VXL Technologies Ltd has launched the DAT or Distress Alert Transmitter, a GPS based search and rescue beacon, which promises to strengthen India’s maritime safety and security system.
In case of distress at sea caused by inclement weather, ill-health of crew, onboard fires or boat capsize, a simple flick of a switch on the DAT fitted …

Topographic Mapping Company announced the availability of LandScape™, Topographic’s new online GIS solution. This application provides users with an affordable resource for advanced GIS, using ESRI® ArcGIS® Server technology without the necessary investment in hardware, software, or even technical staff.
LandScape is hosted on TMC’s servers, and provides a secure login that can be accessed from …

Key European Industry and University representatives rallied in Brussels to stress their deep concerns with regard to the future of GNSS Research in Europe and to celebrate the launch of a Manifesto for “a More Committed Europe towards the Development of GNSS Applications”.
Funding originally allocated within the EU Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) to support GNSS …

At IIT-Kanpur a team of students, working under Dr NS Vyas and other faculty members of the institute, have successfully made the India’s first nano-satellite to be developed by any educational institute. Weighing less than three kg and with most functionalities of a normal satellite on a small platform, the payload of the satellite will …

LizardTech announced the newest release of LiDAR Compressor, which enables users to turn giant point cloud data sets into efficient MrSID files. This latest release, version 1.1, offers improved lossless compression performance, better data quality for lossy compression and many other user interface improvements.
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NAVTEQ has developed the Fiat Group Automobiles’ first map update web portal. The Fiat Map Update Online Store will offer Fiat, Lancia and Alfa Romeo drivers easy, flexible access to the latest map data for the Fiat Group Automobiles’ entire range of navigation systems.
New data can be downloaded direct from the Store and transferred to …

Professor Kibe, Head of the Indian GNSS programme at ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) will deliver a lecture and update on the status of the Indian GNSS programme. The Indian government have recently committed to investing excess of 300 million USD in strengthening their capability in GNSS including GAGAN (GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation-Technology Demonstration …

Bluesky has signed a reseller agreement with Landmark. The deal will see UK’s largest collection of historically important commercial aerial photographs being made available through the Envirocheck website further helping professional users to make informed decisions based on comprehensive environmental site assessment information. The million plus photographs, from Bluesky’s Old Aerial Photos archive, date back …

ATX Group unveiled a proposal to help accelerate deployment of the European Commission’s initiative to enable vehicles to automatically notify local emergency responders in the event of a crash and pinpoint the location of the emergency from anywhere within the continent.
ATX’s proposed self-dispatching approach to managing location-enabled emergency calls (eCalls) from vehicles, whether activated by …

Roscosmos has confirmed a successful launch of the GLONASS-M satellites. “In the first communication session with the satellites, telemetry data was obtained that confirmed that the state of all systems of the spacecraft is normal and corresponds to the flight program,” Roscosmos said in a statement. This launch was the Block 40 GLONASS launch postponed …