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Gadgets, general, LBS, Navigation
Vibrating GPS rings – stylish and functional
Yes, that is right. A British designer, Gail Knight, has invented rings with embedded GPS that vibrates to help its wearer find their way in unfamiliar places. While stylish, they […]
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general, Navigation, Remote Sensing
Galileo-GPS agreement in the works
The US and EU are working out an agreement (that may be signed as early as this week) to allow both US GPS and EU Galileo satellites to send data […]
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Cartography, general, Navigation
Will TomTom’s Map Share herald the end of professional mapping?
In an article yesterday, PC Pro’s (a UK-based tech news site) Darien Graham-Smith comments on the upcoming release of TomTom’s “MapShare” technology (here’s my previous post), and predicts that its […]
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TomTom’s new Map Share functionality – update your own maps
The new TomTom GO 520 and 720 models will feature a new functionality called “Map Share” will allow users to update their maps to reflect changes in the road network […]
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PlaceEngine – Sony’s non-GPS location technology
Back at the beginning of June, Sony released its PlaceEngine technology for use on its portable handheld device, the PSP, in Japan. PlaceEngine uses Wi-Fi signals to determine locations, but […]
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Fun LBS discussion
The folks over at MacBreak Weekly had a fun discussion on LBS, GPS, etc at around 35 minutes in episode 45. The discussion starts with a rumor of an Apple […]
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BBC NEWS | Keeping an eye on the road
Yet another in the recent spate of articles about TeleAtlas and their vehicles. This time around the article focuses on a couple that is driving one of the trucks in […]
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Video of TeleAtlas ride-along
Episode 16 of InDigital includes a ride along and discussion with TeleAtlas (at 6:48). It goes for about 3 minutes and the little discussion among the hosts afterward is a […]
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Mio GPS reviewed on InDigital
OK, it is fun to see a review of the Mio Digiwalker on InDigital video podcast Episode 15 (around 11:00 minutes), but really, it is the fact that Wil Wheaton […]
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general, Navigation, Physical Geography
GeoWalrussing
The Greenland Institute of Natural Resources and the Danish Polar Centre are heading to sea to tag 10 walruses with GPS-based report systems. I am pretty sure this will not […]
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