Recent GPS Headlines
All About Symbian Navteq True demo at MWC 2010, next-gen digital maps
Navteq, at Mobile World Congress 2010, showed off their new mapping collection system called Navteq True. The system, which is placed on top of a vehicle, combines a LIDAR system, multiple panoramic cameras, and positioning (GPS and IMU) sensors. Navteq is part of Nokia and its digital mapping products underlie numerous location products and services, including Ovi Maps. In this video we get a closer look at the system, see some of the data it collects and find out what implications it has for digital maps...
Encryption News Apple iGroups Patent Hints at Social Networking Plans
iGroups will fall back on a “virtual GPS” technology — presumably cell tower triangulation. The service will also encrypt communications between users for security and privacy. Simply filing a patent doesn’t necessarily mean Apple plans to launch
GPRS News What is A-GPS? How Does it Work?
a step further, A-GPS technology helps to overcome these glitches. Suited for mobile devices, A-GPS takes assistance from GPRS and at times, the service provider network information, to pin-point the current location accurately. Moreover the amount of
GPS News XGPS300 cradle adds GPS to the iPod Touch
Any iPod Touch owners who want to use your devices as GPS navigators (just like iPhone 3G or 3GS owners can), your wishes have just come true. Dual Electronics announced Friday the availability of the its (model XGPS300). The cradle, which resembles
GPS News A Mariner's Tool Could Help Astronauts Navigate Alien Worlds
Like GPS for marstronauts It will probably take another decade to perfect the sophisticated rocket and life-support technology needed to put a human on Mars. But once we’re there, NASA may
GPS News GPS Record 0.14 (GPL)
Analyze GPS data with the help of this tool. ( read more
GPS News Trimble selected as GPS provider by Quake Global
can access multiple satellite and terrestrial networks using a single communications protocol, will use the Trimble Condor C1011 GPS module. The modem can be used to track, monitor and control assets in industries such as heavy machinery, aviation,
GPS News Space 'eyes' to aid coastal erosion study
latest point of an ultra-precise satellite navigation network that is several times sharper than traditional Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment such as car navigation devices
GPS News ACE inhibitor/ARBs still used in pregnancy despite teratogenicity
child-bearing age, despite evidence that they are teratogenic. Reasons include a lack of awareness of the issue among GPs and obstetricians and ambiguity in hypertension guidelines, says the researcher
GPS News McMurdo Selects Fastrax IT310 GPS Receivers for Maritime Search and Rescue
and McMurdo Ltd., a developer and manufacturer of emergency location beacons, today announced an agreement to include Fastrax GPS receivers in McMurdo’s new AIS SART safety beacons. The beacons use GPS data to locate their accurate position and
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