In a year of ho-hum location deals, or the lack of any, the recent Google purchase of Waze for more than $1 billion is a big one. In fact, readers of GPS World magazine’s LBS Insider would have to go back to the summer of 2007, when TomTom purchased Tele Atlas and Nokia bought Navteq, to find an industry acquisition... read more
Visual Intelligence unveiled its new geoimaging solution, iOne Infrastructure Metric Mapping System (iOne IMS), which it calls a major technological milestone for infrastructure metric mapping and surveying. iOne IMS allows aerial imaging companies to capture more imagery and data at a fraction of the up-front investment and operating cost of competing products, allowing them to do much more for less,... read more
The Motion J3600 by Motion Computing is a rugged and powerful tablet PC for field professionals who need a tough device for working in harsh mobile conditions such as construction, field services, and healthcare. With third-generation Intel Core processors, the Motion J3600 offers high processing power while reducing power draw to deliver uninterrupted performance throughout the workday. Running Microsoft Windows, the... read more
GPS Insight, a technology provider of GPS fleet tracking software, has been named the winner in the Software category for the American Technology Awards for the second time. GPS Insight was named the winner for the same award in 2011 as well. The American Technology Awards recognize the best products and services from across the technology industry. GPS Insight has... read more
Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., maker of popular GPS devices such as the nuvi, has announced its first Wi-Fi-enabled outdoor handheld GPS running the Android operating system, Monterra. Monterra has a vivid, sunlight-readable touchscreen, and users can easily access the Google Play Store and download apps through an available Wi-Fi connection on the device. Developers can create... read more
The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a series of photos providing the first detailed views of the next batch of Galileo satellites, the first of which has already been delivered to ESA for rigorous testing in simulated space conditions. Scroll down to see the photos. The first Galileo Full Operational Capability (FOC) satellite was delivered to ESA’s ESTEC technical... read more
Intermap Technologies announces the launch of its Orion Platform, a Software-Driven Spatial Data Platform. The Orion Platform is designed to allow governmental entities to manage a country’s entire spatial data infrastructure program from one unified control point. Around the world, governments are increasingly using geospatial data to manage infrastructure, weather related risks, agriculture, excavation, national security, and much more. During... read more
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