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- Integrated Location-Based 3G Wireless Internet Services to be Jointly Marketed by Nortel Networks & Webraska. [ 21/02/01 ]
Nortel Networks and Webraska have agreed to jointly market integrated location-based, third generation (3G) wireless services that are expected to help accelerate availability of the new, high-performance Wireless Internet.
- Alto Technology launches PDVSA Project in Venezuela [ 21/02/01 ]
Alto Technology Resources, Inc launched of a comprehensive project for Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) that combines a unique technology transfer training program and an airborne hyper-spectral remote sensing study of the country.
- Russia Postpones Dumping Mir [ 20/02/01 ]
Russian space officials on Thursday put off the tentative date for dumping the Mir space station until mid March. The 15-year-old station would now be brought down between March 13 and March 18, the dumping was previously set for March 6.
- NEAR Collects Data From Asteroid's Surface [ 20/02/01 ]
NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Shoemaker spacecraft sitting on the dusty surface of asteroid 433 Eros has started relaying data. The NEAR scientists and engineers received information gleaned by the device on Sunday, February 18
- NASA's Future Resides on Space Shuttle Atlantis [ 20/02/01 ]
Shuttle Atlantis and five astronauts are scheduled to blast off from Kennedy Space Center tonight. Their job is to deliver the $1.38 billion U.S. Destiny laboratory to the frontier outpost, where it is supposed to serve as both a central hub for scientific research and a crucial linchpin for future station construction.
- Florida's mock disaster drill to demonstrate
effectiveness of the Communicator! High-Speed Notification System [ 16/02/01 ]
The Communicator's GIS-based desktop
mapping interface, allows emergency management officials to select a specific
location for message delivery. The Communicator! then delivers life-saving
instruction to recipients by telephone, pager or cellular. The system generates
detailed callout status reports before, during and after each notification.
- Mobile Location Services to generate US$18.5bn global
revenues by 2006, says analysys [ 15/02/01
]
Expectation that mobile location services could be a 'killer application'
are unlikely to be fulfilled, says a new report Mobile Location Services and
Technologies from Analysys, the telecoms and new media advisors
- Trimble expands product portfolio in
agriculture [ 14/02/01 ]
In addition to Global
Positioning System technology, field management solutions, and guidance and
control systems, Trimble is now offering land leveling and water management
systems.
- Genimap and TietoEnator to provide a new service concept
for the forestry industry [ 14/02/01
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TietoEnator Forest and Genimap have developed a new type of geographic data
service to meet the needs of the forest industry as well as agriculture and
forestry
- Tanimura and Antle families choose Trimble AgGPS
autopilot system [ 08/02/01 ]
Trimble's
AgGPS(R) Autopilot is a high-performance GPS based navigation control system
that connects to a tractor's power steering hydraulics to automatically steer it
in consistently straight rows
- State-of-the-art transit management system in
Singapore [ 08/02/01 ]
Orbital Sciences
Corporation announced that its transportation Management Systems (TMS) Division
has successfully implemented the first part of a state-of-the-art transit
management system in Singapore. The Global Positioning System (GPS)-based AVMS
is designed to enhance bus service management, schedule adherence and asset
utilization.
- WeatherMarkets.com by Verdisys [ 05/02/01 ]
Verdisys Inc., an information technology enabler for the
agriculture industry, has added WeatherMarkets.com's agricultural weather
content to the technology solutions it provides the agriculture
industry
- UK Royal Navy and NATO to update their flight simulators
with the latest GPS [ 05/02/01 ]
UK Royal Navy
and NATO in Germany will update the existing flight simulator with the latest
GPS, central tactical system and radar system.
- Geospatial Technology to manage gas distribution and transmission [ 30/01/01 ]
Gasversorgung Thueringen GmbH (GVT), the largest regional gas supply company in the federal state of Thuringen, Germany, initiated the first phase of its implementation of Intergraph's G/Gas software for gas distribution and transmission.
- TCS joins Location Interoperability Forum (LIF) [ 27/01/01 ]
TeleCommunication Systems has joined the Location Interoperability Forum (LIF), a new global, open industry forum founded by Motorola, Ericsson and Nokia to advance the worldwide deployment of location-based services. As a member of LIF, TCS will help standardize interfaces for third-party application developers and assist in defining parameters for interoperability and testing of location services.
- Remote Sensing Technology: In search of TITANICS
[ 24/01/01 ]
With the help of ultra-sophisticated electronic remote-sensing equipment, in the latest archaeological expedition by Discovery Channel to explore the sunken remains of Captain Kidd's Adventure Galley off the northeast coast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, has yielded still another unprecedented find -- the wreck of the pirate ship the Fiery Dragon.
- Elite Logistics Inc. acquires broad-based telematics patent; Opens new market opportunities
[ 24/01/01 ]
By using this technology, vehicle operators could push one button on a cellular phone and automatically be connected to a call center operator who could immediately pinpoint the exact location of the calling vehicle while simultaneously providing the caller with needed information or instructions.
- GITA publishes III Annual Geospatial Technology Report
[ 24/01/01 ]
The Geospatial Technology Report-2000: A Survey of Organizations Implementing Geospatial Information Technologies, This report,published by GITA contains detailed information on the completeness, complexity, and direction of geographic information system (GIS) projects being implemented at 95 infrastructure-based organizations.
- Erdas extends availability of "ArcView Image Analysis" to support worldwide conservation groups
[ 15/01/01 ]
The
ArcView Image Analysis extension is the result of a collaborative effort between ERDAS and ESRI. The software extends the image display capabilities of ESRI's ArcView GIS software, enabling users to generate more information from satellite imagery and aerial photography. Erdas is providing ArcView Image Analysis extension to conservation groups worldwide, through ESRI's Conservation Program. This program provides technological support and training to conservation groups.
- Pocket Computers to get better pictures
[ 13/01/01 ]
Hand-held computers that allow people to use electronic street directories that can zoom in on a street without losing detail, or let builders check detailed house plans on site could soon be a reality due to new software developed by CSIRO.
- Website highlights the value of GIS in location services for business, government, and consumers
[ 11/01/01 ]
Java Location Services web site (www.jlocationservices.com) has been re-launched to promote the importance of Java and GIS technologies as foundations to successful location services.
- Kerala Agriculture University develops a new GIS based application on LIS
[ 04/01/01 ]
Centre for Environment and Development (CED), an autonomous Research & Development institute situated in Kerala has developed a new software for LIS.
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