u-blox announced the purchase of 15 patents and patent applications from UK-based Air Semiconductor Ltd. The patents expand the company’s technology portfolio of low-power GPS solutions designed to capture location instantly.
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The Wales-based entrepreneurs, Rowena Wells and Ann Jones won the GeoVation Award at London’s Royal Geographical Society. They were presented the main prize of £11,000 for their venture called MaxiMap, a giant floor map to help get schoolchildren excited about learning geography. Ventures like, Mission: Explore London and London Blue Plaques were also recognised as …

GfK GeoMarketing released new maps for 35 Central American countries as part of its still ongoing update of its South American maps. The maps of the Central American countries Map Edition was digitized and refined using the latest cartographic sources. The level of detail corresponds to a conventional paper map scale of at least 1:100,000. …

The Survey of India (SOI) has submitted detailed report of the aerial survey of Vadodara, Gujarat to prepare the base map of the city. The report will be used to prepare a detailed map with minute details, including underground installations. According to officials at Vadodara Municipal Corporation’s (VMC) Town Planning and Information Technology Department (VMC …

GIS blueprint to combat Maoist

The Indian government want to use an integrated GIS synchronised with GPS in the battle against Maoist.
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GIS based applications in e-Panchayat
e-Governance Project for PanchayatiRaj institutions (e-Panchayat) in India includes decentralised database and planning, budgeting and accounting, implementation and monitoring of central and state sector schemes, citizen-centric services, unique codes to Panchayats and Individuals and essential GIS based applications. Under …

Leica Geosystems introduced the AR10 wideband GNSS antenna with integrated radome and large ground plane. The AR10 uses an all new antenna technology to provide signal tracking, phase centre accuracy and multipath suppression.  With its integrated radome, rugged construction and light weight the AR10 is ideal for reference station, monitoring and campaign applications.
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The U.S. Air Force has selected Raytheon Company for an initial contract of $886 million to develop a new element of the GPS to improve the accuracy of information from GPS satellites. The contract represents the first two development blocks of the advanced control segment (OCX), which will have a significant impact on GPS capabilities. …

In the Budget, presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha, the allocation for the Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS), was pegged at Rs 262.10 crore against the revised estimates of Rs 220 crore last year. ISRO plans to have a constellation of seven satellites which are expected to provide position accuracies …

A group of Saudi Arabian and European partners have completed a project to implement and provide satellite based environmental information products and services to the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The environmental monitoring covers all four environmental domains “land – air – coast – marine” and follows …

NXP Semiconductors and IBM announced the final results of a landmark road pricing trial conducted in the Netherlands, which demonstrated that with the help of technology, drivers can be motivated to change their driving behaviour, reducing traffic congestion and contributing to a greener environment. The six-month road pricing trial, conducted in the city of Eindhoven, …