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MAPPS seeks legislation in US Congress
A bill to authorize the program known within the geospatial community as
“Imagery for the Nation” is being presented for introduction in Congress,
MAPPS announced. “‘Map it once, use it many times’ …

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Statement from CTIA – Protecting privacy
CTIA-The Wireless Association® Senior Vice President and General Counsel Michael Altschul issued the following statement after he testified on location-based services before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet …

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Astrium awarded € million study
Astrium GmbH Services has won a €1 million contract with the European GNSS
Supervisory Authority to undertake a key study, which will define the measures
needed to defend Europe’s satellite navigation systems and services …

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V100 GPS Compass revolutionize Parking Enforcement
The traditional solution to parking regulation was for enforcement officers
to manually mark vehicle tires with a line of chalk and later handwrite a ticket to
unmoved vehicles in violation of …

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SPOT 4 operations resume
SPOT 4 satellite operations have been resumed after orbital parameters corrections after it was suspended in December 2009. An orbital manoeuvre of SPOT 4 was required due to the approach of two …

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Bentley delivers 3D City GIS Software
Bentley Systems just-released V8i versions of Bentley Map, Bentley
Descartes, Bentley Geospatial Server, and Bentley Geo Web Publisher further
extend this portfolio to include new 3D City GIS capabilities.
www.bentley.com
China ensures a map …

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Satellite Navigation Event
Galileo Application Days, 3-5 March, kicks off the competition with a conference
and an ‘Application Village’, where demonstrations will occur. The annual
ESNC competition, or ‘Galileo Masters’ as it is also known, is designed to …

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Boeing ships GPS IIF satellite for launch
Boeing has shipped the first GPS IIF satellite aboard a Boeing-built C-17
Globemaster III airlifter. The new navigation spacecraft is now set to begin
final preparations for launch. Space Vehicle 1 …

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u-blox acquires patents for lowpower real-time GPS
u-blox has purchased 15 patents and patent applications from UK-based Air Semiconductor Ltd. The patents expand the company’s technology portfolio of lowpower GPS solutions.
www.u-blox.com
Rockwell Collins tracks …

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ISO gives car industry new interface
As the car navigation industry has grown so has incompatibility between navigation systems and the databases that store important location information. Additionally, there is a need to more easily develop …