GLONASS in each machine

Vladimir Putin has decided to stir up the development of GLONASS. If the pace of work on domestic navigation system does not subside, then two years later, all new cars will be equipped with this system. At a meeting on the use of GLONASS technologies for socio-economic development, held in Ryazan, the Prime Minister said that the need to expedite the creation of a single national monitoring and emergency response, based on built-in capability of GLONASS. Interest to work towards a single national system for monitoring and responding to emergencies on the background of renewed fighting in the country that have arisen due to heat waves. It turned out that online services can not cope with the elements, not only because of its small size, but also because of the non-comprehensive approach to the work at the facilities. One of the projects of federal significance - a system of emergency response in car accidents ERA-GLONASS. Its forces to assist the victims will be much faster due to the fact that the vehicles will be equipped with automated navigation terminals, which will transmit real-time information about the accident until the exact coordinates of the vehicle in distress. This will increase the speed of response to accidents by 30% and reduce the death rate in crashes by 50%, as well as to keep the budget 200 billion rubles. The system should be deployed throughout the country by 2014. Subsequently, the ERA-GLONASS will be combined with a similar European service ECOL. GLONASS sensors can monitor the technical condition of infrastructure. For example, in the Far East, the bridge connecting the Russian island with the mainland, has 30 sensors that monitor the slightest vibration of the object. By the way, Vladimir Putin's Labrador since 2008, wears the world's first collar with a receiver GLONASS - the Prime Minister can learn about each step of your pet. Only two countries in the world have their own navigation - Russia and the U.S.. According to Vladimir Putin, the advantage of the domestic system is that it dvuhsistemnaya, ie it can receive signals from GLONASS satellites as well as the American GPS. But despite this, no more than 10% of cars in our country use Russian navigation. But for the GLONASS has already got in line, Ukraine, Belarus, Cuba, India, and Kazakhstan. Other countries are also working to develop their navigation systems: in Europe we are working on the Galileo system, China - "Compass" ... But they will go on working capacity until 2015. "We just need not to lose momentum and not fall behind in this work, but rather to go the way we do it now, at half a length ahead", - said Putin. Recall that a satellite navigation system GLONASS, was commissioned in 1993. To work on a global Russian navigation system has already spent 60 billion rubles. In this and next year the project will take more than 48 billion rubles. Now the signal GLONASS fully covers the territory of Russia. Until the end of the year will run another 6 satellites, and then the orbit will constantly be 24-28 spacecraft. Signal the Russian navigation system will be caught around the world. In December of this year, will begin flight tests of the spacecraft of a new generation GLONASS-K, better quality and longer life. At the same time on earth will continue the development of host devices, software and maps. The law of navigational activities spelled out the requirement that from 2011, numerous vehicles and other tehsredstva (water, high-speed rail) will be included in the list of mandatory equipment navigation systems. Head of Federal Space Agency Anatoly Perminov said at the meeting that the Ministry of Industry plans to produce up to 1 million navigation chipsets per year. For different purposes using developed 33 types of navigational equipment, the development there are still 10. Work over them and digital maps will be completed in 2011. By the end of 2010 the number embedded in the work of the complexes GLONASS is 43 thousand. They are installed in ambulances, the Department of Internal Affairs and other vehicles. Vladimir Putin noted that often deal with the lack of an integrated approach to the introduction of navigation technologies in the regions: "If anyone is in that much, he does so. Hence, the incompatibility of hardware and software solutions at the level of departments, regions and municipalities. For example, ambulances or police cars, leaving the limits of their region, simply lost sight of the dispatch service. Here, in Ryazan, tracked, and a bit left aside - is no longer seen. " Officials have already thought about promoting GLONASS. But their ideas do not shine like humanism, "let us produce high-quality instruments and to ensure uninterrupted communication. The Government's approach again is based on the prohibitions and barriers. For example, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Sobyanin proposed to introduce a bill requiring all state agencies to purchase only domestic navigation equipment. Thus, all units of public transport - which is about 900,000 buses - will join the ranks of users of the Russian navigation system. Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov added this idea by proposing new "common" cars that were released in Russia on a mandatory basis to equip devices GLONASS. Under the same comb can be caught and cars carrying up to 8 passengers and are not subject to licensing. Vladimir Putin noted that since 2012 all new cars could be sold with built-in navigation system. The most effective measure is likely to be the introduction of duties on import of equipment to the U.S. system GPS. From 1 January 2011 customs surcharge may be 25% of the cost of the equipment itself. Fees will only be able to bypass dvuhsistemnye devices that can operate with GPS, and GLONASS. Immediately recall a similar example with an increase in duties on imported cars. Then the government has made its goal: the sale of used foreign cars plummeted and the position of domestic vehicles, embedded and other state programs, began to climb. So it is possible that a couple of years in Russia, all polls will be used by domestic navigators. Text: Olga Zabelkina.