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Smart ways to improve smartphone location accuracy

October 6, 2022

In this month’s cover story, the top three winners of this year’s Smartphone Decimeter Challenge described their projects to GPS World’s Matteo Luccio.

This article is tagged with decimeter accuracy, GNSS signals, Google, ION, Kaggle, open source, PPK, Smartphone Decimeter Challenge and posted in Featured Stories, From the Magazine, GNSS

Testing positioning algorithms with Kaggle

September 21, 2022

Here is how to use the Google Smartphone Decimeter Challenge data in Kaggle to test your own position […]

This article is tagged with algorithms and methods, Android, decimeter accuracy, GNSS positioning, Google, Kaggle, smartphone, Smartphone Decimeter Challenge and posted in From the Magazine, Mobile

Qualcomm launches Snapdragon W5+ and W5 platforms for wearables

July 19, 2022

Qualcomm Technologies has unveiled new wearable platforms, the Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1 and Snapdragon W5 Gen 1. The […]

This article is tagged with Google, low power, Qualcomm, Snapdragon, Snapdragon W5+, wearables and posted in Latest News, Mobile, OEM

Bird uses the ARCore Geospatial API to enable a scooter parking app. (Image: Bird)

Google ARCore Geospatial API expected to power new apps

June 4, 2022

Google has launched the ARCore Geospatial API in ARCore software development kits (SDKs) for Android and iOS across […]

This article is tagged with API, ARCore Geospatial API, augmented reality, Google, Google Street View, micromobility, Visual Positioning Service and posted in Latest News, Mobile

Google to improve urban GPS accuracy for apps

December 9, 2020

Originally posted in the Android Developers Blog, the following is reprinted with permission from authors Frank van Diggelen, […]

This article is tagged with 3D mapping, 4G, 5G, Android, API, Frank van Diggelen, Google, mobile platform, position error, Qualcomm Snapdragon, smartphone, software developers, urban accuracy and posted in Featured Stories, Latest News, Mapping, Mobile

COVID-19 impact revealed through the lens of GPS

December 1, 2020

Movement, closeness, privacy — many things we took for granted a few months ago have become luxuries after […]

This article is tagged with air traffic, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Government Response Tracker, cruise lines, Google, mobility, Moovit, Oxford, public transit, Roi Mitt, Sensor Tower, shipping, tracking and posted in COVID-19, Featured Stories, Latest News

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Using contact tracing and GPS to fight spread of COVID-19

June 3, 2020

Tracing Location Contact tracing can help stem the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. It involves tracking the movement […]

This article is tagged with Apple, contact tracing, coronavirus, COVID-19, Google, MIT, Multnomah County, Oregon, public health and posted in Featured Stories, From the Magazine

An AI model developed at MIT and Qatar Computing Research Institute that uses only satellite imagery to automatically tag road features in digital maps could improve GPS navigation, especially in countries with limited map data. (Image: Google Maps/MIT News)

AI helps create street maps from satellite imagery

March 5, 2020

Creating detailed street maps and keeping them updated is an expensive and time-consuming task performed mostly by large […]

This article is tagged with artificial intelligence, Google, mapping, MIT, neural network, OpenStreetMap, Qatar Computing Research Institute, Research Roundup, RoadTagger, satellite imagery, street maps and posted in From the Magazine, Latest News, Mapping