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First triple victory at the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2008
An innovative tracking system for rescuing castaways by their own crew wins in three categories
On 21st October in the Court Church of All Saints of the Munich Residence the best application ideas for
satellite navigation were again handed out for the fifth time.
The Euro 20,000 main prize went to Great Britain again for the second time running. Furthermore from almost 300 presented
project ideas, 13 regional prize winners and 4 special prize winners were honoured for their creativity and technological
competence by the patroness and Bavarian Minister for Economics, Mrs. Emilia Müller.
The British company, Sci-Tech, has developed a tracking system for seamen falling overboard, which is made up of a navigation
device fixed and installed in the ship and mobile ship and GPS/radio-communication units that are worn by all crew members.
The system constantly sends the position of the castaways to the ship, which is thus shown relative to the ship so that the
ship can be navigated to this position. The British jury were not alone in their choice of winner as the accuracy and
reliability of the satellite signal is a matter of life and death in this application.
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