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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 […]

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This article is tagged with 3D geolocation, API, ARCore Geospatial API, augmented reality, Google, Google Street View, micromobility, Visual Positioning Service and posted in Latest News, Mobile

Image: Frank van Diggelen

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, […]

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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

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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 […]

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This article is tagged with air traffic, air travel, coronavirus, COVID-10, 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 […]

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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 […]

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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

Brad Parkinson addresses a Google audience. (Screenshot: Google video)

Parkinson talks to Google about ‘GPS for Humanity’

March 4, 2020

We’ve come a long way since the inception of GPS. Today, location often is taken for granted, but […]

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This article is tagged with Brad Parkinson, Father of GPS, Google, GPS, GPS for Humanity, Steve Malkos, YouTube and posted in GNSS, Latest News, Opinions

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ION GNSS+ 2018 plenary keys in on Emergency Location Service in Android

September 26, 2018

Reflecting the dramatic changes and advances that have taken place in the applications of positioning technology over the […]

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This article is tagged with Android, Emergency Location Service, emergency response, Google, ION GNSS, ION GNSS+ 2018, lidar technology, Paul LaRocque, Steve Malkos, Teledyne Optech and posted in Featured Stories, Latest News

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Android, lidar experts to deliver addresses at ION GNSS+

September 20, 2018

Steve Malkos of Google, and a GPS World contributor, will address the ION GNSS+ plenary session at the […]

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This article is tagged with Android, Google, ION GNSS, ION GNSS+ 2018, lidar, Paul E. LaRocque, Steve Malkos, Teledyne Optech and posted in Latest News, Mapping, Mobile