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Global Manufacturer Ensures Low-Cost Development for Global Positioning Devices
White Papers Magellan, headquartered in the United States, develops and manufactures global positioning devices and markets its line of survey, Geographic Information System (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) solutions under the Magellan Professional...
[February 22, 2007, 0:00]
Accurate Vehicular Positioning Using a DAB-GSM Hybrid System
White Papers The Global Position System (GPS) and the Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) are based on a satellite system. This leads to a GPS-GSM positioning system that manufacturers claim to reliably locate a mobile phone down to resolutions of less...
[November 29, 2005, 0:00]
GIS and Satellite Visibility: Viewsheds From Space
White Papers The Global Positioning System (GPS) has recently become the significant mapping tool for millions of customers worldwide, providing its users with accurate terrestrial positions almost instantaneously.
[January 5, 2006, 0:01]
Pharos Navigates Startup Terrain Successfully by Developing for Windows Mobile Platform
White Papers Pharos Science & Applications is a leading supplier of navigation products that combine the power of Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite technology with mobile computing. Pharos chose to use Microsoft Windows Mobile software, and today is a...
[November 10, 2006, 0:00]
A Reliable Low-Cost Implementation of a Vehicle Position and Performance Tracking System (VPPTS)
White Papers Global Positioning System (GPS), which made its start as a military application, has become a viable tool for many commercial and personal applications. These tracking systems incorporate a GPS receiver and a wireless transceiver that allow a...
[May 4, 2007, 3:01]
GPS and Go!
Downloads Expand your digital hub to contain global positioning system (GPS) data. Work with routes, tracks, and waypoints, import and export from/to Garmin and Magellan GPS revceivers. Find out where you are, display your position on a map, and find your...
[May 13, 2005, 8:00]
Dell Axim Pharos GPS
White Papers The transition between the conventional way of finding some places with exact information about the destinations and route and the current popular use of the Global Positioning System (GPS) create a huge impact to most of the people especially...
[June 14, 2006, 0:00]
Union Pacific Railroad: Using GPS in the Field to Streamline Track Inspection and Maintenance
White Papers In order to automate and improve the process of tie inspection and replacement, a mobile computing system was deployed using handheld computers with Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers. The solution included Symbol 8100 handheld computers...
[December 17, 2004, 23:00]
KingMAP2 USA-New York Electronic Map
Downloads "KingMAP Navigation System" is an Electronic Map Navigation Software exclusively for Pocket PC use; besides powerful functions provided for car navigation, it also comprises integrated Electronic Map functions with an abundant information database...
[September 26, 2003, 7:00]
Europe launches first satellite for global navigation
News European scientists have embarked on an ambitious project to develop a global navigation system that offers much greater accuracy than today's global positioning systems (GPS). At present, the GPS system is operated by the US military, which has...
[December 28, 2005, 11:40]
Government funds sat-nav integration project
News The sat-nav device will be able to communicate with the American Global Positioning System (GPS), Europe's Galileo system and other global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), De Montfort claimed on Thursday.
[April 3, 2008, 17:04]
Show preview: CeBIT 2007
News The survey showed that Europeans think it is important to get a global navigation satellite system that is independent of GPS. The critical thing is that GPS service levels are not guaranteed. The GNSS, formerly known as the International GPS...
[March 14, 2007, 8:45]
Mobile-chip firm rides IPO wave
News While carriers have experimented with various ideas for implementing E911, the emerging technology of choice for many appears to be GPS, or a form of GPS that can be enhanced through cellular positioning.
[April 23, 2004, 13:30]
Euro satellite navigation takes to the skies
News While satellite positioning technology is now becoming commonplace through the use of sat-nav systems in cars, the success of Galileo could also pave the way for a number of new services that require more accuracy than GPS can currently offer.
[July 27, 2006, 12:10]
Location-based services expected to rocket
News Stuart Strickland, vice president of CSR's location-based services unit, told ZDNet.co.uk's sister site, silicon.com: "No matter what you do with GPS there comes a point when GPS as a positioning system breaks down.
[February 12, 2008, 10:29]
Linux considered for GPS rival
News Infrastructure for the European rival to the US military Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) system could include systems based around open-source software, including Linux, according to one of the project's main contractors.
[February 6, 2004, 12:00]
Motorola to get mobile in cars
News Known as telematics, such capabilities include wireless communications and global positioning system (GPS) satellite tracking. Motorola's telematics unit includes a wireless transceiver for Internet access, a GPS receiver and a computing system.
[August 1, 2001, 10:23]
Researchers crack Galileo signal codes
News Galileo is the European rival to the US military Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) system. Whereas GPS is funded by US tax-payers, the European project is expected to be monetised through charging for encrypted, precision signal services, with...
[July 13, 2006, 16:35]
GPS Atlas
Downloads GPS Atlas is a GPS (Global Positioning System) application. To use it, simply add a map appropriate for your OS (including color maps, if your Palm supports it), plug in your GPS receiver, and Atlas will co-pilot you to your destination by...
[August 14, 2003, 17:55]
Take Your Apps Far and Wide With a GPS Tracking System
White Papers Global Positioning System (GPS) is a world-wide navigational system that can tell a person with pinpoint accuracy the exact current location. GPS has been around for many years and has many applications both in the commercial sector as well as in...
[July 2, 2007, 1:00]
