Wikileaks syndrome affects Galileo project
Berry Smutny, CEO of OHB-System, has lost his job because of Wikileaks. He was reported in a Wikileaks’ cable to have told US diplomats that Europe’s Galileo satellite-navigation project was a “stupid idea”. Although Smutny has denied the cable’s contents, OHB’s board has decided to remove him from his post.

Trimble buys Indian vehicle tracking, telematics company
Trimble releases eCognition version 8.64
NAVTEQ’s Global R&D Center now in Mumbai
Astrium bags billion dollar military contract
TopSURV 8 sets new industry standards

NavCom announces new capabilities
CORE Geospatial and DAT/EM announcement for DVP Users
RapidEye German mosaic now available
GMV announces the release of a Software GPS receiver for mass-market applications
SuperGeo develop dynamic bus info & transit system for Taichung City

Chronos leading a Consortium to develop a trusted service to detect and locate GPS jamming
u-blox launches LISA 3G modules optimized for M2M
NovAtel wins 2010 Alberta Export Award
Weihai Emergency Operations Centre Wins 2010 China City Information Application Award
GPS Mobile Mapping used to resolve Kosovo private property claims

ISRO to set up ground station to relay RS data DG’s satellite imagery for Chinese navigation companies China, Pakistan ink deal on remote sensing GeoEye to buy SPADAC for USD 46million PCI Geomatics to deliver GXL satellite processing system

GLONASS-enabled phone by March 2011 China experiencing boom in LBS market Mobile GIS for renewable energy HP Navigator on Spime’s Hybrid LBS platform Wi-Fi will outstrip other location technologies Wi-Fi will outstrip other location technologies

Taiwanese technology reads damaged GPS chips Glonass-K launch postponed to next year Big blow to Russian navigation satellite system Two satellites join GLONASS China prepares for 7th Compass/BeiDou-2 Launch Scientists using high precision location data in epidemiology High-tech tracking of infra development in Bihar, India GPS tracking of criminals taking off in Nepal

Vietnam, India ink deal to deploy GIS technologies Monitoring woodpeckers USD 140 million order for substations deploying GIS Brunei now in 3D Singapore rolls out marine biodiversity survey Bentley to join consortium for clean energy France’s national mapping agency selects Intermap OS working on Olympic site map accuracy Shoreline maps of Gujarat and Puducherry released Indian archaeologists discover rehistoric maps NSDI 10: National Geospatial Ecosystem – The Road Ahead

Galileo Control Centre in Italy starts operation
Prague to be Galileo’s headquarters
All hands on deck for European space push

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Contract signing gives Galileo system its operators
ESA signed a contract with Spaceopal, the company providing ground-based services
needed to operate the Galileo constellation once it has been fully deployed. The
agreement was signed by Rene Oosterlinck, ESA’s Director of the Galileo Programme
and Navigation-related activities, …

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3rd Generation RTK S760 by SOUTH
SOUTH has released the 3rd generation RTK product, S760. A single rugged unit, independent to any external device, has integrated antenna, mainboard and PDA all together, which is an ideal high precision handheld GIS data collector in …

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All JAVAD GNSS receivers track QZSS Satellite
JAVAD GNSS engineers in Moscow tracked Japan’s first QZSS satellite and its new L1C signal. The C/A, L2C, L5, SAIF and the new L1C signals were collected when QZSS-1 satellite was visible in Moscow. QZSS is …