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Czechs Sign Agreement to Host Galileo Headquarters

January 31, 2012 - By

The Czech government signed an agrement for Prague to host the headquarters of an ambitious satellite navigation system that is expected to rival the U.S. Global Positioning System. read more

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Cameron Named GPS World Publisher

January 30, 2012 - By

NEWTON, Mass. — January 30, 2012 — Questex Media announced today that Alan Cameron, editor-in-chief of GPS World, has been appointed publisher of the magazine, its website www.gpsworld.com, eight e-mail newsletters, a geographic information systems counterpart Geospatial Solutions, and other B-to-B communications vehicles supporting the international positioning, navigation, timing, and mapping industries. read more

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FCC Asks If You and GPS Should Be Protected from Interference

January 30, 2012 - By

“We invite comment on LightSquared’s petition, and establish a pleading cycle.” Thus spake the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), groping for a way forward in the ongoing LightSquared/GPS conflict. The FCC has opened an Internet docket for public comment on the LightSquared position that GPS users and receivers “do not merit legal protection from interference” created by LightSquared. The FCC asks... read more

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More Mobile Devices, More Geospatial Trends

January 27, 2012 - By

Granted, I’m a mobile device geek. I see tremendous growth for geospatial apps on mobile devices. Obviously, insane numbers of mobile devices are shipping. This past Christmas, Amazon shipped 4+ million of its Kindle tablet computers. As I’ve written before, the future (and present) of our geospatial mobile devices largely depends on developments in the consumer electronics market. Since Apple introduced... read more

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Let’s Hear It for the Supremes!

January 24, 2012 - By

Last week’s Supreme Court ruling on GPS use for tracking criminal suspects makes U.S. law clear on this issue going forward, but it does not address tracking for commercial aspects. One U.S. newspaper editorialized, “the unanimous decision failed to resolve troubling questions about the privacy rights of Americans in the face of intrusive modern surveillance technology.” The privacy picture in other large markets — Europe, Japan, Korea, Russia, China, and elsewhere — remains even less clear. If GNSS should be perceived as a tool of Big Brother (government) or Big Broker (industry selling and buying consumer location data), then all navigation systems acquire a big PR problem, which translates into big funding and modernization problems. read more

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Supreme Court Rules Warrant Needed for GPS Tracking

January 23, 2012 - By

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 movements, reports the Associated Press. read more

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Location Technology, All in the Cars

January 18, 2012 - By

Microsoft says this is its last year at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Fine. Move over because the car manufacturers are using the show to unveil stunning location and mobile offerings. It has only been a few years since automakers started coming to CES to pitch new in-vehicle mobile platforms. This year automakers have been knocking themselves out to bring smartphones, location and cloud content into the vehicle to enhance the driving experience. The CES invasion by the vehicle OEMs started in 2007 when Ford introduced Sync at CES. Kia followed in 2010 with UVO powered by Microsoft. 2012 brings a multitude of OEM mobile announcements, including one from first-time CES participant Mercedes-Benz. read more

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NavSAS Group Acquires, Tracks Second Galileo IOV Satellite

January 18, 2012 - By

On January 17, the E1 signal of the Galileo Flight Model 2 satellite (FM2, also known as GSAT0102) was successfully acquired and tracked by the researchers of the Navigation, Signal Analysis and Simulation (NavSAS) group (Politecnico di Torino / Istituto Superiore Mario Boella) for the first time at 11:54:10 CET (10:54:10 UTC). read more

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