With over $1 billion in Earth observation data sales in 2009, and nearly $4 billion forecast in the next ten years, all players will scramble to secure their share. To compete against free and low-cost government data solutions, commercial operators must develop and expand their service offerings by providing complete geo-information solutions, a move which will lead to increased pressure on the already-fragmented value-added services industry.

While Garmin tries to minimize the launch of Google Maps Navigation, its share price plunged 29% as investors don't see the beginning of a plan B coming together from its executive team. Where is Garmin going? Is its mobile hardware-centric strategy doomed? Is the PND business safe?

Google today introduced to the world their first navigation application called Google Maps Navigation. This off-board navigation system offers all the convenience of existing turn-by-turn navigation solutions plus a number of appealing features –...

In Singapore last week GPS Business News met with Arnout Desmet, director of operations for digital map maker Tele Atlas in the APAC region. In this 11 minutes video interview we touched many topics, some specific to Tele Atlas (coverage,...

GPS Business News interviewed with David Kerr, vice president in charge of the global wireless practice and Nitesh Patel, senior industry analyst (wireless media strategies), both from Strategy Analytics. David Kerr is responsible for...

GPS and wireless chipset provider u-blox has announced today a new customer in the name of Thinkware system, currently leader on the South Korean PND market. u-blox’ GPS receiver chip has been integrated into Thinkware’s recently launched navigation...

Maps and geopolitics are closely linked together as demonstrated again this week by an email from Tele Atlas to its customers. This email reveals that the Belgium map maker has provided to a customer in Turkey maps that do not satisfy the Turkish...

By Kanwar Chadha, Founder, SiRF Technology The recent GAO Report on Global Positioning System (GPS) brings up a number of relevant issues in sustaining and upgrading the system to keep up with the challenges of meeting the expectations of...

Map maker NAVTEQ announced yesterday that Intel has joined its developer portal with the intention to recruit qualified LBS application developer for its MID (Mobile Internet Devices) platform. MID devices promoted by Intel are running on a...

From a consumer perspective a user friendly experience with a Personal Navigation Device (PND) starts with a fast determination of the initial position, known as TTFF (Time To First Fix) in GPS jargon. This paper investigates under a technical and...

The launch of Google Latitude early this year helped to bridge the gap between laptop and smart phone location-based services, utilising the same platform across multiple devices. This innovation poses both a promise and a threat to LBS market. The...