Robert Gourdine, senior director of Global Customer Marketing for DigitalGlobe, will chair GPS-Wireless, the mobile information markets conference, and open the proceedings on Wednesday morning, March 21, with a half-hour talk. The conference, held in San Francisco, features panels and...More>>

Weather Decision Technologies announced that the iMap Weather Radio app has proven its worth as a lifesaving mobile application since its release in 2011. Beginning January 22, a 4-day stretch of severe weather produced two EF3 and one EF2 tornadoes in the northern suburbs of Birmingham, AL where...More>>

Persistent Systems, an outsourced software product development (OPD) service provider, has announced that it has, through its U.S. subsidiary, acquired the location business from Openwave Systems Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.More>>

Article By: Kevin Dennehy

It’s not a market that will help users find friends or places to eat, but it seems to be one that keeps movin’ along. The government and enterprise market for location-based services seems to be steady, if not growing, as evidenced by nearly 9,000 attendees at the recent Transportation Research...More>>

Article By: Tracy Cozzens

In the wake of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan on March 11, several companies are offering location-based products and applications. Esri is offering for free an interactive social media map that pulls in social media related to the recent events in Japan. In the Social Media box,...More>>

Article By: Tracy Cozzens

In November, two companies unveiled indoor location positioning systems. CSR, Plc. demonstrated its indoor location and navigation system at the Locations & Beyond Summit in San Francisco in November. CSR’s SiRFusion location platform and SiRFstarV architecture are scheduled to become available...More>>

Garmin International Inc. has announced the Montana handheld GPS device, its most advanced handheld featuring a ruggedized design with multiple mounting and battery options, dual-orientation and screen layout options, and support for a wide range of Garmin cartography.More>>