April 2008
Let’s go to court George Cho |  Is certification of Galileo a bureaucratic overhead?  Martin Grzebellus   |  When GPS empowers rural youth  Debapriya Dutta   |  Canalys Navigation Forum 2008   |  Is Indian NSDI an example to follow?  Asmat Ali   | Conference   |  Munich Satellite Navigation Summit   | 
   
Let’s go to court…
GEORGE CHO
To decide who can draw maps and who owns. This note is about two develop-ments in the mapping world that should be of interest to professionals in the geospatial industry  [more]
Is certification of Galileo a bureaucratic overhead?
MARTIN GRZEBELLUS
The certification of Galileo Signal in Space actually is a market enabler to allow more companies to profit with their services and products from Galileo [more]
Is Indian NSDI an example to follow?
ASMAT ALI
The overall trajectory of Indian NSDI has initially been focused on technology instead of beneficiaries of this technology. Countries such as Pakistan which are in the process of initiating NSDI move, should not follow exactly the same trajectory as of Indian NSDI [more]
Is definition of WGS 84 correct?
MUNEENDRA KUMAR AND JAMES P REILLY
The correctly defined "WGS 84", the coordinate system used in GPS, is a critical requirement for the geodetic integrity and accurate GPS positioning. [more]
  
The European mobile phone market is on the verge of embracing LBS, but is going to face some stiff competition … According to SBSM, the Chinese government is to crack down on illegal online map due to security reasons… “Mobile navigation is well on its way to being a truly global market, but not all players are aware of the extent of the opportunity” Chris Jones, Canalys
 
Industry news
  
Galileo update
 
Other news

Windows Mobile application GSR NetLink by Sokkia

ASUS PDA phones enabled with SatGuide One India map

GNSS mapping and GIS Solution by Trimble

Leica Geosystems’ offerings

Geokosmos India operations

ESRI joins NAVTEQ developers platform

Magellan brings wide screens traffic to RoadMate

Contex’s new large format imaging solutions

GeoEye and Mitsubishi agreement

Pitney Bowes and Microsoft SQL alliance

Garmin claims no. 1 position

Intergraph evolves its solutions

  
ESA confirms SSTL’s GIOVE-A full mission success

GIOVE-A, the first satellite in the Galileo celebrates 27 months in orbit marking the completion of its nominal mission life. The ESA has confirmed that the pioneering Medium Earth Orbit Satellite is a “full mission success” and has contracted SSTL to continue operations for an additional year as the satellite continues to perform and provide Galileo services [More]

GIOVE- B ready for launch

GIOVE-B  will soon leave the ESA’s European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands where it is undergoing final preparations [More]

  
Taiwan GPS makers to tap European market

Islamabad rejects US offer for conducting geological survey

Satellite imagery to track naxals in India

Global AD campaign by Nokia for GPS enabled N82 handset

Nokia-Navteq investigations by EU

GPS based Service Fleet Manager by Qualcomm

39 m Global mobile navigation device shipped in 2007

LBS to reshape mobile VAS market

GPS chip at $3.5 by 2008 end

Middle East collaborates
on Seismic Mapping

Navigation & Location Europe 2008

Market Predictions

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