Nikon today introduced a new camera that is running Android 2.3 operating system, has Wi-Fi connectivity and is GPS-enabled for the suggested retail price of $350. The Coolpix s800c has 10x NIKKOR zoom lens, a 16-megapixel CMOS sensor and a 3.5-inch...

We increasingly expect the location aware-devices we rely on every day – from smartphones to car navigation systems – to deliver a high level of positioning performance wherever we find ourselves: in tunnels, in high-rising cities, or deep in the...

VectorNav announced the availability of a high accuracy, GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation System on a Chip. The product, that is targeting industrial grade navigation scenarios, such as the operation of unmanned vehicles, costs $900 in volume. The...

GPS tracking technology does not always rhyme with ugly. A new testimonial of that is the PFO One, a GPS-enabled tracking and security device concealed in a woman’s bracelet conceived with the help of Swedish designer Oscar Magnuson. The nice...

Skyhook Wireless last week announced a new version of its location SDK - that combines GPS and Wi-Fi triangulation - available to Android application developers. This new SDK offers an Always On location mode - which can update the device location...

Spirent Communications last week announced the launch of a new simulation software that combines inertial MEMS sensor with multi-GNSS (GPS, GLONASS, etc.) testing. Spirent already hinted in that direction when meeting with GPS Business News at the...

Automotive solution provider Continental today announced its Global Software Radio technology that allows to receive all format of digital and analog radio through a single hardware and an innovative software stack. “The Global Software Radio is...

MEMS vendor Invensense today released a new six axis motion tracking module it claims to be the smallest worldwide. The MPU-6500 integrates 3-axis gyroscope plus 3-axis accelerometer in a 3x3x0.9mm QFN package, “reducing size by 45% and power...

Semiconductor vendor STMicroelectronics announced last week the availability of a new ultra-compact digital compass module (LSM303D) said to be 60 percent smaller than current similar MEMS in production today. “The LSM303D module provides extremely...

Intermap this week announced the release of global elevation database that offers 30 meter ground sampling distance, across the entire 150 million square kilometers of the Earth’s surface. “NEXTMap World 30 aggregates data from ASTER, SRTM and GTOPO...

Automatic Driving Assistance (ADAS) based on map data has been for a long time promoted by the like of NAVTEQ/Nokia, Tele Atlas/TomTom and smaller companies such as Intermap. But what does happen if the vehicle itself records the road geometry to...