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Biometric authentication systems are steadily becoming a solution to wide number of authentication and identity management problems. Unique parts of human body that can be recognized and used as a mean to identify a person include fingerprints, iris, lips, etc. Though fingerprint and facial recognition systems are most widely used and developed, most of the systems and methods are slow or require expensive technical equipment. In this article genetic algorithm based palm recognition method is proposed, which does not require special equipment and can be used in systems where fast detection is needed. Method is compared to other existing methods. Method description, test results and evaluation are provided.

Abstract. LitPOS (Lithuanian Positioning System), the network of permanent reference GNSS stations, became operational in July 2007. It provides data both for real-time and post-processing applications. LitPOS stations cover the whole territory of Lithuania. Total number of GNSS stations is 25, therefore the integration of some stations of neighbouring countries is foreseen. It is possible on the basis of cooperation in EUPOS® project. The European Position Determination System (EUPOS®) project is an initiative and cooperation of currently 15 Central and Eastern European countries (CEE) and two German states that build up a ground-based European regional GNSS augmentation system with uniform standards that will cover a territory of about 10 million square kilometers. EUPOS® provides a high-quality differential GNSS information for high-precision positioning and navigation usable in a large field of applications. To enlarge the EUPOS® activities transcending technical realizations the project EUPOS® -Interregional Cooperation (EUPOS®-IRC) was launched on October 2006; since it is accepted as a European Union INTERREG IIIC Programme operation. Main aims of this operation are to identify, point out and enable possibilities and benefits of the use and application of GNSS technology in the field of regional development, to establish a long-lasting cross-border cooperation between experts in the field of GNSS and geoinformation, on the one hand, and regional policy experts and stakeholders, on the other hand.

The technical equipment including hardware and software of European Sea Level Service (ESEAS) station KLAIPEDA (KLPD) is presented in the paper. The tide gauge Klaipeda (previous name – Memel) was established in 1811 in the east part of the Baltic Sea, at the estuaries of Curonian Lagoon. KLAIPEDA ID number at the Permanent Service of Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) is 080161. Upgrading of the station is done according to the ESEAS-RI project (Contract No EVR1-CT-2002-40025). KLPD site was equipped with a digital float tide gauge, sea-water conductivity sensor, air temperature, pressure and humidity sensors, wind speed and direction sensor and GPS receiver with antenna. The four characters ID KLPD and IERS DOMES number 10802M001 was assigned to the permanent GPS station KLAIPEDA. Tide gauge KLAIPEDA was certified as ESEAS Operational Site in 2003. It provides near real time (hourly) data to corresponding data servers. The data warehouse system is built on Gentoo Linux, with Apache2, MySQL 4.0.22 and PHP 4.3.9. The communication structure and software applications are also presented in the paper.