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Out in Front: When the Gavel Comes Down February 1, 2012
Perhaps you don’t track suspected criminals in your spare time, nor do you design or supply a GNSS product that does so. Still, the fresh Supreme Court ruling on GPS use for this purpose reverberates for you, in ways yet unknown. The most interesting part of the court’s ruling pops up in a...More>>
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Safe Software Unveils FME 2012 January 27, 2012
Safe Software announced a new release of its flagship product, FME 2012. This release of FME Desktop and FME Server introduces new tools for overcoming data challenges so that data can be used and shared precisely where, when and how it's needed.More>>
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Supreme Court Rules Warrant Needed for GPS Tracking January 23, 2012
GPS trackers are a form of search, and to use them police must have a search warrant, according to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling today. The high court issued a unanimous ruling that a search warrant is required before police slap a GPS tracker on a criminal suspect's vehicle to monitor the suspect's...More>>
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The Business — January 2012 January 1, 2012
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New Free Testing Infrastructure for Developers December 21, 2011
The European GNSS Simulation and Testing Infrastructure (GSTI) links application developers and tool providers via a platform at www.gnss-test-portal.eu.More>>
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NBC Using foursquare for Election Coverage December 19, 2011
NBCPolitics.com, the digital home for political headlines, insight and analysis by NBC News, today announced an exclusive election partnership with foursquare. The “Campaign Check-ins” data visualization on NBCPolitics.com will display check-ins from President Obama’s campaign team and the...More>>
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Altus Introduces Multi-Sensor GPS Evidence Mapping Package for Law Enforcement December 15, 2011
Altus Positioning Systems today announced the introduction of a new GPS-based evidence mapping system for law enforcement. The new Altus evidence mapping package includes an ikeGPS multi-sensor data acquisition system integrated with MapScenes’ Evidence Recorder custom software for evidence...More>>
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Javad Ashjaee Pens Letter to FCC Chair, Responds to PNT Board December 14, 2011
Javad Ashjaee, CEO of JAVAD GNSS, has written a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski disputing the letter written by the PNT Executive Committee Advisory Board on August 21, and asserting that his company's newly developed filter technology will solve LightSquared interference problems with...More>>
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PNT.gov site moves content to GPS.gov December 9, 2011
The National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing website at pnt.gov has moved much of its GPS-related content to the more popular site gps.gov.More>>
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Iridium and Geos Partner to Offer Emergency Response Service on the Iridium Extreme December 9, 2011
Iridium Communications Inc. announces the GEOS emergency response service is now available to Iridium Extreme satellite phone customers. At no additional cost to customers, Iridium has integrated the GEOS service into the SOS button on the Iridium Extreme. Launched in September, the Iridium Extreme...More>>
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