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Largest GPS Oilfield Equipment Tracking Deployment Morgan City LA (SPX) May 08, 2009 
Gator Tank Rentals turned to satellite GPS and web technology to improve the tedious process of tracking thousands of pieces of expensive inventory scattered across customer locations, deepwater drilling rigs, offshore platforms, shore bases, marine vessels, and trucks. Counts were previously manual and tallied in a spreadsheet with the location of each asset being an educated guess. That ... read more
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KVH Receives Order For It's CNS-5000 GPS/IMU Continuous Navigation System
Middletown RI (SPX) May 08, 2009KVH Industries has announced that it has received a new $1 million order for its CNS-5000, a self-contained navigation system that combines fiber optic gyro (FOG)-based inertial measurement technology from KVH with global positioning system (GPS) technology from NovAtel. This rugged navigation solution affordably provides the precise position and orientation of a host platform on a continu ... more Bringing Geospatial Technology Into Classrooms 
Redlands CA (SPX) May 08, 2009Teachers with access to ArcGIS Desktop software (ArcInfo, ArcEditor, or ArcView) will be able to use Thinking Spatially Using GIS and newly created educational materials to integrate geospatial technology into primary-level classrooms. The new materials are available for download from the Web at no cost and complement the lessons that are currently available in the Thinking Spatially Using ... more NOAA Accepts ESRI-Based System To Modernize Nautical Chart Production 
Redlands CA (SPX) May 05, 2009The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has formally accepted a new ESRI-based system that improves how the organization produces its national suite of nautical charts. The system, Nautical Chart System II (NCS II), will utilize ESRI's Production Line Tool Set (PLTS) for ArcGIS-Nautical Solution to produce more than 1,000 paper nautical charts and provide complete covera ... more imov Messenger Adds Skyhook For Location 
Boston MA (SPX) May 05, 2009Skyhook Wireless and mov Software, creators of the imov Messenger application, have announced integration of Skyhook for location-aware instant messaging. imov Messenger is an easy to use IM aggregator application for Windows Mobile. The application brings together GoogleTalk, AOL, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo and Jabber/XMPP instant messaging applications. With the addition of location from Skyh ... more Garmin Provides Navigation To Fairline 
Southampton, UK (SPX) May 05, 2009Garmin is delighted to announce that it is providing marine electronic equipment to international luxury performance motor yacht manufacturer Fairline Boats. Fairline, a leading force in the luxury motor yacht market, has been designing and manufacturing boats for more than forty years. Today, the Fairline range includes three distinct marques; the sociable Targa, the Phantom flybridge ser ... more |
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Las Vegas NV (SPX) Apr 24, 2009PCTEL has announced the introduction of its Medallion GPS multi-band antenna platform. Along with GPS tracking support, the antenna covers 806-960MHz, 1710-2170MHz and 2.3-2.6GHz frequency bands for Wi-Fi, WiMAX and PCS/Cellular Technologies in one single unit. PCTEL's Medallion antenna platform provides an efficient, cost effective solution for a variety of mobile or fixed applications, i ... more Global PND Shipments Will Stagnate At 39 Million Units In 2009 
London, UK (SPX) Apr 24, 2009The once booming personal navigation device market is grinding to a halt in 2009 with little or no growth expected in most regions. With the European PND market forecast to decline and the North American market remaining flat, Asia-Pacific remains the only growth market. "While the economic downturn is definitely a major factor, it is not the only reason why the PND segment is struggling," ... more EF Johnson Technologies Highlights New Products At Fire Services Conference 
Irving TX (SPX) Apr 24, 2009EF Johnson Technologies has announced that it will highlight its award-winning ES Series of Project 25 radios and new products including the Lightning Control Head for the 5300 Series Mobile Radio and the Discover GPS Speaker Microphone for the 5100 ES Series Portable Radio at the Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC) April 23 - 25, 2009 at the Indiana Convention Center. "Our award ... more BlackBook ACCESS Mobile Perks Program Launched For Location-Based Marketing 
New York NY (SPX) Apr 24, 2009BlackBook Media has announced the release of BlackBook ACCESS mobile perks program on the BlackBook Mobile City Guides iPhone application - the authoritative insider-curated database of restaurants, nightlife, hotels and shopping in 36 fashionable international cities. Leveraging the GPS technologies embedded in the iPhones, the BlackBook ACCESS platform enables local retail venues which a ... more |
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Bonn, Germany (SPX) Apr 17, 2009The Global Positioning System (GPS) is to be modernised and will provide a navigation service that is even more reliable and accurate in the future. On 24 March, a GPS satellite carrying a special test payload for transmitting a new navigation signal in the L5 frequency band was launched. Shortly after the switching on of the test payload, scientists from the German Aerospace Center (Deuts ... more Satnav Reflection Technology For Remote Sensing Of The Earth 
Paris, France (ESA) Apr 17, 2009A rain of navigation signals falls constantly upon the Earth from GPS and the initial satellites in Europe's Galileo system, enabling an ever-increasing number of positioning and guidance services. Afterwards these microwave beams bounce back to space - where a proposed ESA mission aims to harness them as a scientific resource and explore their potential for terrestrial remote sensing appl ... more China Launches Second Compass Satellite For Global Navigation System 
Beijing (XNA) Apr 17, 2009China successfully launched its second navigation satellite early Wednesday, as part of the country's independent global satellite navigation system. The carrier rocket, Long March 3C, blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province at 0:16 a.m.. An official with the National Engineering Center of Satellite Navigation told Xinhua, the succes ... more KVH Receives New Orders For Tactical Navigation Systems 
Middletown RI (SPX) Apr 14, 2009Three international prime contractors have placed a total of $1.3 million in new orders for tactical navigation systems from KVH Industries. Shipments of these TACNAV orders are scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2009 with some extending into 2010. Due to contractual restrictions, additional details regarding the customers and vehicle platforms cannot be disclosed at this time. ... more
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