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GMV has announced the results of the HARMLESS project, which is an international FP6 (Framework Programme 202-2006) research effort aimed at studying and promoting the use of the Galileo and EGNOS satellite navigation systems for emergency management, humanitarian aid, and law enforcement support.
Read MoreSouth Korea plans to launch a maritime communication and weather satellite into space in June 2009, according to reports from South Korea's Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs.
Read MoreCartoPac Field Solutions has teamed with GeoSpatial Experts to provide software that will make it easier for field workers to download, view and reference GPS points of photos from the enterprise database.
Read MoreGMV and Astronautic Technology (M) Sdn. Bhd. (ATSB) have won an international bid to establish Malaysia’s coastal Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) network as an aid to Malaysia’s maritime navigation.
Read MoreBoeing [NYSE: BA] announced they will add improved capabilities to its technology for the U.S. Air Force's Operational Control Segment (OCS) satellite ground-control system.
Read MoreThe Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] team developing the nexgen Global Positioning System (GPS) spacecraft, known as GPS III, has successfully completed on-schedule an Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) with the U.S. Air Force, an important program milestone that precedes the Preliminary Design Review.
Read MoreIgor Shchegolev, the Communications Minister of Russia, has invited Cuba to become a member of Glonass, the Russian equivalent of the U.S. GPS system.
Read MoreFindWhere, a real-time GPS location tracking company now has a website available in Arabic at www.findwhere-me.com.
Read MoreThe European Space Agency (ESA) today hosted a workshop that shared the findings of the in-orbit verification and early experimentation from the GIOVE-A and GIOVE-B satellites. Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd's. (SSTL) Galileo team, led by Elizabeth Rooney, supported the workshop.
Read MoreNOAA's National Geodetic Survey has recently incorporated 43 new GPS tracking sites into the Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) network. This increase includes 13 sites established by the Federal Aviation Administration as part of their Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS). Four of the new WAAS sites are located in Alaska, four in Canada, and five in Mexico.
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