Crowdsourcing Indoor Positioning, Connected Vehicle News
May 27, 2015
One of the marvels of the decade is crowdsourcing. This month I look at crowdsourcing for indoor-location positioning […]
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One of the marvels of the decade is crowdsourcing. This month I look at crowdsourcing for indoor-location positioning […]
In response to the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck central Nepal on April 25, DigitalGlobe has made high-resolution […]
Volunteer mappers continue to make contributions to ability of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to provide accurate mapping […]
This year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona was the biggest ever, with 95,000 attendees and thousands of booths, conferences and people with sore feet walking a cavernous exhibition hall. While the Geneva Auto Show ran close to the same dates, connected vehicle companies and technology were prominently featured. What was interesting, however, was the rise of indoor positioning companies and mobile advertising agencies with interest in location.
Sen. Ed Markey’s new car technology report, released earlier this month, basically says that connected vehicles can be hacked, causing danger to drivers and presenting major privacy concerns. While some critics believe Markey’s report was meant to drive media hysteria, others say it raises serious issues that the industry needs to address. In other location news, I’ll be covering the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona for GPS World. What will be the showcased location technology? Wearables? Connected vehicles? Or something new?
The U.S. Geological Survey citizen science project, The National Map Corps, has realized remarkable response. In less than two […]
The American Red Cross Geographic Information System team is enlisting volunteers to help map areas in Africa hard hit by the […]
This April marks the one year anniversary of the transition of the USGS’s The National Map Corps (TNMCorps) […]
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