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GPS World's Personal Navigation section offers exclusive daily news, features, opinion pieces, and product information on GPS and GNSS technology in the personal navigation market using wireless.


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Android and Enterprise Benefit from Mobile Open Source Development, According Black Duck Software   May 16, 2012

At the Android Developer Conference, Black Duck Software announced an analysis of open source mobile project data which reveals mobile open source software (OSS) projects doubled, with growth especially strong in new enterprise mobility projects aimed at enhancing security, encryption, cloud,...More>>

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TomTom Launches New Global Geocoding Web Service   April 25, 2012

At the Geospatial World Forum, TomTom announced the launch of its high volume batch geocoding web service. The TomTom Global Geocoder enables businesses to process large amounts of data with a single click of a button and return results quickly.More>>

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Google Announces Google Maps Floor Plan Marker App   April 10, 2012

Google Introduced Google Maps Floor Plan Marker App which enables those who’ve uploaded floor plans to improve the indoor location accuracy their visitors experience when using indoor maps within their venue.More>>

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FCC Announces New Initiatives to Combat Smartphone and Data Theft   April 10, 2012

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski joined major police department chiefs, including New York City Police Commissioner Raymond E. Kelly, Philadelphia Police Department Commissioner Charles Ramsey, Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier, Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, wireless...More>>

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Navitel and AND Automotive Navigation Data Announce Strategic Partnership    April 10, 2012

Navitel, navigation company for Russia and Eastern Europe, and global mapping company AND announce a strategic partnership in developing car navigation maps for Navitel Navigator. More>>

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Blom Announces BlomURBEX Integration with Enrio.fi   March 30, 2012

Blom announced that BlomURBEX imagery was integrated into Finland's most popular web mapping service, Fonecta's Enrio.fi.More>>

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Telogis Acquires Maptuit Assets   March 30, 2012

Telogis, Inc. announces the acquisition of the assets of Maptuit, a leading provider of connected navigation for commercial fleets. This acquisition — the company’s fifth in three years — expands Telogis’ services as the market increases adoption of location-based Software-as-a-Service...More>>

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Bluetooth Group Adopts GNSS Standard    March 26, 2012

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group, which publishes specifications for Bluetooth, has adopted the GNSS Profile version 1.0 for devices using Bluetooth 2.0 and up. The GNSS profile provides a means for a GPS enabled device to share its position data with another device via a Bluetooth wireless...More>>

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Broadcom Introduces New Location Architecture with Advanced Multi-Constellation and Indoor Positioning Support   March 23, 2012

Broadcom Corporation, maker of semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, has introduced a new location architecture to provide more responsive outdoor and indoor positioning capabilities for smartphone devices. With proven third-generation multi-constellation support and tight...More>>

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Yandex Unveils 3D User Interface for Android Tablets   March 1, 2012

SPB Software launched an innovative, glasses-free 3D user interface for Android tablets. With Shell 3D Tablet Edition mobile operators and device manufacturers can now create customized 3D tablet interfaces for their clients.More>>