Location-Based Services (LBS) Zone

WHERE Takes iPhone App Store by Storm - Top Downloaded GPS Application by iPhone Users

Boston, MAJuly 15, 2008uLocate Communications, Inc. today announced its award-winning, location-based application, WHERE, is among the most popular applications on the new iPhone App Store pulling in as many as 100 activations per second.

Navman helps revellers find their way to 2008s hottest music festivals

London, 16 July 2008: GPS pioneer Navman shows festival goers how they can make the most of their Navman sat-nav device when hot-footing it to this years music festivals.

Locago now available to the public with an open API

Göteborg, Sweden. Idevio, a leading provider of web and mobile map solutions is today announcing the public launch of Locago, a free mobile map browser with an open interface to third party content and services.

Networks In Motion Selected by AlwaysOn as an AO Global 250 Winner

Networks In Motion Selected by AlwaysOn as an AO Global 250 Winner Company recognized for game-changing technology and market value

Highlights from Nokia's recent financial disclosures with focus on Maps and location services

Nokia just released it's second quarter financials and the following items of interest show just what the company is doing with respect to mobile, location-based services... 406 000 Nokia Maps downloads to date!

CGSE Unveils Navigation System for NY's Central Park

LAS VEGAS, July 16 -- Columbus Geographic Systems (GIS) Ltd. ( Columbus ) (Pink Sheets: CGSE) today launched a new product demo for an advanced navigation application for New York's Central Park.

Spatial Media LBSzone Alert - Adapx, Nokia, Apple making new

Another LBSZone Alert has been released... enjoy this edition for the latest developments in Location-based services.

Location Based Platforms and Infrastructure Licensing Revenues Will Reach $2.2 Billion by 2013

LONDON- Strong growth in Location-Based Services represents an important opportunity for LBS platforms and infrastructure vendors. While until recently the LBS infrastructure market was mainly driven by the E911 emergency call requirements in the US, the expected global deployment of commercial LBS applications by carriers will grow LBS infrastructure licensing revenue from $111 million in 2008 to $2.2 billion in 2013.

Australian Business Mobile Usage and Directions, 2008 End-User Survey

Australian Business Mobile Usage and Directions, 2008 End-User Survey: a Detailed Investigation and Comprehensive Analysis

Tip - Report on Enterprise Mobile Adoption

This report sheds insight into organizations' readiness to adopt various mobile options, as well as get insight into the challenges that companies are struggling with, in terms of defining a mobile strategy.

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Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Some Must-Have Location-Aware Applications for your Apple iPhone 3G
Ok, you've got your shiny, new 3G Apple iPhone... now what?? Well, to start, you'll need to get familiar with the Apple iStore, this is where you'll find loads of applications, many of them are cool, location-aware applications taking advantage of the dev

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Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Aerodata buys first 2 of the newly launched Vexcel Ultracam-Xp digital camera systems
Aerodata International Surveys (Antwerp, Belgium) and Vexcel Imaging GmbH (Graz, Austria) are pleased to announce a purchase agreement under which Aerodata will become the first customer for 2 of the newly launched 196 megapixel Ultracam-X prime (UCXp) la

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Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500

GeoSage Releases New Version of Image Fusion and Pan-Sharpening Software
GeoSage has announced the release of new version of advanced image fusion and pan-sharpening software: DOS-based HighView (Version 3.0). This latest version is specifically designed to rapidly process a large volume of the recent generation of high-resolu

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Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Images from May, 2008 Tornado, Windsor Colorado
Images from Windsor and surrounding area after the deadly tornado ran through the little town.

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Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Mapplet.NET 4.1 for advanced enterprise GIS viewing
Mapplet.NET is the only viewer that includes support for both legacy ArcIMS and the new ArcGIS Server technology using exactly the same administration and configuration interface.

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Sat, 03 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Recent GIS & Geospatial Career Opportunities
A number of interesting GIS related career opportunities have been announced this week. The following are some of the opportunities of interest.

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Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Global Mapper v9.03 Released - Adds Tiger 2007 Support
Numerous significant enhancements and bug fixes have been made to Global Mapper since the v9.02 release.