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'Exorbitant' price talk for Galileo maps way off beam: EUBrussels (AFP) Oct 26, 2010 A top European official slapped down reports on Tuesday that the much-delayed Galileo satellite navigation system could be 20 billion euros over budget, as he named a new contractor for the project. European Industry Commissioner Antonio Tajani rejected the figure as "exorbitant" and "unimagineable", while insisting that the price tag for the system remained at 3.4 billion euros (4.7 billion dollars). The Financial Times Deutschland, citing a German government report, said that the overall cost ... read more |
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 US Handset Navigation Usage Rose In Last 12 Months A navigation survey recently conducted by ABI Research has revealed differences in navigation form-factor usage compared with a similar survey conducted in 2009. While in both 2009 and 2010 PN ... more | .. |
 Union Pacific Railroad Celebrates Opening Of Joliet Intermodal Terminal Officials and customers have gathered to celebrate the opening of Union Pacific Railroad's nearly $370 million, 785-acre Joliet Intermodal Terminal. Located approximately five miles south of I ... more | .. |
 Palm Springs Unified School District Selects Networkfleet GPS Fleet Tracking Networkfleet has announced that it has been selected by the Palm Springs Unified School District (USD) of Palm Springs, California, to improve vehicle utilization, reduce fuel costs, and increase sa ... more | .. |
 Better Location Accuracy Equals Increased Revenues Location awareness is becoming an increasingly vital contributor to the North American mobile user experience. While US wireless carriers reported consumer Location Based Service (LBS) subscribers o ... more | .. |
 Locating Caregivers Quickly Workplace Options has unveiled iFindCare, the world's first mobile application to help individuals locate, reference and evaluate accredited child care and elder care providers. Developed to a ... more |
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Johannesburg (AFP) Oct 21, 2010South African rangers on Thursday announced a plan to implant GPS devices in the horns of rhinos in a new effort to combat rampant poaching. The GPS chips link up to a computer monitoring station where park rangers track the rhinos. "The animal's movements are then tracked 24/7 and if they are attacked, game rangers will be alerted via the alarms," park enforcement officer Rusty Hustler ... more 
Rehovot, Israel (SPX) Oct 22, 2010CellGuide has announced the availability of its patent-pending HiMap technology for precision urban positioning. HiMap is now commercially available for CellGuide's ACLYS chip, ACLYS IP Core, and GPSense engine. HiMap is also available for licensing as an add-on to GNSS receiver manufacturers. HiMap significantly improves GNSS navigation performance in urban canyons. City skylines cr ... more  
McLean VA (SPX) Oct 22, 2010Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently coordinated a nationwide demonstration showing the ability to deploy a common, interoperable credentialing system that enables electronic identity authentication for government and industry personnel. The demonstration, dubbed "Autumn Blend," showed the use of standardized pe ... more |
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Blue Sky Network Becomes Iridium Service Partner in BrazilLa Jolla, CA (SPX) Oct 21, 2010 Blue Sky Network, a leading, global provider of GPS tracking and communication solutions for land, sea, and aviation assets, announced that it is now a service partner of mobile satellite service provider, Iridium Servicios de Satelites S.A. a subsidiary of Iridium Communications Inc. As an Iridium service partner in Brazil, Blue Sky Network can now provide its satellite-based GPS tracking and remote communication solutions directly to operators of air, land and marine vehicles based in that count ... read more |
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