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Google and Friends Launch Privacy-focused Crowdsourced Image Blurring Service...
The service comes in response to legal issues Google has run into in Germany. The country memorably allowed individuals to "opt out" of Street View display of their homes/businesses. Google and...
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Indoor Navigation System for Smartphones Wins Prestigious European Satellite...
Mobile navigation services are already a standard feature of smartphones. Now things are trending toward mobile navigation that is possible even indoors. In a joint project, Fraunhofer Portugal and...
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Fitness Watches and Eyewear the Future of 2017 $8 billion GPS Device Market
Despite the hype around the decline of PNDs and the rise of smartphone applications, there is a long-term future for dedicated GPS devices. Total GPS device revenues are forecast to grow from $6.5...
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Directions Magazine Launches Regional Geospatial Publication in India
Directions Magazine India to focus on the high growth geospatial marketplace in the Indian subcontinent Directions Magazine, a leading geospatial news portal and online publication with readership...
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TomTom expands map coverage and content with the addition of Address Points...
~ TomTom’s global map now provides 160 million Address Points in 20 markets ~ Monday, October 29, 2012, Amsterdam - TomTom today announces map enhancements around the globe, delivering new coverage...
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skobbler updates GPS Navigation 2 and offers offline maps for as little as 69p
Limited time promotion allows users to “conquer the continents” with nothing but the change in their pockets Berlin, Germany, 29th October 2012: skobbler, developer of innovative and advanced...
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The iPad Mini Wi-Fi has no GPS!
Last week Apple announce the well-anticipated iPad Mini. About a dozen articles focused on the fact that the wi-fi version of the device does not have a GPS chip. That's true of its big brother, the...
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Apple Mapping News: Patent, Dismissal over Maps
Apple was granted a US patent for the graphical user interface used in all versions of the iOS Maps app. Remember, this the UI, not the backend, which has of course, changed. It's No. 8,302,033...
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TomTom reports third quarter 2012 results
Financial headlines Group revenue of €274 million, down 19% year on year Gross margin of 55%, up 4 percentage points year on year Total operating expenses of €118 million, down 10% year on year EBIT...
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New Geo APIs - 10/31/12
Environment Canterbury GIS API: The service is provided by the Environment Canterbury Regional Council, a regional authority within New Zealand. It exposes geographic information service (GIS) data...
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Google Pushes Out Public Alerts and Amber Alerts
These new alerts may have slipped by since so many people are dealing with the impact of Hurricane/Storm Sandy. The word is that Google planned to launch the Public Alerts for weather related...
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Google Crisis Map: Content Curation Strategy
This is from the "I had no idea" department. It turns out that Storyful, a news curation and verification service, actually verifies the YouTube videos that appear on Google's Crisis maps. In recent...
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Updated Super Social Waze and other LBS News
Waze is launching version 3.5 of its iPhone and Android apps today, which add the ability to share trips with friends, track when friends are reaching your destination, and send pick up requests to...
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ALK's Annual DTOD Release for the United States Department of Defense Now...
The Defense Table of Official Distances Provides PC*MILER|Worldwide 26.1 Global Truck-Specific Routes, Distances, Maps and Driving Directions - ALK Technologies, Inc., a global leader in...
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USGS and Google Partner on Emergency Alerts
Posted: 02 Nov 2012 08:00 AM PDT Emergency notifications for earthquakes, severe weather and other public safety matters are now available through Google Public Alerts. The system provides access to...
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Trimble Adds Smartphone App to MyTopo Terrain Navigator Pro Software
New iPhone and Android Apps Allow Professionals to Collect and Sync Data between Field and Office LAS VEGAS, Nov. 5, 2012 -- Trimble introduced today the Terrain Navigator Pro app for iPhone and...
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skobbler Drives Past 3 Million Users, Launches GPS Navigation 2 Update...
With New Enhancements and an Unbeatable Price, GPS Navigation 2 is the Most Efficient and Budget-Friendly Navigation Service on the iPhone 5® NEW YORK, NY (November 5, 2012)— skobbler...
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New Geo APIs - 11/6/12
IHS Energy Editorial API: The service provides daily updated information about markets for petroleum and other energy sources. It delivers news and analysis from the provider's industry experts...
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Your Help Needed: Map Sandy Debris and Shelter Updates
The headline is copied from the Huffington Post, which is soliciting input on an Ushahidi (CrowdMap) map. I appreciate that text above the map explains: To submit a formal service request to your...
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Foursquare’s New Rating System and other LBS News
Now when you search for somewhere to go in Explore, you’ll see a score from 1 to 10 next to the name of a place. It’s our way to give you a quick sense of how much people love it, and it’s a lot...
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