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[GIS] [Global Positioning System] [ GPS] [Geographic] [ GIS] [mapping] [maps] [map]
Students also will take a field trip to gather Global Positioning System (GPS) data to input into their GIS maps. ... The Summer Software Camps are sponsored by the Maui Economic Development Board's Women in Technology project and will be held at Maui Community College. ...
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China PND market growing fast but lacking order
[GPS] [ global positioning system] [navigation] [Map] [Cn map]
The demand for GPS (global positioning system) PNDs (portable navigation devices) in the China market is increasing fast, with the sales volume of 389,900 units in the first quarter of 2008 rising by 19.2% on quarter and by 214% on year, according to China-based CCID Consulting. ... AutoNavi, Careland, NavInfo and Cn-map, all based in China, were the top four suppliers of digital map data and related software, with their respective market shares being 24.4Y23.9Y16% and 15% in terms of the sales volume of GPS PNDs equipped with their products, CCID pointed out....
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Herschel Undergoes Acoustic And Vibration Tests
[satellite] [GPS] [receiver] [location] [Tracking]
Skyhook Wireless Announces XPS 2.0 - Most Advanced Hybrid Positioning System Boston MA (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 Skyhook Wireless has announced the availability of XPS 2.0, a next-generation hybrid positioning system that combines signals from Wi-Fi access points, GPS satellites and cell towers to deliver the quickest, most precise and most consistent overall location for mass market handsets. ... The Herschel spacecraft is now undergoing a series of mechanical tests at ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre, ESTEC. ...
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Will higher data plan costs hurt iPhone 3G sales?
[GPS] [location] [signal]
GPS sounds nice, but I can think of only one or two instances in the past year where GPS would?ve really helped me. ... No other major iPhone 3G hardware features (Flushed headphone jack? ...
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Mobile software blends Wi-Fi/GPS signal for accuracy
[GPS] [satellite] [signal] [location] [radio]
, adding new algorithms to blend Wi-Fi and GPS signal data to boost accuracy data, and using cellular signals as a new option for ... Mobile software blends Wi-Fi/GPS signal for accuracy...
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Trippr for Windows Mobile and 30 applications in 30 days
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Thats right it takes your current GPS position and pulls back pictures that are geotagged for the area you are in. ... Some people have too much free time on their hands... like certain developer, who has created 30 applications for Windows Mobile in 30 days and posted info about them, including source code....
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Apple Tells iPhone Devs to Hurry Up with Those Apps
[GPS]
Besides the accelerometer and multi-touch capabilities, iPhone also sports 3D positional sound, as well as GPS. ... - Developers prompted to send in their apps for the debut of the App Store...
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Samsung calls on Canadians to get in touch with their instincts
[GPS] [navigation]
Instinctively Intelligent: -------------------------- INSTINCT is loaded with all the top wireless features including turn-by-turn GPS navigation; full HTML browsing capabilities; enhanced multimedia features for high quality movie and music enjoyment and faster upload and download speeds via the EVDO Rev A network platform. ... Wireless leader announces launch timing for innovative Samsung INSTINCT(TM)...
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Virtual fencing
[GPS] [tracking] [location] [track]
The box contains a computer chip, a GPS tracking device and a transceiver that enables it to be programmed remotely. ... According to Dean Anderson, an animal scientist at America?s Department of Agriculture, and Daniela Rus, a computer expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the answer is to move from real fencing to the virtual sort. ...
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Location-based services on the move
[GPS] [location] [navigation]
Bonte believes that the slow uptake of LBS outside North America is largely down to GSM handsets owned by most users in Europe and Asia not generally offering native GPS support, unlike the CDMA phones which are prevalent in the US. ... "Since most LBS application developers sell to the world, and most of their products are platform-agnostic, the cost per service for users is likely to be similar in all regions," added Bonte....
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Two views of the Neo FreeRunner
[global positioning system] [AGPS] [GPS] [Navigation] [Bluetooth] [receiver]
GPS -- AGPS (assisted global positioning system) receiver ... Billed as a completely open source, hackable hardware platform, the Neo FreeRunner will receive updated software with new location-based applications in August, says OpenMoko....
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The Time is Now for Mobile Social Networking
[GPS] [location] [tracking]
Users generally have their mobile phones with them most of their waking hours. Finally, thanks to GPS and other technologies, a cell phone has an innate ability to "know where it is" - which can be used allowing the users to consistently change their location status, and locate other users wherever they may be. ...  There are clearly many challenges that mobile operators face when looking to capitalize on developing mobile social networking services. While almost all new mobile phones are equipped with Internet access, users wanting to connect have to pay relatively high costs. Users of soc...
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Instinct mimics iPhone, adds own touch
[GPS] [navigate] [navigation system] [Bluetooth] [location] [map]
Main is similar to the iPhone's central screen, a collection of colorful icons for major features e-mail, messaging, voice mail, calendar, GPS navigation, clock, settings, etc. ... TOOLS...
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Countdown is on for fans of iPhone
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It also has GPS capabilities and will be friendlier to corporate users, with the ability to talk to Microsoft Exchange e-mail servers. ... TOOLS...
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Commentary: Why astronomy is so important to science
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It commemorates the 400th anniversary of Galileo's telescopic sightings of objects that no one before him had been able to see. ... Commentary: Why astronomy is so important to science...
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Marine GPS Center Offers Inside Look with New Blog
[GPS] [global positioning system] [Trackback]
Marine GPS Center Offers Inside Look with New Blog ... Scott adds products to the site on a consistent basis, and posts regularly to the blog with information he has either researched or personally discovered through product use. ...
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Swedish Buses Become Wi-Fi Hotspots With In-Vehicle Internet From Moovera
[GPS] [tracking] [location]
Swebus Express, a subsidiary of Concordia Bus Nordic AB, will also utilize the Moovbox to connect ticket machines on each bus to the Internet, and provide GPS-based fleet location monitoring. ... Stockholm, Sweden (PRWEB) July 2, 2008 -- Moovera Networks, a leading developer of fixed and mobile wireless communications systems, today announced that Swebus Express AB - the dominant long-distance express bus service in Sweden - has selected the award-winning Moovbox M Series Mobile Broadband Gateway to deliver Internet connectivity on its fleet of over eighty buses that serve over two million pas...
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San Francisco tests intelligent transportation IT
[intelligent transportation] [Global Positioning System] [navigation] [track]
As many as 10,000 volunteers will test cellular phones that will track their locations using the Global Positioning System. ... DSRC is a wireless protocol that allows vehicles to communicate with roadside equipment. ...
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