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Esri Publishes Interactive Map: Which Cities Could Be Most Affected by the Federal Government Shutdown?

October 14, 2013 - By

Esri published an interactive map that allows viewers to explore the top 10 metropolitan areas that could be impacted by the government shutdown based on the percentage of wages that goes to federal employees, according to Trulia.com. Click here to experience the interactive map. Photo: Esri read more

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Applanix Adds High-Performance POS Systems to Air and Land Portfolios

October 14, 2013 - By

Applanix, a mobile mapping and positioning company, has introduced new versions of its positioning and orientation systems for airborne and land-based mapping — the POS AV 610 and POS LV 610.  Delivering the same industry-leading performance as previous versions of POS AV and LV, the new systems use next-generation commercial inertial technologies that are offered globally. Applanix POS AV and... read more

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Altus Positioning Introduces GIS-1 for Data Collection

October 14, 2013 - By

Altus Positioning Systems is expanding its line of GNSS surveying products with the introduction of the GIS-1, a versatile personal digital assistant (PDA) for data collection and geolocation. The GIS-1 is a powerful PDA that integrates modern wireless technologies on a rugged Windows Mobile platform for effective portable computing for mobile survey applications. It can be used as a data... read more

Installed Base of Fleet Management Systems Will Reach 6.4M in Europe by 2017

October 14, 2013 - By

According to a new research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of active fleet management systems deployed in commercial vehicle fleets in Europe was 3.05 million in Q4-2012. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.0 percent, this number is expected to reach 6.40 million by 2017. A group of international aftermarket solution providers have... read more

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Antenna Module for Embedded LBS Receivers

October 11, 2013 - By

The Parsec PTA and PT active and passive antenna modules integrate seamlessly with the Telit Jupiter SE880 GPS receiver for market leading location aware applications in performance and miniaturization. The PTA/PT family delivers best-in-class linearity in the third-order-intercept point (IP3), the measure of a receiver’s critical ability to differentiate signal from noise. All PTA and PT antenna modules are based... read more

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DirectMail.com to Launch GeoInsight at DMA 2013

October 10, 2013 - By

DirectMail.com will launch GeoInsight, the firm’s advanced marketing intelligence and data sourcing tool, at DMA 2013. DirectMail.com will demonstrate GeoInsight’s capabilities at the Direct Marketing Association conference in Chicago on October 13–15. According to DirectMail.com, GeoInsight puts powerful, easy-to-use database analytics capabilities into marketers’ hands. Based on a web-based map interface, GeoInsight provides the following functionality: The combined power of... read more

ORBCOMM, Savi Announce Strategic LBS Partnership

October 10, 2013 - By

ORBCOMM Inc., and Savi Technology have announced a strategic relationship to provide advanced location-based monitoring solutions to government and commercial markets. ORBCOMM is a global provider of machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions, and Savi Technology is a provider of sensor-based analytics and radio-frequency identification (RFID) solutions. ORBCOMM and Savi have submitted a proposal in response to the U.S. Army RFID IV project,... read more

Parsec Combines Telit Technology with Micro-Mini Modules to Deliver Tiny GPS Receivers

October 10, 2013 - By

Parsec Technologies, Inc., today announced that the company’s Micro-Mini PTA/PT family of GNSS/GPS receiver modules seamlessly integrates with the Telit Wireless Solutions Jupiter SE880 three-dimensional system-in-a-package (3D-SIP) to enable what it calls the world’s smallest- to-date, commercial-class, low-cost GPS L1 receiver. By combining a PTA/PT family module with the Jupiter SE880 3D-SIP, OEMs and integrators are able to deliver a... read more

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