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03/08/2010 03:27 PM
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AT&T Introduces GPS-Enabled USB Device
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AT&T has introduced a GPS-enabled USB device, the USBConnect Velocity from Option. The Velocity is the first GPS-enabled LaptopConnect device from AT&T, opening the door to location-based applications, AT&T said.
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03/08/2010 03:14 PM
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Mio's Moov V780 PND Based on u-blox AMY GPS Module
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Personal navigation device (PND) maker Mio has selected u-blox' AMY-5M GPS module to power the Moov V780, a high-end PND and multimedia player. The PND earned an International Forum Design 2010 (iF) award for outstanding quality of design.
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03/08/2010 02:50 PM
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GPS Guides Blind Man on Appalachian Trail
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The Scripps Howard news service is reporting that a blind Minnesota man is hiking the 2,174-mile Appalachian Trail using a GPS-equipped cell phone. According to Mike Hanson, 44, of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, his GPS-equipped cell phone "gives me everything I would need to know about the trail but the view."
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03/08/2010 02:14 PM
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Chilean Geodetic Observatory Faces Post-Quake Difficulties
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The following message distributed by the International GNSS Service (IGS) is a first-hand account from Hayo Hase, who heads the Geodetic Observatory TIGO at Concepción, Chile, in the aftermath of the February 27 earthquake. The devastating magnitude 8.8 earthquake is one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded. The Geodetic Observatory TIGO has been operating since 2002, but has faced funding difficulties.
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03/05/2010 07:34 PM
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ICG Working Group Seeks Input from GNSS Signal Users
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The ICG working group on compatibility and interoperability invites GPS industry members to fill out a questionnaire, provided here in two formats: as a downloadable MS Word document or a PDF.
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03/05/2010 01:25 PM
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PenBay Selects Trimble's Indoor Mobile Mapping to Expand Services
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PenBay Solutions LLC has selected the Trimble Indoor Mobile Mapping Solution (TIMMS) for indoor mapping service. PenBay, which specializes in bringing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology inside buildings, will use TIMMS to expand PenBay's current solutions for real property and public safety applications, helping facility managers, space planners and emergency response agencies understand the critical infrastructure of buildings.
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03/05/2010 02:15 AM
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Ashtech Introduces MobileMapper Software for GIS & Mapping
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Ashtech announced new MobileMapper Field and MobileMapper Office, a new GIS and mapping software suite with advanced data collection and processing features.
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03/03/2010 12:59 PM
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Ground Control Software Update to AEP 5.50D Set for Friday
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Building on the January 2010 upgrade to the GPS ground control segment, on Friday Air Force Space Command will be installing another software release, AEP 5.5D, primarily designed to support the pending mid-2010 launch of the first GPS IIF space vehicle.
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03/02/2010 12:47 PM
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Previously Delayed GLONASS Satellites Launched
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Roscosmos has confirmed a successful launch of three GLONASS-M satellites on March 1 at 21:19 UTC. The satellites were released from the upper stage at 00:52 UTC on March 2. This launch was the Block 40 GLONASS launch postponed from September 2009.
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03/01/2010 05:34 PM
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Leica Geosystems Launches SmartNet North America with GNSS Network RTK Corrections
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Leica Geosystems, Inc. has launched SmartNet North America, a subscription-based service. SmartNet offers GNSS Network RTK corrections throughout North America with Leica Geosystems directly operating, managing, and maintaining all segments of the network. From the reference stations in the field to the server and IT infrastructure, SmartNet offers a turnkey solution, Leica said.
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03/01/2010 05:25 PM
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Rosum, Siano Introduce ALLOY Chip Using TV Signals to Take GPS Indoors
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Rosum Corporation announced today the launch of ALLOY, a location and synchronization solution for indoor and urban environments. The ALLOY chip, which was developed in partnership with Siano - supplier of mobile digital TV receiver chips for handsets, laptops, PNDs, and other mobile devices - uses broadcast TV signals to provide precise frequency, timing, and location information.
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02/26/2010 01:53 PM
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IFEN's GNSS RF Constellation Simulator Awarded Certificate from TÜV SÜD
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IFEN GmbH's GNSS RF navigation constellation simulator NavX-NCS has been awarded the official certificate of the TÜV SÜD stating the conformance concerning high-precision signal generation and Galileo OS SIS ICD conformance of signal characteristics and signal quality.
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02/25/2010 08:19 PM
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GPS OCX Contract Awarded: Some Observations
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The United States Air Force awarded the long-awaited and often delayed next phase of the GPS OCX contract this afternoon. There were two competitors, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon. The contract was awarded to Raytheon Space System of Aurora, Colorado. The almost $850 million contract is for the ground support and space control segment of the Global Positioning System.
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02/25/2010 07:00 PM
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Raytheon Awarded Next-Generation Control Segment Contract (OCX)
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Officials from the Space and Missile Systems Center's Global Positioning Systems Wing announced today the award of the Next-Generation GPS Control Segment (OCX) contract to Raytheon Company, Intelligence & Information Systems, Aurora, Colorado. The OCX development contract will be 73 months in duration and with option years for sustainment worth $1,535,147,916.
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02/25/2010 02:22 PM
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Kapten Launches Small Nav Device, iPhone App
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Kapsys, a specialist in portable GPS devices, has launched the Kapten for iPhone application, a comprehensive navigation application for use with the iPhone, and Kapten NG, a pocket-size GPS device that helps users navigate on foot, or by public transport, car, bicycle, or motorcycle.
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02/24/2010 01:21 PM
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GPS AEP 5.5C, the Rest of the Story: We Went to the Source
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If you are interested in the Global Positioning System (GPS) and are not related to Rip Van Winkle, then you have heard about the controversy surrounding the latest AEP ground control segment software upgrade, designated as version 5.5C.
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02/23/2010 02:33 PM
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Jamming of GPS Signals Threatens Vital Services
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A story in the Financial Times of the UK reports that critical infrastructure, including air traffic communications, electricity transmission, telecoms networks and emergency services are all under threat from the increasing availability of GPS jammers.
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02/23/2010 12:48 PM
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GPS Tracking Devices Announced by Locate Mobiles
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Locate Mobiles has announced the launch of three new personal mobile GPS location tracing products, a watch, a PC pen, and the rechargeable GPS matchbox.
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02/18/2010 05:31 PM
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GPS Snow Goggles to Hit the Slopes this Fall
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Eyewear company Zeal Optics has partnered with Recon Instruments to create snow goggles with GPS, along with advanced optics and heads-up display.
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02/18/2010 01:01 PM
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Navteq to Support Homeland Security
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The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has (NGA) selected Navteq to provide map data for the Homeland Security Infrastructure Protection Program.
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02/16/2010 03:48 PM
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Telmap Partners with GyPSii on Location-Enabled Social Media
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GyPSii and Telmap have partnered to develop and introduce advanced location-based social networking as part of Telmap's Mobile Location Companion.
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02/16/2010 03:32 PM
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Topcon Introduces System 250 Autosteering System
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Topcon Precision Agriculture introduces the System 250 autosteering application that combines multi-constellation and combination receiver/controller features of the AGI-3 with the all-in-one control features of Topcon's X20 console.
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02/15/2010 12:51 PM
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Talkin' 'Bout Next Generation: IIF
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The first IIF satellite destined for orbit arrived safely at the Navstar Processing Facility at Cape Canaveral, Florida, and is now undergoing preparations for its launch this summer on a Delta IV rocket.
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02/12/2010 05:17 PM
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Apple to Developers: Make Location Useful, not Just for Ads
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Apple is telling iPhone application developers to make good use of location features by providing beneficial information, not just for targeted advertising.
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02/12/2010 05:01 PM
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TI Wraps Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, FM into Single Chip
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Texas Instruments has unveiled a chip that incorporates GPS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth with an FM transmitter and receiver.
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02/12/2010 04:55 PM
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ISO Provides Standard for Auto Nav Systems Interface
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The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is contributing solutions to car navigation issues with an International Standard for a navigation system application programming interface (API). According to the ISO, as the car navigation industry has grown, so has incompatibility between navigation systems and the databases that store important location information. Additionally, there is a need to more easily develop navigation system applications.
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02/11/2010 07:59 PM
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AEP 5.5C Update Update: Bugs Identified, Being Fixed
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On January 11, 2010, when the GPW Wing and the 2SOPS loaded the updated AEP 5.5C software to the "B" side of the ground control segment, it immediately caused a problem with a specific subset of GPS SAASM receivers. A second, unrelated problem manifested in different receivers two weeks later. Both glitches have now been located and identified, and remedies are ongoing.
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02/11/2010 02:37 PM
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Trimble Introduces EZ-Sync Wireless Data Transfer Solution for Growers and Agribusiness
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Trimble is introducing EZ-Sync solution, a wireless data transfer capability that provides enhanced information management for growers and agribusinesses. EZ-Sync, an addition to the EZ-Office suite, wirelessly links the field to the office by transferring information such as planned and completed jobs, guidance lines, soil sampling and scouting maps, application maps, and variable rate prescription maps. EZ-Sync is expected to be available in March.
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02/11/2010 12:20 PM
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Mobile Solutions Launchs Locator Phone Based on u-blox GPS Design
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Mobile Solutions AG, a Swiss provider of products, concepts and solutions in the field of mobile communications, announces the launch of Creon, a GSM mobile phone with GPS locator capabilities. Based on u-blox' GSM reference design N709Q and u-blox' GPS receiver NEO-5G, the Creon is designed in Switzerland.
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02/10/2010 04:04 PM
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Symmetricom Announces Commercial Time-Scale System
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Symmetricom, Inc., a supplier of precise time and frequency technologies, has announced the Time-Scale System, a fully integrated redundant nanosecond-level timing solution. Designed for international metrology, aerospace, and defense customers, the system combines multiple high-performance atomic clocks in a time scale that drives a local real-time clock (RTC).
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02/24/2010 12:43 AM
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Topcon Provides 3D Dataset to Autodesk
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Topcon Positioning Systems announced that it recently signed a data license agreement with Autodesk, Inc., a world leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering and entertainment software.
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01/25/2010 12:46 PM
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Intermap Data Collection Process Undergoing Certification by FAA
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Intermap Technologies announced its high-resolution NEXTMap digital elevation data is being used to develop an advanced terrain and obstacle solution in advance of the ICAO's eTOD (Electronic Terrain Obstacle Data) initiative.
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01/13/2010 03:46 PM
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Asset Tracking Software Upgrade
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RavTrack PC is a GPS tracking program for Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL), asset tracking, and personal location. It works with Raveon's line of real-time GPS transponders, allowing fast and secure GPS tracking with no recurring fees. With the release of RavTrack PC version 3.0, Raveon's RavTrack GPS tracking system can now be used for tracking much larger fleets of vehicles.
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01/05/2010 02:07 PM
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BorgSolutions Offers Fleet Management Solution for Canadian Fleet Industry
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BorgSolutions, provider of fleet management solutions for construction, oil and gas, fleet rental, and transportation companies, today introduced Borg Fleet Canadian Edition, fleet maintenance management software tailored specifically for the Canadian fleet owner/operator.
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01/04/2010 01:59 PM
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Globalstar Acquires SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger and M2M Device Manufacturer Axonn
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Globalstar, Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary, Spot LLC, have acquired substantially all of the assets of Axonn, LLC, a developer and manufacturer of satellite GPS asset-tracking and messaging products, including Globalstar's consumer retail device, the SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger. Axonn also designs and markets enterprise products which use the Globalstar Simplex data network, including the AXTracker and SMARTONE asset-tracking solutions. Globalstar provides mobile satellite voice and data services to businesses, governments and consumers.
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12/17/2009 05:10 PM
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GNSS Receiver Evaluation
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This article addresses how best to quantify “which navigation system performs best” in a realistic testing scenario. The methodology focuses on land vehicles navigating in urban environments, but applies equally well to pedestrian navigation and can be adapted for testing assisted-GNSS implementations. During a drive test, the truth-reference system and RF recording system log samples to disk, with no need for the receivers under test to be included during the actual drive.
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12/09/2009 01:21 PM
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Pulse Introduces Thin Multi-Positional GPS Antennas
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Pulse announces the W4000 series of GPS active antennas. These ultra-thin, oval-shaped antennas offer high performance and versatility in installation. The antenna can be positioned on the dashboard or window without concerns about orientation.
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12/07/2009 02:00 PM
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Caltrain to Equip Trains with GPS for Real-Time Delay Updates
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Riders of the San Francisco Bay-area's Caltrain system will be able to call or go online to check delay information starting in spring 2011. The Caltrain board of directors signed a $1.8 million deal on December 3 with a Maryland-based transportation firm to install GPS tracking technology in its trains. The transit operator will use the system to post expected arrival times of trains at all station platforms from San Francisco to San Jose online at 511.org and on the 511 phone system.
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12/02/2009 06:10 PM
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Navigator for Truckers
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PC*Miler Navigator is an all-in-one nav system for truck drivers, designed for company drivers, owner-operators, and leased operators. Powered by CoPilot, the PC*Miler Navigator 740 allows spoken street-level directions to be generated anywhere within the U.S. and Canada within seconds, enabling truck drivers to get industry-standard directions in the cab. PC*Miler is used by more than 22,000 motor carriers, shippers, and logistics companies around the world. Routing options include: Practical, Shortest, 53'/102'' Trailer, HazMat, National Network, and Toll Avoidance.
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11/16/2009 03:00 PM
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Netherlands Turns Green with GPS Road Tax
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The Dutch government has taken the lead in an initiative that other European countries may soon follow: a distance-driven tax, with the distance calculated by onboard GPS receivers, to replace the annual road tax on cars. The idea has gotten study by departments of transportation in several U.S. states, including Oregon, and has also drawn significant pre-backlash from various consumer groups.
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11/12/2009 03:50 PM
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Symmetricom Announces PCI Express Time and Frequency Processor Cards
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Symmetricom, Inc. today announced two PCI Express (PCIe) time and frequency computer plug-in cards.The bc635PCIe and the GPS synchronized bc637PCIe bring precise time and frequency functions to the latest computers and servers equipped with PCIe bus technology, the company said.
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11/10/2009 12:37 PM
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President, Congress Abandon National Infrastructure
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Teams in the National Football League have backups. The United States government, military, financial network, wireless communication and transportation infrastructures do not. Having ridden to election in part on the back of the previous administration's lack of readiness for and response to natural disaster, the Obama administration and Democratic Congress seem willing, if not eager, to commit the same egregious errors of their own.
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11/02/2009 01:29 PM
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Trimble's Placer Gold GPS Receivers Available for Public Safety Applications
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Trimble announced today the availability of its Placer Gold receiver, a 12-channel Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, designed to provide reliable, fully-configurable vehicle location and reporting for mission-critical automatic vehicle location (AVL) applications. Trimble's Placer receivers are used by public safety and emergency responders to more efficiently locate and dispatch response vehicles.
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10/30/2009 05:34 PM
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Geolife and PosiMotion Develop Turn-by-Turn Nav iPod Application
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GeoLife Ltd. and PosiMotion LLC today announced that they have submitted an application to the Apple App Store that enables personal turn-by-turn navigation on both the iPod touch and the iPhone. When the application is approved it will be the first navigation solution available for the iPod touch.
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10/29/2009 01:12 PM
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Navteq Awarded Contract with National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded Navteq a contract as the map data and content provider for the comprehensive global commodity dataset (SATNAV) that offers transportation, public venues and miscellaneous points of interest data layers.
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10/27/2009 04:13 PM
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Low-Power GPS Platform
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u-blox has upgraded its core CMOS technology to u-blox 6. Products based on u-blox 6 will have dramatically reduced power requirements thanks to new intelligent power management features, the company said. The innovations enable significantly extended battery life for power-critical GPS applications.
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10/09/2009 01:11 PM
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Navman Wireless Debuts Tiny Jupiter3 GPS Receiver Modules
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Navman Wireless OEM Solutions today announced the availability of its new Jupiter3 GPS receiver module, the company's smallest GPS module and the basis of its next generation of GPS receiver solutions. The company says that the Jupiter3 delivers flexibility for manufacturers to design smaller, more efficient and cost-effective products containing GPS capability.
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10/05/2009 07:43 PM
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New FAA Regulation Requires Confirmation of RAIM Availability
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On July 1, a provision in U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Advisory Circular AC90-100A came into effect requiring receiver autonomous integrity monitoring (RAIM) availability to be confirmed where GNSS is the sole navigation aid for area navigation (RNAV) procedures on low-altitude "T routes" and high-altitude (above 18,000 feet) "Q routes" that shorten the geographical distance compared to previous routing. RAIM ensures that the GPS receiver can validate its position calculations.
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10/05/2009 07:35 PM
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FAA Approves First U.S. Ground-Based Augmentation System
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved Honeywell's Smartpath Precision Landing System, clearing the way for increased safety and efficiency at airports by providing precise navigation service based on GPS. The first U.S.-approved system is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and will become operational early next year.
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10/04/2009 07:16 PM
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The System: Glitches and Vulnerabilities
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The first in a series of deviations from normal GPS signal broadcasts during September was noted by researches at the University of New Brunswick, among others around the globe, who found that normal signals from the L1 and L2 transmitters on the GPS satellite PRN01/SVN49 were unavailable for more than two hours on the morning of September 4.
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10/04/2009 07:10 PM
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Expert Advice: GPS Forensics, Crime, and Jamming
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The most widely used of all GPS devices are in-car navigators. When vehicles carrying navigators are used for criminal purposes, records contained in the devices may be examined. Such investigations rely on newly developed forensic techniques that employ a combination of computer expertise and navigation knowledge, yielding valuable data for crime investigators.
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09/30/2009 12:46 PM
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Miniature Autonomous Vehicles
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Demo models from the Institute of Navigation's first Mini-Urban Challenge, a contest among high school students for miniature autonomous vehicles, took the center ring on the floor at the ION GNSS Exhibition. High school students worked in teams of 3 to 10 to design and operate a robotic unmanned car built from a LEGO Mindstorms kit that can accurately navigate through a LEGO city. Challenge Co-chairs First Lieutenants Casey Miller and Caroline New of the Air Force Research Laboratory presented results of the 2009 event, and unveiled plans for the 2010 Challenge, sponsored by ION and the Air Force Research Laboratory.
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09/28/2009 12:55 PM
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Septentrio Launches Inertially Aided Receiver, Plus New AsteRx2eH
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Septentrio has launched two new products. The AsteRxi is the company's first multi-sensor GNSS receiver. AsteRxi processes high-quality GNSS measurements with IMU-measurements to generate an enhanced integrated position.
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09/25/2009 11:19 AM
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NovAtel Announces SPAN-MPPC GNSS/INS Engine
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Original equipment manufacturer (OEM) NovAtel has introduced the SPAN-MPPC at ION GNSS 2009 in Savannah, Georgia. The SPAN-MPPC provides the processing power of the company's SPAN (Synchronous Position, Attitude and Navigation) engine, the SPAN-SE, in a card-stack form factor that can be integrated into a wide range of navigation applications, NovAtel said.
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09/24/2009 02:31 PM
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ION Mini-Urban Challenge Results Displayed on Show Floor
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Miniature autonomous vehicles navigating the mean streets of a LEGO town take center stage at the show floor at ION GNSS 2009.
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09/24/2009 11:11 AM
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NovAtel Inc. Introduces Enhanced FlexPak GNSS Enclosure
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NovAtel Inc. introduced the FlexPak-G2 enclosure Wednesday at the ION GNSS 2009 tradeshow in Savannah, Georgia. The FlexPak-G2 enclosure is compact for easy integration and supports NovAtel's industry-leading OEMV-1, OEMV-1G and OEMV-2 line of high-precision GNSS receivers.
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09/11/2009 04:05 PM
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Commercial Ships Traverse Northwest Passage
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As reported by the Associated Press, two German merchant ships have traversed the Northeast Passage after global warming and melting ice opened a route from South Korea along Russia's Arctic coast to Siberia. The The MV Beluga Fraternity and MV Beluga Foresight traveled from Ulsan, South Korea, in late July to Siberia by way of the Northeast Passage, a sea lane that, in years past, was avoided because of its heavy ice floes. The ships are expected to complete their journey, heading for Rotterdam in the Netherlands with 3,500 tons of construction parts.
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09/11/2009 03:09 PM
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u-blox 6 Designed as Low-Power GPS Platform
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u-blox (Thalwil, Switzerland), has upgraded its core CMOS technology to u-blox 6. Products based on u-blox 6 will have dramatically reduced power requirements thanks to new intelligent power management features, the company said. The innovations enable significantly extended battery life for power-critical GPS applications.
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08/28/2009 12:52 PM
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Antenna-Based Control System Can Stop a Train
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Technology exists to design a system that can start applying a train's brakes if an engineer fails to obey stop signals. Positive Train Control (PTC), a system that monitors railroads through a wireless network, can help to prevent train crashes and enhance railroad safety. Currently used in several pilot programs, PTC systems will be required under the federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act (RSIA). Antennas are a critical component in the PTC system.
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08/27/2009 07:08 PM
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On the Edge: Sky-High Twists and Turns
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Aerobatic racing between real and virtual aircraft poses steep positioning requirements. Real-time accuracy must reach at least 1 to 3 meters to score pilots through the course, and position must incude pitch, yaw, and roll in a high-g environment with dynamic flying maneuvers that frequently disrupt GPS signal reception.
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