The iPhone GPS app market unleashed by the release of the iPhone 3.0 software update is getting more interesting by the day, with several developers in an arms race to add new features to their initial offerings. Taking the lead…
L-3 Interstate Electronics Corporation (IEC) announced today two additional configurations of its miniaturized hardened GPS receiver and one new configuration of its GPS-based guidance & navigation unit (GNU). The new TruTrak Evolution receiver configurations include a 1.75 x 2.45-inch, low-power,…
On August 29, India aborted an $82 million mission to map the surface of the moon after losing contact with its unmanned Chandrayaan I craft. Yesterday they turned the negative into a positive and more than made up for this…
GeoVector, one of many companies capitalizing on GPS technology to provide location-based information on mobile phones, has launched a new directional search and point application for the smart phone market called World Surfer.Functional only on compass- and GPS-enabled smartphones, the…
Sriharikota, Sept. 23: India?s space scientists had many reasons to celebrate after their ocean satellite was successfully placed in orbit yesterday. So did fishermen. The Oceansat-2, put into space by the PSLV 720km above the earth, is equipped with an…
?AC Microtec in Sweden tests miniaturized satellite systems in space, and for the second time in 2009 they will fly their revolutionary microsystem-based components in space. On Wednesday September 23rd an Indian PSLV launcher will bring ?AC?s miniaturized computers, control…
GloPos has announced its software-only positioning technology that makes all mobile phones location aware – outdoors, indoors, and even underground. GloPos Technology requires only a cellular network to make all mobile phones location aware. No additional hardware like GPS…
Boeing has successfully assembled and integrated all flight hardware onto the first Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite. GPS llF will bring new capabilities to the GPS constellation such as full onboard encrypted military code, a new civil signal, crosslink…
Mytracks4mac has released v2.0 of its flagship application, myTracks, used to read tracks from GPS data loggers and link the information to photographs in iPhoto, geotagging the users images. The application synchronizes with iPhoto, allowing users to drag and drop…
New technologies for real-time vehicle tracking will play a big role in lowering expensive logistics costs, improving transport management and the country’s competitiveness, according to the National Innovation Agency (NIA). Logistics costs as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP)…
Obviously not everyone could attend Nokia World 2009, but that doesn?t mean some have to miss out on some of the action, as allaboutsymbian did attend and have put together a couple of Nokia World 2009 videos. Rafe Blandford of…
The growing popularity of satellite navigation iPhone apps may be stifled by new laws in Victoria (Australia) which prevent mobile phones from doubling as navigation devices. Apps developed by travel software makers TomTom, Navigon and Sygic will be affected by…