GPS World's Personal Tracking section offers exclusive daily news, features, opinion pieces, and product information on GPS and GNSS technology in the personal tracking and location-based services market.
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3-GIS Announces BlackBerry Application Working in Disconnected Mode July 12, 2010
3-GIS announced the creation of a BlackBerry smartphone application that allows users to collect and modify data in a disconnected environment. 3-GIS will preview and demonstrate this new product, a hybrid of the 3-GIS Buzz application, at the ESRI International User Conference in San Diego,...More>>
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GTX Corp. Offers Two Tracking Apps for Android July 8, 2010
GTX Corp. is providing two applications to the Android market. The GPS Tracking application (GPS Tracking version 2.2) allows users to share their location via notification (In form of SMS). The app offers privacy through an opt-in Yes or No whether to share a user's location with each request.
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Digital Map Provider AND Releases its First Map of the USA June 9, 2010
AND Automotive Navigation Data announced the release of their first map of the USA. The full digital map of the USA is now available for commercial use. The map is optimized for geocoding.More>>
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Real-Time Vehicle Tracking June 2, 2010
The MVT380 vehicle tracker by Meitrack has been designed fodr applications such as tracking vehicles in real time, car security and anti-hijacking, and fleet management. The tracker uses a SiRFstar III GPS chip and quad band GSM 850/900/1800/1900Mhz. More>>
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Audi AG Adopts Telit Wireless' System for Infotainment May 20, 2010
Telit Wireless Solutions will be equipping the new Audi A8 with UMTS/HSDPA-based broadband communications modules. The company has announced that the new, third-generation “MMI Navigation plus” infotainment system will offer the UC864-E-AUTO Telit automotive module as an optional feature...More>>
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amAze GPS Offers Location Sharing on Facebook May 14, 2010
LocatioNet Systems Ltd., developer and provider of amAze GPS mapping and navigation service, has released a new version 5.2 of amAze GPS that includes location sharing with Facebook friends.More>>
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UPINLBS-2010 Seeks Paper Submissions for October Conference May 14, 2010
The deadline for abstracts submissions is June 30 for the international Ubiquitous Positioning, Indoor Navigation, and Location Based Service conference (UPINLBS-2010), sponsored by the Finnish Geodetic Institute. The conference includes sessions on multi-constellation GNSS issues, wireless network...More>>
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Jordan Romero Uses GIS to Share Everest Experience May 10, 2010
ESRI announced that thirteen-year-old Jordan Romero partnered with ESRI to share his Mount Everest climb with the world via geographic information system (GIS) technology.More>>
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Covert License Plate Antenna Offered by Mobile Mark April 13, 2010
Mobile Mark (Schiller Park, Illinois) is marketing a license plate antenna as convenient solution for wireless users looking to camouflage their use of a wireless radio or GPS tracking system. The antenna also works well for wireless users looking to combine or consolidate multiple antennas, the...More>>
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Google Earth for Android now Available on Droid April 12, 2010
Google announced that Google Earth is now available on Droid phones that are updated to Android 2.1. More>>
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