u-blox announces the immediate availability of LEA-6R, a new GPS module based on the latest u-blox 6 platform. The surface-mount module comes with u blox’ proprietary “Sensor Fusion Dead-Reckoning” technology integrated. The module is designed for after-market devices requiring uninterrupted...More>>

Czech automaker Skoda has selected Ashtech ProFlex 500 GNSS receivers to measure the dynamic movements of its new models as they accelerate through high-speed tight test maneuvers at the company’s development facility in Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic.More>>

Applanix has released its next-generation POS LV (Position and Orientation System for Land Vehicles), the POS LV Version 5. POS LV V5 has a POS Computer System (PCS) half the size of the previous version. Ruggedized and fully sealed, the POS LV V5 delivers highly accurate, uninterrupted positioning...More>>

Ford researchers are advancing vehicle safety with the development of new crash avoidance systems that use wireless vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications to detect and respond to imminent collisions. Ford's research into wireless "active safety" applications includes its...More>>

Learning how to control a car as a race driver does, at its very limits of handling, can ultimately assist ordinary drivers who enter a turn too quickly or are driving on a wet road and don’t realize when they need to brake. DGPS and inertial sensors drive feedback and feedforward speed...More>>

Topcon Positioning Systems has announced the release of Spatial Factory software. According to Topcon, the simple interface of this software allows users of the IP-S2 3D mobile mapping system to easily work with the combination of point cloud, trajectory, and panoramic image data that comes from...More>>

The Elephant Charge ("Dust, Sweat, and Gears"), an annual off-road motorsport charity event, brings together competitors, their families, and supporters for a wilderness weekend of GPS-driven fun and frenzy in the Zambian bush. I’m for fun, but I always wince when I see folks tearing up habitat...More>>

Traffic Information maintains its position as the most important feature of navigation services with the global number of traffic information users expected to grow from 57 million in 2010 to more than 370 million in 2015, according to the latest market data from ABI Research. More>>

A virtual reference station network covering a metropolitan area supplies position corrections to commuter buses equipped with a driver-assist system to enable safe operation, even under harsh weather conditions, along high-volume roadways. More>>

u-blox has released a an Automotive Dead Reckoning (ADR) system, to be displayed at Telematics Detroit 2010. The solution has been implemented in in-dash navigation and eCall systems at Tier-1 automotive car electronics suppliers to German auto makers. The solution blends input from GPS satellites...More>>