Directions on Location-based Services

TomTom strategically positioned to lead LBS growth in Latin America

Tue, 29 May 2012 08:13:53 -0500

SAO PAULO, May 29, 2012 - TomTom today announces an expanded partnership with Digibase to increase its footprint and business operations in Latin America. The partnership represents the joining of Digibase's local market expertise in Brazil and TomTom's global presence and world class map. With a growing demand for location information in the...

New TomTom Map is Sports Summer Ready

Tue, 29 May 2012 07:23:19 -0500

~ New map update to include summer event venues and road changes AMSTERDAM, May 29, 2012 - TomTom today releases its summer map. This latest map update includes road changes and Points of Interest (POI) related to major events across Europe this summer. New stadiums, temporary and permanent event venues and park & rides across the UK, Poland...

Find out who were the most voted in each category of MundoGEO#Connect 2012 Awards

Mon, 28 May 2012 12:13:22 -0500

The Ceremony will take place on May 29th, starting at 6pm. The admission is free MundoGEO#Connect LatinAmerica 2012, the largest and most important gathering of the geospatial industry in Latin America, held May 29 thru 31 at the Frei Caneca Convention Center in Sao Paulo (SP), Brazil, will recognize top professionals, institutions, companies...

Industry Thought Leaders Share Dynamic Solutions at the Eighth Annual ALK Transportation Technology Summit

Fri, 25 May 2012 14:12:30 -0500

- Senior transportation and IT executives met with leading technology providers in a unique forum to discuss solutions to critical industry challenges at the 8th annual ALK Transportation Technology Summit, May 15-17. Attendance and partner participation at this year's Summit broke last year's record by more than 45 percent. Transportation...

The M2M Software Platform Market Will Grow to $3.85 Billion by 2017 as Merchant-Market Platforms Increasingly Displace Self-Built Solutions

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:03:58 -0500

The cellular M2M market will rise from about 110 million cumulative connections globally in 2011 to roughly 453 million cumulative connections by 2017. Nevertheless, a key challenge for the industry remains the complexity of developing, deploying, and managing M2M applications over the cellular network. “This is a challenge both for mobile network...

KAYAK Leverages Skyhook Technology to Enable Location on Kindle Fire App

Thu, 24 May 2012 12:20:36 -0500

Popular travel app now has access to millions of new mobile consumers Skyhook, the world leader in location information, context and intelligence, today announced that KAYAK, the leading travel search app, has integrated Skyhook's Location Engine in its Kindle Fire app to provide location services for the first time on this device. KAYAK joins a...

Singapore Land Authority’s OneMap Offers Gov and NGOs Crowdsourcing Tools

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:45:27 -0500

In the U.S. we are still waiting to see how we might use Geoplatform.gov, but in Singapore the Land Authority (SLA) not only has its own OneMap, but now it has beta tools for government departments and non-governmental organizations to collect data via crowdsourcing via that map. One of the first users is a cat-focused organization which uses the map to have people map...

VentureBeat: Trimble Acquires Spime

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Spime? Spime specializes in GPS software platforms for use by smartphone app developers. Its MapMan LBS Platform integrates social and location services into GPS-enabled apps. Spime also offers a navigation service and map service under the names Northstar Nav and Northstar Map. Spime’s customers include mobile operators, manufacturers, developers, and platform and...

Can Geofeedia Provide Location-based Citizen Input to Journalists?

Wed, 23 May 2012 02:50:45 -0500

You are journalist. There’s breaking news across town. How do you tap in to citizen journalists already on the ground in the area? Geofeedia. The feed offers location-based content from Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr and Picasa based on an address or a polygon drawn on a Bing map. The for-fee service was launched last week after quite a bit of testing. ...

Go iLawn and Go iPave Property Measurement Software Releases Powerful New Enhancements for Contractors

Tue, 22 May 2012 20:17:36 -0500

Landscape, snow removal and pavement contractors can measure properties and create accurate proposals like never before with enhancements to Go iLawn and Go iPave software. Cincinnati, OH, May 22, 201- GIS Dynamics, parent company to Go iLawn and Go iPave Software as a Service (SaaS) is pleased to announce the release of their enhanced...

Presentations Can Make Great Sessions, But so Can Good Questions! #LI12

Tue, 22 May 2012 13:42:37 -0500

I've been moderating sessions today at the Location Intelligence Conference. I'm very pleased all my speakers have stayed within their time; it makes my life so much easier. It also means we have time for a good number of questions. The session on Embedded Geospatial Capabilities in Enterprise Computing and BI Solutions included presentations on how the FCC implemented its...

Geologi Now Available on Appcelerator Titanium with a Two-month Free Trial

Tue, 22 May 2012 13:20:19 -0500

Titanium Developers Now Have Access a Sophisticated Geolocation Platform and Next-Generation Push Notifications PORTLAND, OR - May 22, 2012 - Geoloqi, a powerful platform for next-generation location-based services, today announced the availability of the Geoloqi module for Appcelerator’s Titanium 2.0 platform. Geoloqi’s...

#LI12 Plenary Recap: The State of the Art

Tue, 22 May 2012 10:46:51 -0500

The OnStar Story Jeff Joyner from OnStar General Motors started the day looking at one of the earliest location-based services, OnStar. It all started back in 1995 with a project then called Beacon. It morphed from a $2000 add-on for Cadallic owners in 1996, that supported some nine calls per day to a factory installed solution in 2000 that supported 5000 calls per day....

Patent Watch: Tracking People Via Cell without Compromising Privacy

Tue, 22 May 2012 06:00:29 -0500

Jeremy Wood introduced readers to his method "for tracking cellphones to generate useful demographically-keyed data on the movement of people, without compromising anyone's privacy" back in 2009. Today his patent was granted; it's number 8185131. Will applications that use this methodology be more attractive to potential users? Will the data collected be valuable to...

Podcast: Kickstarter and Geography

Tue, 22 May 2012 03:25:53 -0500

Two weeks ago the world learned about Zombie-based Learning, a geography teaching tool envisioned by a middle school teacher from Seattle. He used the crowdfunding site, Kickstarter, to ask the world to support his project. He had $5000 pledged in just four days. What other geography-related projects, educational and otherwise, are appearing on Kickstarter? What is...

Navizon Unveils Pedestrian Traffic Analysis Tool

Mon, 21 May 2012 17:19:52 -0500

MIAMI, May 21, 2012 -- Navizon Inc. today announced the launch of Navizon Analytics, a ground-breaking system to measure pedestrian traffic throughout a target area, both in real time and historically over time. This latest addition to Navizon's global and indoor positioning technology provides new data points and intelligence to a wide...

ThinkGeo Releases Map Suite 6.0 with Faster Performance, Google Traffic and Street View, Many Other

Mon, 21 May 2012 12:11:04 -0500

Frisco, TX—ThinkGeo has released version 6.0 of Map Suite, its full line of GIS software components for .NET developers. This major upgrade refreshes ThinkGeo's entire product line with a wide variety of enhancements that were requested by the Map Suite user base, including some very important performance improvements. Numerous bug fixes and...

Bike Score Rates (and Maps) Bikeability

Mon, 21 May 2012 03:44:07 -0500

Bike Score is the biking equivalent to Walk Score; it’s a measure of the bikeability of cities.

Telmap Navigator, FREE for Blackberry users in the UK

Thu, 17 May 2012 10:14:05 -0500

Telmap, pioneers in mobile location-based services, announced today that a new version of its Telmap Navigator mobile application is now available for free to Blackberry users in the UK. -Telmap Navigator can be downloaded on Blackberry’s AppWorld and for the first time enables Blackberry users to turn their devices for free, into a real local...

Retail Mapping: Leveraging the Power of Location Intelligence for a Telecommunications Provider - Part Two

Thu, 17 May 2012 03:49:22 -0500

Mapping of potential retail outlets is one of the first steps in putting a distribution channel in place while launching a telecommunications brand. This is the second article in a two-part series on utilizing location intelligence to organize and understand information through a geographical perspective, enabling informed decisions about retail marketing. Author Abhishek Bhardwaj,...

Factory Installed Automotive Navigation Solutions to Surpass PND Shipments by 2015

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:24:08 -0500

forecast to rapidly diverge into smartphone-based applications and dedicated in-car solutions. The total in-car navigation market is set to grow with a CAGR of 25.9% over the next five years, representing a strong market with plenty of opportunity. Much of this growth is in the perpetually commoditizing smartphone application market,...

NexTraq Featured in Google Maps Video Case Study

Wed, 16 May 2012 10:21:55 -0500

NexTraq™, the value leader of GPS fleet tracking and vehicle management solutions, and Google Maps API for Business, announced the release of a video case study conducted by Google Enterprise on the NexTraq Fleet Tracking platform. The video case study takes an in-depth look into the NexTraq Fleet Tracking platform technology and how NexTraq is...

Magellan Announces Availability of New RoadMate RV GPS Navigators to Make RV Travel Safer, Less Stressful & More Enjoyable with Best-in-Class Trip Planning Conveniences

Tue, 15 May 2012 09:34:16 -0500

Pre-loaded Good Sam Trailer Life Directory and Discount Locations Deliver Valuable RV-related Content and Campground Information; 'Magellan RV' Launched on Facebook Magellan, a leader of innovative GPS devices for vehicles, outdoor and mobile navigation, today announced the availability of new Magellan® RoadMate® RV GPS navigators designed to...

Podcast: The Value of Geospatial Companies

Tue, 15 May 2012 03:25:09 -0500

How do you put a value on geospatial technology? Does it just come down to revenue and profits? Or intrinsically is it more because critical information is held within the bounds of certain technology formats?

Not the Game of Life, But a Map of Life

Tue, 15 May 2012 03:00:33 -0500

Unlike the board game, the Map of Life lives online and as its name suggests, maps out life on earth. To be more specific, it provides location information for a selection of living things on earth.

Putting Innovation to Work—Trimble Connected Site Solutions to be Used During Construction

Mon, 14 May 2012 14:21:04 -0500

Trimble Breaks Ground for New Rockies Colorado Campus Trimble TRMB -1.52% announced that it held a groundbreaking ceremony today for its new Rockies campus in Westminster, Colorado. The ceremony was attended by Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, Colorado CIO-Secretary of Technology Kristin Russell, Jefferson County Commissioners Faye Griffin and...

King County, WA partners with GeoComm for 9-1-1 PSAP consolidation feasibility study

Mon, 14 May 2012 14:16:07 -0500

St. Cloud, MN: The King County Enhanced 9-1-1 (E9-1-1) Program Office and the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) Consolidation Steering Committee, which is comprised of local PSAP, police, fire, and emergency medical services representatives, have selected GeoComm Public Safety Consulting Services to provide a PSAP/9-1-1 dispatch center...

Intelligent Vehicles to Return Revenues of Over $14bn by 2016 as Service Providers Enter New Markets

Mon, 14 May 2012 08:30:24 -0500

Telematics to benefit from increased after-market provision and wider service offerings Intelligent vehicles, through embedded connectivity, will be directly responsible for creating revenues of $14.4 billion by 2016, as existing telematics players extend to new geographical markets and expand their service models in the next five years,...

Pew: 75% of Smartphone Users Get “Real Time” Location-based Information

Mon, 14 May 2012 06:00:55 -0500

Here's the overview of the report (html, questions): A new report finds that 74% of smartphone owners use their phone to get real-time location-based information, and 18% use a geosocial service to “check in” to certain locations or share their location with friends. Over the past year, smartphone ownership among American adults has risen from 35% of adults in 2011...

An Open Letter to the CEOs of DigitalGlobe and GeoEye

Mon, 14 May 2012 03:09:13 -0500

What should the satellite companies DigitalGlobe and GeoEye do now that ongoing talks of mergers and acquisitions are a well-publicized fact? It’s a pretty fair bet that something has to happen soon since it looks increasingly like the government will cut spending for commercial remote sensing satellites. Editor in Chief Joe Francica writes an open letter to the CEOs of both companies...