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    Are Utilities Truly Exploiting their GIS?  Jun 26, 2009
    Fleet tracking options using GPS and GIS could be extended to the deployment team ... Grabbing the GPS coordinates while installing the new meter using a handheld deployment assistant would help further refine the enterprise network model for the GIS. ... A simple GPS receiver and a radio transmitter can help you track where each of your vehicles are, at what speed they are moving, and a history of where they've been. (Energy Pulse, CO)

    Area companies hope to create next iPhone hit  Jun 16, 2009
    This week, a new Nashville company launched its first Apple app game, gpsAssassin, a seek-and-destroy diversion that uses GPS technology to allow the player to destroy other players who come within range. Priced at $4. (Nashville Business Journal, TN)

    US deal puts tech company on the map  Jun 16, 2009
    Known as ArcPad, the software will be used in the US census to verify and update the addresses of 145 million households, as well as lock in the GPS co-ordinates for each household before the count next year ... The hand-held devices use GPS technology for data capture, rather than navigation. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)

    Begin exploring Illinois during Free Fishing Days  Jun 3, 2009
    Pond Management using GIS and GPS Resources Workshop June 11th. If you are interested in learning how to use Global Positioning System (GPS) hand held units and Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping to more effectively manage your pond, there is still space available at the Pond Management using GIS and GPS Resources Workshop on June 11 at the Champaign Extension Auditorium, 801 N. Country Fair Dr, Ste. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)

    Broadcom Delivers World's First Bluetooth(R) + Wi-Fi(R) Combo Solution for Notebooks, Netbooks and Ultra-Mobile PCs  Jun 2, 2009
    The new InConcert modules expand Broadcom's industry-leading family of wireless combination products that are driving Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi and FM into an array of handheld devices. Although notebooks typically have more board space to accommodate discrete Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chips on separate modules, the growing demand for smaller Netbooks and ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs) has created the need for more integrated wireless solutions. (PR Newswire)

    Law would create Portland 'congestion pricing project'  May 28, 2009
    An example of a monitor the state will use in vehicles to explore taxing mileage instead of gasoline consumption with GPS technology. The bill also increases registration, title and license plate fees to pay for new road and road-widening projects across Oregon. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)

    Giant Atmospheric Crashes Detected via Auroras  May 27, 2009
    Those insights, he said, could lead to better understanding of space weather and its effects on Earth systems such as power grids as well as GPS and other forms of satellite communications. Findings presented May 25 at an American Geophysical Union meeting in Toronto, Canada. (National Geographic)

    Catoosa student successes  May 26, 2009
    Environmental science students of Jack Leather were involved in an activity that involved hydrology studies, birds and plants and a variety of GPS locations for the recently installed piezometers. Sydney Slaven of our local Chik-fil-A restaurant was able to provide a wonderful lunch for the participants. (Catoosa County News, GA)

    120 degrees 150 miles - toilet = fun  May 18, 2009
    Wear a GPS, they say, and hope you find the next pink flag. Only those who complete the first three are allowed to participate in a walk across Antarctica known as the Last Desert. (CNN -- Law)

    Resort kids programs adding value for families  May 15, 2009
    Even National Geographic is getting into the act, with a new National Geographic Explorers Camp at the Fairmont Scottsdale, complete with photo safaris, GPS treasure hunts into the Sonoran Desert and meet-and-greets with bona fide National Geographic adventurers. "It was about kids having fun together and parents getting some space," said Lane, the mother of two daughters. (CNN -- Travel)

    Top of the world! Duo made it there unassisted  May 6, 2009
    Huston and Fish had the benefit of a GPS system and a satellite phone that they used each week to phone their families. Had they been unable to reach the pole in time, they would have called for help. (MSNBC -- Travel)

    Altium slashes price on 'unified' design tool  Apr 28, 2009
    Malcolm Lomer of SiGe Semiconductor discusses GPS design challenges with the Galileo satellite system. Related News. (EETimes)

    First 3-D Pictures of Solar Explosions Created  Apr 15, 2009
    The new technology will allow for earlier warnings about solar storms that can disrupt GPS signals and power grids, damage satellites, and bombard astronauts with solar radiation, experts said. SHARE RELATED. (National Geographic)

    PHOTOS: Solar Explosions Revealed by Twin Spacecraft  Apr 15, 2009
    Charged particles from the storms can damage satellites as well as disrupt GPS, cellular signals, and electrical grids. The new 3-D imaging technology could help increase warning periods for adverse "space weather" from 12 hours to a full day, according to Michael Kaiser, a STEREO project scientist from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. (National Geographic)

    E911 maps area  Apr 14, 2009
    The GPS receiver information is transmitted to into a laptop that I use in the mapping process, he said. The information includes locations of any structure, whether it is a house, business or whatever. (Brewton Standard, AL)

    Botswana travel contest: 'Who's Your No. 1 Lady'  Apr 8, 2009
    GPS tracking, missing persons, surveillance. Call us for results. (Yahoo News)

    SPOT Announces 'Seven Safety Tips' Boating Campaign With SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger  Apr 8, 2009
    SPOT's Seven Safety Tips aims to educate and remind boaters about boating safety and the advantages of adding a SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger(tm) to their safety equipment kit ... Activate "Tracking" on your SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger(tm) prior to departing ... The value of satellite emergency notification and locating devices such as SPOT is that they provide the rescuers with amplifying information from the start such as a GPS location which can significantly reduce the geographic area needed... (Primezone Releases)

    UPDATE: Major 2010 Census Operation Under Way  Apr 7, 2009
    The operation will use new hand-held computers equipped with GPS to increase geographic accuracy. The ability to capture GPS coordinates for most of Puerto Rico's housing units will greatly reduce the number of geographic coding errors caused by using paper maps in previous counts ... From implementing the Local Update of Census Address program where municipio governments participated in a review of the Census Bureau's address list for their municipio, to increasing the precision of the GPS... (PR Newswire)

    New hope for laptop losers  Apr 4, 2009
    He said the tracking software could send back an IP address as well as street-level location data for machines with WiFi or GPS capabilities. While these systems aim to be invisible to system users, Lynn Batten, professor of IT at Deakin University warns that all security devices can potentially be disabled by thieves. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)

    Northern California census count to begin  Mar 27, 2009
    The operation will use new hand-held computers equipped with GPS to increase geographic accuracy, the bureau added. Workers will carry an official Census Bureau badge and will never ask for bank or social security information. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)

    HI-TECH SOLUTIONS  Mar 22, 2009
    The IRC uses satellite images, digitzed maps, aerial photographs and data collected via GPS units to pinpoint areas that don't have enough water. It then uses this computerized map to help design the most appropriate solution and plug the gaps. (AlertNet)

    Land Of Bike Safaris, Brangelina  Mar 22, 2009
    "Lions fitted with GPS satellite collars send me an e-mail every night telling me where they are," he quipped. Stander is helping the Himba coexist with the lions that they hunted to near extinction when the lions began killing their livestock. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)

    Census Bureau gets an early start on 2010  Mar 21, 2009
    Aside from adding to or deleting from address lists, based on housing construction or razing, they will be using their handheld GPS devices to record each home's location. The newly computerized system will assist in the congressional and state legislative redistricting process that follows each census. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    3DVU Releases Way2Go, Web-to-Mobile GPS Navigation in Full 3D Photography and Elevation without Operator Connections and Fees  Mar 16, 2009
    3DVU launches Way2Go, the first and only personalized Web-to-Mobile route planner giving real-time turn-by-turn, GPS tracking, voice and text guidance navigation for PC and mobile phones with full 3D aerial photography and real terrain elevation of entire countries ... Tel Aviv (PRWEB) March 16, 2009 -- 3DVU, the leading global provider of 3D Aerial Photography Navigation, release Way2Go, the personal web-to-mobile route planner of real-time turn-by-turn GPS mobile navigation ... Continuous full... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)

    Roadkill GPS Navigation System to Protect Animals  Mar 12, 2009
    Researchers Alistair Hobday and Melinda Minstrell spent three years and covered 9,320 miles (15,000 kilometers) recording and mapping roadkill carcasses before uploading their data into a GPS (global positioning system) navigation program ... Just as motorists can program their in-car GPS navigation devices to automatically watch for rest areas or cafes, they can now be alerted when they approach "roadkill hot spots." (See for hot spot maps. (National Geographic)

    Spring Deals on Hiking and Backpack...  Mar 8, 2009
    Currently, Campmor is selling the Garmin GPS Map 60CSx GPS unit for $369 ... It is advertised by Campmor as having a more sensitive GPS receiver for acquiring satellite signals, as well as a barometric altimeter and electronic compass. (Suite101.com)

    Find Your Way Home  Feb 25, 2009
    The GPS Snitch, which keeps track of things you care about -- surreptitiously. The GPS Snitch, which keeps track of things you care about -- surreptitiously ... Like many other technologies, the Global Positioning System (GPS) was initially developed for the U.S. military. (Fox News)

    Optimal Geomatics Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2008 Financial Results  Feb 25, 2009
    Optimal applies the disciplines of aerial surveying, mapping, remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), and global positioning systems (GPS) to translate remotely-acquired raw imagery into intelligent digitally-mapped data for use according to the application involved, such as land management, environmental information management and engineering design. Forward-Looking Statements. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)

    State of California Approves WebTech Wireless' Telematics Technology for Use in Its Smog Reduction Initiatives  Feb 25, 2009
    WebTech Wireless' remote system consists of a GPS Locator device installed in each vehicle and connected to the engine's on-board diagnostics system. Real-time vehicle location and engine diagnostics data is transmitted via cellular networks to the fleet manager who is able to monitor aspects of the vehicle's operation that contribute to increased fuel use and pollution, such as excessive mileage, idling and speeding. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)

    How TB Jumps From Humans to Wildlife -- Vet Seeks Clues  Feb 21, 2009
    Most of the mongooses in the park now sport GPS collars that record their movements. "Following them on foot is just not possible because of all the elephants and lions," Alexander said. (National Geographic)

    Scientists dig for the guts of earthquakes  Feb 18, 2009
    "When we recorded the first one in 2003, we had only three GPS stations. By 2007, we had 12 GPS stations and over 10 seismic stations, so the event that year was very nicely recorded.". The slow slip phenomenon has also been observed in the Cascadia fault zone off the coast of Washington and British Columbia and Japan's Nankai Trough. (Yahoo News)

    Inuit Trails Represent Complex Social Network Spanning Canadian Arctic  Feb 16, 2009
    Using a combination of historical documents, ethnographic research, geographic tools including GPS, GIS and Google Earth, as well as a recent journey following Inuit along a traditional trail, Dr. Aporta shows the geographic extent of the Inuit s sophisticated network of routes. He describes how the Inuit have made use of the Arctic environment and how their trails represent significant channels of communication and exchange across the territory. (Science Daily)

    Masters of flight: Songbirds make massive migration journey at top speeds  Feb 13, 2009
    Until now, there has been no way to track these diminutive birds as they make their international treks because (GPS) devices are too big and bulky, and small radio transmitters can only transmit signals a short distance ... He hopes that researchers will soon be able to create GPS tracking or other more specific devices puny enough to fit onto these birds and, eventually onto hummingbirds and even large insects. (Scientific American)

    High-tech fab forecasts  Feb 8, 2009
    Mr Oxer predicts the rise of location-based services, which is being driven by the growth in GPS mobile phones. "Our physical geographic location will become more important. Business can do something on the basis of where people are located. "We care where things are, like our nearest pizza shop. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)

    Punctuation as ideological warfare  Feb 8, 2009
    And then he claimed that addresses with apostrophes in them confuse GPS units and that emergency services might be hindered in finding addresses because of it. Aside from the bizarre reasoning here if GPS units can't understand the English language, then wouldn't it be easier to fix the GPS units than to try to change the language ... A manufacturer who makes GPS units promptly denied that an apostrophe would hinder an address search, as their software begins searching for matches with just the... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)

    Google Earth dives under sea  Feb 7, 2009
    Page last updated at 17:34 GMT, Monday, 2 February 2009. Google Earth dives under the sea. (BBC News -- Science)

    Photo Gallery  Apr 1, 2008
    The Secaucus snafu has become nearly urban legend on the internet, alongside stories about a British driver who followed her GPS directions into a river and accounts of an Italian man whose navigation system led him onto train tracks. OPPOSING FORCES This is not the first time Secaucus Town Councilman Michael Gonnelli and Mayor Dennis Elwell have been on opposite sides, and it probably wont be the last. (Hoboken Reporter, NJ)

    N.H. Civil Liberties Union sues Dover over sex-offender ordinance  Mar 27, 2008
    "If you really wanted to do something that would be effective in controlling sex offenders then you would maybe put them on GPS systems, you'd give them specialized treatment," Keshen said. "You'd do assessment of future dangerousness upon release from prison; there'd be categories of risk; there'd be pre-release planning relative to housing and employment and all of that involves funding and it involves a development of expertise," she said. (Concord Monitor)

    GPS tracks teens 24/7  Mar 26, 2008
    Using cellphones with GPS to monitor teens is a bit like tagging wild animals to track their migration patterns, Dr. Wiehe admits, but stresses she has the participants' consent and information about what they do will not be shared with their parents or any other outside party ... GPS technology has become an important tool for researchers attempting to figure out the rituals of youth, she said, as it is able to provide a constant, accurate picture of where individuals spend their time ... But... (Globe and Mail -- Technology)

    Broadcom and Coship Electronics Collaborate to Deliver First Commercial High Definition Set-Top Box Solution for China, in Time for Beijing Olympics  Mar 21, 2008
    About COSHIP COSHIP Electronics Co., Ltd., founded in 1994, is a well-known Hi-tech enterprise in China, specializing in Rufacture and marketing of satellite/cable/terrestrial digital TV receivers, professional head-end IRD, IP STB (Set-Top Box), cable modem, GPS products, security products and LED displays. As the China's largest STB provider and one of global leading STB providers, COSHIP provides over 4 million STBs in 2006, which are worldwide deployed in Europe, Middle East, Asia,... (PR Newswire)

    Driven to distraction  Mar 16, 2008
    Researchers are studying GPS navigation devices to find out whether they are a dangerous distraction for drivers. Several Australian and European organisations are conducting a five-year study into driver distractions, GPS among them ... Well, I can perhaps shave a few months off that study because I know exactly what the conclusions will be regarding GPS devices - use them properly and they are a big help; use them like an idiot and you'll end up around a tree. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)

    High-tech cowboys save a ship full of Mazdas  Mar 6, 2008
    a Fairbanks radio reporter s blog on the race, notes that the use of GPS trackers to keep up with some of the mushers didn t eliminate the uncertainty in the wait for the leaders to arrive in McGrath. Rumors flew. (Anchorage Daily News)

    AmerenUE to Install Line to Power Union  Mar 1, 2008
    To determine the potential transmission line corridors a computer generated Geographic Information System (GIS) was developed using Global Positioning System (GPS) type data. The many information overlays consisted of geography, land-uses, real estate property lines, populated areas, floodplains, conservation areas, endangered wildlife habitat and archeological locations. (Missourian Publishing, MO)

    Atheros Maps Out Its GPS Chip Move  Feb 28, 2008
    Atheros () is one of the latest chipmakers to help GPS navigation device makers in their quest to put their devices in more cars, cell phones and pockets. Late last year, Atheros Communications entered the GPS chips market when it bought privately held u-Nav Microelectronics ... "Our sense is GPS is a technology that will become more and more important," Atheros Chief Executive Craig Barratt said in an interview. (Investors Business Daily)

    Letters to the Editor - 2/26/2008  Feb 27, 2008
    " The man looks at his GPS and replies, "You're about 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2346 feet above sea level at 31 degrees north latitude and 100 degrees west longitude. " She rolls her eyes and says, "You must be a republican. (North County Times)

    J.J. Pickle Campus hosts free SKYWARN session  Feb 25, 2008
    Draper's black SUV is equipped with a ham radio, a scanner, a video camera, a GPS with street-level mapping, firefighting gear, cones, maps, a first aid kit and live radar that comes in over a cellular signal. He said he typically puts 60,000 to 80,000 miles on his chase truck every year. (The Daily Texan, TX)

    Rips 'Eloquent but Empty' Obama...  Feb 20, 2008
    Collapse of the Soviet Union, perfection of the internet switches and technology, GPS systems, video games, advanced avionics, advanced power systems, etc. etc. (The Drudge Report)

    Rwanda: Forests - District Officials Train in Hi-Tech Applications  Feb 18, 2008
    As such, the CGIS-NUR showed them how to use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) devices like Global Positioning System (GPS) to locate forests in the area and ArcGIS software to analyse spatial information on a computer. Evelyn Iyakaremye, an environment officer in Nyamasheke District, Western Province, said that her office has been offering uncertain data on the number and area of forests because they were lacking both skills and equipment to measure and locate them. (allAfrica.com)

    GPS spreads from cars to cellphones  Feb 15, 2008
    BARCELONA: After replacing paper maps for millions of drivers, GPS technology is now being put into mobile phones and was one of the most-hyped developments at this week's Mobile World Congress. The biggest handset manufacturers and GPS (global positioning system) specialists have begun building handsets with personal navigation software, planning routes and guiding pedestrians with detailed digital maps ... Advertising for GPS in phones, long-awaited by the industry, was everywhere at this... (India Times)

    Location-Based Services to Boom in 2008  Feb 14, 2008
    Increasing numbers of GPS-enabled phones -- recently predicted to more than triple over the next five years -- and hefty investment in the navigation space from heavyweights such as Nokia underpin these predictions ... But location services thrive on accuracy -- and GPS alone is not always enough, according to a UK company that is developing technology to improve both the availability of GPS positioning data and its accuracy ... Wireless device company CSR is working with Motorola to establish... (BusinessWeek)

    Broadcom Demonstrates Support for All Key Mobile Phone Open Operating Systems on Its Single-Chip Smartphone Solution  Feb 11, 2008
    CellAirity includes products that enable leading baseband and application processing, 2G and 3G cellular connectivity, multimedia acceleration and power management, as well as peripheral technologies such as Bluetooth(R), Wi-Fi(R), GPS and mobile TV. (1) In-Stat, November 2007. About Broadcom Broadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. (PR Newswire)

    Garmin Mobile(TM) XT Brings Google Local Search and Panoramio Photo Navigation to Smartphones  Feb 11, 2008
    Garmin Mobile XT is an all-in-one software solution that turns smartphones with internal GPS into full-feature Garmin navigators ... "Garmin Mobile XT is already compatible with over 100 GPS smartphones, and we expect this number to increase as more smartphones are introduced with internal GPS." The Google Local search capability on Garmin Mobile XT allows users to harness more points of interest information via the world wide web ... Once the microSD card is inserted into a compatible... (PR Newswire)

    Broadcom Announces Innovative Reference Design Platform to Enable the Next Wave of Low Cost HEDGE Smartphones  Feb 11, 2008
    New Highly Integrated 65nm Single-Chip HSDPA + EDGE Reference Design and CellAirity(TM) Software Includes Broadcom's Industry Proven Bluetooth(R), Wi-Fi(R), FM Radio, GPS and Power Management Solutions, Significantly Reducing Cost and Form Factors BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 2008 MWC -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: ), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced a new HEDGE reference design platform that will significantly... (PR Newswire)

    New Method For Taxi, Delivery Dispatch Reduces Wait Times  Feb 11, 2008
    We also tap into Europe's Galileo global navigation satellite system and EGNOS system which improves the performance of the US GPS and Russian GLONASS systems over Europe ... The killer application that really drove growth of the LBS market was the development of assisted-GPS technology that uses satellite-based geo-location, says Challamel ... In LIAISON, we have developed an enhanced, assisted GPS system that enables accurate positioning without significant power demands, making it possible to... (Science Daily)

    New Species Of Giant Elephant-shrew Discovered  Feb 2, 2008
    18, 2005) This week marks the six-month anniversary of the first pygmy elephant's being captured and outfitted with a collar that can send GPS locations to WWF daily via satellite. Now, for the first time, the. (Science Daily)

    Reframing Digital Entertainment  Feb 1, 2008
    For the first time, digital photo frames made it onto the CEA's list of consumer electronics best sellers this year a group that includes Apple (NasdaqGS: - ) iPod accessories and GPS navigation devices. Digital frames are hardly new. (Yahoo News -- Technology)

    New Fault Found in Europe; May "Close Up" Adriatic Sea  Jan 26, 2008
    Sara Goudarzifor January 25, 2008. A newly identified fault running under the Adriatic Sea is building more of 's Dalmatian Islands and bulking up the Dinaric Alps, a new study says. (National Geographic)

    Commentary: Observing the herd at CES  Jan 18, 2008
    (01/17/2008 3:39 PM EST). LAS VEGAS There's something about Vegas the milling herds on the strip, the weird colorations and flamboyant plumage of the mingling species, the overt mating rituals and the call of the wild that brings the zoo to mind. (EETimes)

    Mapping tool allows emergency management personnel to visually track resources  Jan 16, 2008
    Track mobile assets with the global positioning system (GPS). Manage warehouse resources. (EurekAlert!)

    CES 2008 Picks and Pans  Jan 11, 2008
    Due out in the second quarter, the Nuvi 880 will retail for $1000--more than most GPS systems ... Products for Paranoid Parents: pitched its GPS and cellular-based car locator ($300 plus $10 a month for the first six months and $15 a month thereafter) as a way for parents to make sure teens aren't driving where they shouldn't be ... GeoPics From Your GPS: The ($599, available now) is a full-featured GPS navigation system that also includes a digital camera. (Yahoo News -- Technology)

    Broadcom Powers the Connected Digital Home with Industry Leading Silicon Solutions  Jan 7, 2008
    -- GPS: Adding to Broadcom's already broad wireless portfolio, demonstrations will feature the company's new highly integrated GPS solutions for personal navigation devices and mobile handsets. -- Mobile Multimedia: Broadcom will demonstrate its VideoCore(R) III mobile multimedia processor, the world's first product enabling low power HD video camcorder and playback over HDMI, together with game console quality 3D graphics and 12 megapixel high resolution digital camera. (PR Newswire)

    Sexually Transmitted Infections  Jan 7, 2008
    The British Medical Association, the Family Planning Association and the Terrence Higgins Trusts say ministers should add sexual health to the key performance goals against which Primary Care Trusts and GPs are inspected and financially incentivised ... Shake-up of GUM services Safe sex education Targets and incentives for GPs and Primary Care Trusts Over-the-counter testing kits. (BBC News -- Health)

    More of this story»  Jan 5, 2008
    You have to get a driveway permit from the Road Commission so we know where the driveway is going to go so we can get a GPS (Global Positioning System) reading to calculate the address. Bruce physically drives out there with a GPS backpack" and makes latitude and longitude readings, converting x and y coordinates into a five-digit address."The Road Commission then approves that driveway permit, which is the signal for us to release that address to the person requesting it," Collins said. "Blank... (Dowagiac News, MI)

    Garmin's Intuitive Navigation on Laptops  Jan 4, 2008
    "Plus, it offers many of the same real-time features found on high-end portable GPS devices like weather and fuel price information." Garmin Mobile PC features the same easy-to-use "Where to?" and "View map" interface found on the Garmin nuvi(R) and StreetPilot(R) ... Garmin Mobile PC is available in two configurations -- a software only package and a bundle with software and Garmin's new GPS 20x sensor ... The software only version is compatible with broadband modems, as well as internal or... (PR Newswire)

    Farc hostage handover delayed  Dec 31, 2007
    However, Monica Villamizar, Al Jazeera's correspondent in the central Colombian town of Villavicencio, where the rescue team is grounded, said an anonymous source told her that the Venezuelan authorities do now have the GPS co-ordinates. Villamizar said that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which is leading the international mission to ensure it is humanitarian rather than political, now have to go through with a number of international standard protocol before getting to the... (Aljazeera.Net)

    Officials learn best way to update GIS maps  Dec 20, 2007
    In response to a question about the county possibly purchasing a global positioning system device to use in the field, Sorensen advised it would be very useful but the county should get a professional model, not a recreational GPS. The professional units, which are are accurate within three feet or less, cost between $3,000 and $3,500, he said. To me, I just think that s the future, said Debbie Evans, mapper for the Assessor s Office. (Skieston Standard Democrat, MO)

    Research and Markets: Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing in the US  Dec 19, 2007
    Examples of products made by these establishments are: transmitting and receiving antennas, cable television equipment, GPS equipment, pagers, cellular phones, mobile communications equipment, and radio and television studio and broadcasting equipment. This report covers the scope, size, disposition and growth of the industry including the key sensitivities and success factors. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    All systems go  Dec 17, 2007
    This writer's family is gadget-mad; everyone but the baby has an MP3 player and a pre-trip audit revealed assorted mobiles, gaming devices, cameras, GPS devices, portable book-lights, torches, various toys and a huge pile of battery chargers ... Exempt from the one-gadget limit were the cameras, of course and the TomTom GPS. ... The GPS rates very low on his gadget list; he says it is scorned by the adventure community as a rule. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)

    EarthCam Announces Annual ``25 Most Interesting Webcams'' for 2007  Dec 14, 2007
    Bay, Executive Producer of the blockbuster Transformers, and Josephson, producer of the current number one movie, Enchanted, joined other prominent judges from entertainment and business including Olympic Silver Medalist Gordy Sheer, Director of Marketing and Sponsorship for USA Luge; Lisa Hungness of the WildCam Program at National Geographic Society; Charnsin Tulyasathien, Sprint Product Management for Consumer Applications and GPS Solutions; Stefanie Luciano, VP of Marketing for... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Gifts for families on the go  Dec 12, 2007
    A GPS would be a welcome gift for any traveling family. It's no fun getting lost, whether close to home or on vacation in an unfamiliar city or country. (CNN -- Travel)

    Don't get lost shopping for GPS  Dec 11, 2007
    GPS models geared for outdoor pursuits emphasize other features ... The helpful function, likely to be a standard GPS feature soon, means the voice prompt can name streets, as in right turn on Main Street instead of right turn in 200 yards ... Garmin's GPSMAP 60CSx is still widely considered one of the best GPS devices for hikers, backpackers or fans of geocaching a popular treasure hunt game played using geographic coordinates. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)

    Relief from airplane noise  Dec 7, 2007
    Several of these changes will be implemented in the next three or four months and the remainder, those that depend on GPS and computer- directed flight management systems on board aircraft, in approximately one year. Finally, even though none of the over flight measures have been implemented, Cohasset has benefited unexpectedly from the addition of the 14/32 runway. (Cohasset Mariner, MA)

    Toys, tools and technology for travelers  Dec 6, 2007
    Automotive GPS units are becoming increasingly affordable with several companies offering units in the $200 range. Designed for entry-level users, the new ($200) from Pharos features a 3. (MSNBC -- Travel)

    Flight of fancy  Nov 30, 2007
    The pilots will have entered the exact GPS coordinates for the stadium into their flight computers. About 30 minutes before the first bars of the national anthem begin, the four planes will take off and head north towards the Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore. (USA Today -- Sports)

    Say Goodbye to the Car Chase?  Nov 27, 2007
    Then the cops tag his car with a laser-guided, GPS tracking system, launched from the front grille of the squad car and guided by a laser-sight targeting system. Once the "sticky" transmitter attaches to the fleeing car, the police track the suspect via real-time feeds over a wireless network. (Fox News)

    The assault on geography breeds ignorance and erodes nationhood  Nov 16, 2007
    When we leave home, even driving a car no longer requires map-reading skills, as GPS guides us to our destination. If it fails we are as lost as if the engine breaks down. (Guardian Unlimited)

    Computer mapping technology aids firefighting efforts  Nov 15, 2007
    "We put a chat functionality into it. We put in tracking technology, so I can give you a GPS-enabled (Global Positioning System) cell phone so I can track you as you go on the base." ... On base, that equipment is in regular use by George Jackson, or "GPS George" as he calls himself, a retired Marine and Technology Associates employee who goes throughout the base's rugged terrain to mark features. (North County Times)

    2007 InfoWorld 100 Awards  Nov 14, 2007
    The solution required Team Transport's IT team to integrate BlackBerry Enterprise Server, Actsoft's Comet Tracker GPS tracking tool, and Compcare dispatching software. Equipped with BlackBerry 7520 devices, drivers print paperwork using a Bluetooth printer and update tracking logs on the go. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)

    'LoJack' For Backup Tapes?  Nov 13, 2007
    A new spin on tape storage management could be near with Fujifilm testing technology to help its large corporate customers use GPS to keep track of their backup tapes -- whether they're in storage or in transit ... The resulting device is a military-grade GPS system, 1,000 times more sensitive than a conventional GPS receiver, housed in a standard half-inch Linear Tape Open (LTO) data tape cartridge ... The demands of tracking a case of tapes require a great deal more than just your average... (CIO Information Network)

    Thinking caps reveal how pigeons find their way  Nov 9, 2007
    These tracking experiments collected good information about the birds' location, by fitting modern global positioning system (GPS) loggers to the pigeons backs ... To find out, Lipp teamed up with Alexei Vyssotski, a biological engineer, to develop tiny electroencephalogram (EEG) recorders that can pick up electrical signals from the brain, and coupled them to GPS loggers ... When they analysed the simultaneous GPS positions and the EEG-recorded brain waves, the team found only low and high... (Nature News Service)

    Kid Cartographers  Nov 4, 2007
    This is the first annual Lamoille County Lost Ski Areas GPS Camp ... The camp is for kids who are interested in learning about the history of skiing in Vermont and how to use a global positioning unit, called a GPS, to make all kinds of maps, including topographical. (WCAX.com, VT)

    The external brain  Oct 27, 2007
    I have melded my mind with the heavens, communed with the universal consciousness, and experienced the inner calm that externalization brings, and it all started because I bought a car with a GPS.. Like many men, I quickly established a romantic attachment to my GPS. I found comfort in her tranquil and slightly Anglophilic voice ... My GPS goddess liberated me from this drudgery. (International Herald Tribune)

    Nokia and Reuters Team up to Transform how Journalists File Stories in the Field  Oct 23, 2007
    For the trial, GPS integrated video-streaming technology was provided by Comvu ... The company's PocketCaster GPS solution is a multiple award recipient, including the grand-prize winner of the NAVTEQ LBS Global Challenge. (PR Newswire)

    Zebra Technologies to Acquire Navis  Oct 16, 2007
    "It complements the real-time location and GPS capabilities of WhereNet and proveo. Together, these companies give Zebra the ability to deliver more high-value applications to customers in transportation, distribution and logistics. Our ability to combine software systems with integrated real-time RFID, RTLS and GPS asset identification will position Zebra as a more valued strategic technology provider. They will help Zebra continue to move toward offering industry-specific applications in... (PR Newswire)

    Broadcom Leaps Ahead of the Competition with the World's First '3G Phone on a Chip' Solution  Oct 15, 2007
    It can even be paired with other Broadcom devices, such as Wi-Fi(R) and GPS, PMU, or the new VideoCore(R) III mobile multimedia processor. No competing cellular baseband chip has ever achieved this level of integration, which drives down cost, power and size, while enabling an advanced level of functionality. (PR Newswire)

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