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 | Finders Keepers
| | The ultimate winners appear to be the Internet and software players. The key to success remains content and the software that delivers it. |
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| Ford Uses GPS, Digital Maps for Smart Intersection
| | | Ford Motor Co. researchers have unveiled what they call a "smart intersection" that uses GPS technology and wireless communications to reduce traffic accidents and ease congestion, according to the car maker. |
| | | Yahoo Maps to Use TrafficCast Data
| | | TrafficCast International Inc. has extended its five-year partnership with Yahoo to supply real-time and forecasted road speed data for the Internet portal's mapping products. |
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 | Perspectives on LBS — Late July Newsletter
| | July 23, 2008 | | Apple sold more than 1 million iPhone 3Gs in three days upon its debut. But is hype — driven by its GPS silicon, provided by Infineon, not Broadcom, as many have asserted — overtaking reality when it comes to the new iPhone 3G? Some are saying it could replace portable navigation devices as a sole means of navigation. But looking beyond social networking and local search, is this phone that capable as a navigation device? |
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 | GNSS Accuracy: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
| | | This update to a seminal article first published here in 1998 explains how statistical methods can create many different position accuracy measures. As the driving forces of positioning and navigation change from survey and precision guidance to location-based services, E911, and so on, some accuracy measures have fallen out of common usage, while others have blossomed. The analysis changes further when the constellation expands to ombinations of GPS, SBAS, Galileo, and GLONASS. Software scripts, provided online, help bridge the gap between theory and reality. |
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 | To Locate a Phone or PDA
| | | An important step for Galileo will be availability of hybrid Galileo/GPS receivers in combination with wireless communications network positioning capabilities for consumer applications. This article presents ideas regarding an integrated GNSS/UMTS receiver architecture to meet the needs of seamless indoor/outdoor navigation. |
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 | Driving the Future
| | | Emerging applications in the U.S. Department of Transportation's ambitious Vehicle Infrastructure Integration initiative include integrations of GPS with Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) and other sensor technolgies to improve highway safety and efficiency. |
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 | Tracking First Responders
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| | A networked radionavigation approach that augments GPS signals with time-of-arrival observations using a software-defined radio can overcome attenuation, and often complete blockage, of GPS inside buildings or in urban canyons. The SDR can operate both as a GPS receiver and also as a 900 MHz transceiver operating within the ISM band. Applications for this technology include firefighters and other first responders, and military operations in urban terrain. |
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 | Soaring Safe
| | | Quick — how many life-saving decisions can you make in 18 seconds? |
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 | GPS Adventure Game Out the Window
| | | Looking out the window during a long car trip becomes an interactive adventure with a new GPS-based game developed by The Interactive Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. |
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