Standalone PNDs Still the Preferred Choice for Automobile Use, ABI Research Finds
Personal navigation devices (PNDs) have been popular in recent years, and remain so. According to ABI Research market data, approximately 42.3 million personal navigation devices will be shipped in 2010. New devices offer more features attractive to customers. "New features such as multimedia functions, voice commands, and digital camera and Bluetooth connections are being added to both handheld and automotive-friendly devices," notes telematics and navigation practice director Dominique Bonte.
Sylvia was dining out with a friend. The restaurant manager interrupted her dinner to tell her she had a phone call. It was from a complete stranger who tracked her online. He had described her to the manager.
Car GPS industry intellectual property disputes broke out
New Express News as China become the world's largest car consumer, China's car navigation market access of rapid development. Huge market size and growth potential to attract the car industry, electronics industry and many manufacturers come to Denver, according to incomplete statistics, car GPS brands on the market more than 300.
Government agents can sneak onto your property in the middle of the night, put a GPS device on the bottom of your car and keep track of everywhere you go. This doesn't violate your Fourth Amendment rights, because you do not have any reasonable expectation of privacy in your own driveway — and no reasonable expectation that the government isn't tracking your movements.
Is regulation on telematics increasing or decreasing in China?
The Chinese government keeps close control of the emerging OE telematics industry through a complex network of licensing requirements. These licenses are operated by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) focused on telecommunications-related licenses and the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (SBSM) responsible for the new Internet-based mapping licensing.
GPS-technology helps to analyze and predict behavior
Mihel Ayzakson, doktorantka, together with Dr. Noam Shoval of the Geography Department of the Jerusalem Jewish University, recently published the results of their work.The essence of the work consisted in the application of GPS-technology in the analysis of human behavior, for example, better health care.
Fujian more than 40,000 vehicles in operation of vehicles equipped with GPS
Recently, the reporter learned from the Fujian Provincial Communications Department, at the end of July this year, Fujian Province, the operation to install GPS vehicle has reached more than 40,000 vehicles.
Rly minister gives green signal to GPS-based project
Rail passengers can look forward to on board infotainment services and enhanced safety with Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee giving the green signal for a GPS-based project.
Charles Greenwood, an American scientist, worked for over 30 years in humance. As its name implies, this is a vehicle powered by human strength. Now, the inventor is adapting to put an LCD display that will have a GPS navigation system.
EU: ITS Directive to enter into force on the 28th of August
The ITS Directive (Directive 2010/40/EU) on the framework for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other modes of transport – enters into force on 28 August 2010.
Coming soon to a law school near you: a seminar on GPS and the Law.
Why do we think that? A mere two days ago, we blogged about the use of GPS to monitor suspected criminals, and whether such use runs afoul of the Fourth Amendment
The navigation system takes you everywhere, but how do you orient in areas with no signal? Redmond labs are experimenting with a system based on "digital crumbs", like Hansel and Gretel, but only in the revised version.
Today, satellite communications and GPS / GLONASS navigation - an integral part of the infrastructure of mankind. But do not forget history, because just today practically coincided two anniversaries in the history of space development and satellite communications.
According to the Department for Transport (DfT), there were over 25 000 road accidents resulting in death or serious injury in the UK in 2008. Being able to despatch emergency services to the scene of an accident as quickly as possible can mean the difference, literally, between life and death.
Data on the movement of polar bears are now available on the Internet
Open website churchillpolarbears.org, on the news about the life of polar bears in Hudson Bay.Also on site will provide information on their whereabouts.
Mexican company creates application to prevent kidnappings
Mexico's Future Movil created an application for mobile phones that allows the user to alert the authorities, relatives and friends through social networks like Facebook and Twitter, email or SMS, when kidnapped
China: Opportunities for vehicle manufacturers to create app solutions
Smartphone ownership and the market for apps are entering a phase of dramatic growth in China as new young wealthy consumers are becoming comfortable with the technology. Consumers are being introduced to location-based services such as connected navigation through their phones.
The National Commission on Informatics and Liberties (CNIL) called yesterday, users of advanced mobile phones, advanced smartphones, to be vigilant against the development of applications using location technology
Company screening identifies increased theft and vehicle theft
The occurrences of theft and theft of cars and heavy vehicles rebounded in 2010, according to a survey of Tracker Brazil. Between April and June 894 calls were registered, compared with 860 in the first quarter. A number that was already 10% higher than the previous three months (October, November and December 2009).
Rhonda Burchmore takes road trip with Real Insurance
Real Insurance has teamed up with Queen of Australian entertainment, Rhonda Burchmore to coincide with a national media tour, promoting their cost-effective and no-nonsense Real Pay As You Drive Insurance (PAYD) insurance option and celebrate Pay As You Drive’s 50,000th customer.
In Wellington (New Zealand), with the aim of the experiment, which will last a year, will be installed GPS tracking of the ten drivers, repeatedly drinking and driving.
Can my drivers in GPS-navigator something other than a useful technical device?Was an American or Spanish flu Jill Pauline "another woman" for married men, daily spending long hours on the road? Dream a woman on her way to work on the Irish Shone?
"Bike-sharing system" [reverse the stereotype of Social Bicycle System ?(SoBi), will be tested in New York City in Fall 2010. Rather than borrow a bike from a big station, equipped with a system that I need to bike itself.
In a development that is sure to alarm privacy advocates, a major auto finance company is quietly scoping the legality of using GPS tracking devices in vehicles it finances.
Security or Privacy? Courts Split on Warrantless GPS Tracking
Earlier this month, we posted about a ruling in a federal appeals court that threw out a drug trafficking conviction because police had attached a GPS tracking device to a suspect’s car without obtaining a warrant.
Identec Solutions, a world leader in industrial RFID and sensor technologies, has announced that Total Terminal International Algeciras (TTI Algeciras), Hanjin container terminal operator in Southern Spain, launched the work of a radically new system for positioning in real time to track and monitor containers development Identec Solutions.
The Russian version of Google recently launched a test version of its new service allowing drivers to monitor traffic conditions in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
