committee Retrieved September 27, 2018
  5. Technical Committee Inertial Sensors Retrieved September 27, 2018
  6. Space Technology Committee Retrieved September 27, 2018
  7. ^ Technical Committee Traffic Telematics Retrieved September 27, 2018
  8. ^ Council Retrieved September 27, 2018
  9. Our Mission Retrieved September 27, 2018

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