Plotting Crime, Street by Street
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D.C. police have launched a new crime-mapping tool on the department's Web site, allowing anyone to create a map of a sliver of the city and immediately see what crimes have happened there this year.
Cartoonish icons are used to pinpoint crimes. If you map your neighborhood, you do not want the Zorro-like mask to pop up -- it indicates an armed holdup. Or worse, the red figure of a person lying in the street, which denotes a homicide. The site also features goblin-looking masks for muggings, money sacks for thefts, gas cans for arsons and cracked houses for b
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Study: Only 10% Of Americans With 3G Phones Use 3G services
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TNS has issued a report showing that of the people who have a 3G handset and service, only a fraction use 3G capability. “In the United States, 16 percent of mobile phone users have purchased 3G-enabled handsets, but only a fraction of that number--10 percent--use their phones’ 3G functionality. That’s slightly better than Americans’ global counterparts; 20 percent of handset owners worldwide have 3G handsets, but only 9 percent of those use 3G functionality.” I find that 20% figure a little high, considering the number of large markets that don’t have 3G networks yet, like China. TNS say this is an opportunity for carriers to educate users on the benefits of 3G, but I think that’s something they should be doing after the customers have signed up. Customers care most about the cost of the service, and while they’re keen for content it’s very rarely their primary concern. Still, once they have the service anyway, if they’re shown how to use it they often do.
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TNS has issued a report showing that of the people who have a 3G handset and service, only a fraction use 3G capability. “In the United States, 16 percent of mobile phone users have purchased 3G-enabled handsets, but only a fraction of that number--10 percent--use their phones’ 3G functionality. That’s slightly better than Americans’ global counterparts; 20 percent of handset owners worldwide have 3G handsets, but only 9 percent of those use 3G functionality.” I find that 20% figure a little high, considering the number of large markets that don’t have 3G networks yet, like China. TNS say this is an opportunity for carriers to educate users on the benefits of 3G, but I think that’s something they should be doing after the customers have signed up. Customers care most about the cost of the service, and while they’re keen for content it’s very rarely their primary concern. Still, once they have the service anyway, if they’re shown how to use it they often do.
Geocoordinates from Wikipedia for Google Earth
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In the free Software Google Earth is it possible to use own data and to connect this with a website. In the free enzyklopedia Wikipedia some Wikipedian support the WikiProject Geographical coordinates, where they include coordinates in the articles. I use this coordinates to create a dataset for Google Earth.
Download:
Language
Coordinates
Date
Google Earth
Data
52175
2006-06-16
KMZ (1,8 MB)
CSV (1,7 MB)
47473
2006-09-08
KMZ (1,9 MB)
CSV (2,0 MB)
Installation:First extract the Zip-File. The dataset has the KMZ-Format and must be open in Google Earth (Menu File/Open).
Attention:The big number of coordinates can be a problem for slow computers, e.g. when indicating the many localities in Central Europe or North America. The dynamic KML-File of Tim Alder use only the important points of a view.
Test it and have fun! Stefan Kühn
location based services
In the free Software Google Earth is it possible to use own data and to connect this with a website. In the free enzyklopedia Wikipedia some Wikipedian support the WikiProject Geographical coordinates, where they include coordinates in the articles. I use this coordinates to create a dataset for Google Earth.
Download:
Language
Coordinates
Date
Google Earth
Data
52175
2006-06-16
KMZ (1,8 MB)
CSV (1,7 MB)
47473
2006-09-08
KMZ (1,9 MB)
CSV (2,0 MB)
Installation:First extract the Zip-File. The dataset has the KMZ-Format and must be open in Google Earth (Menu File/Open).
Attention:The big number of coordinates can be a problem for slow computers, e.g. when indicating the many localities in Central Europe or North America. The dynamic KML-File of Tim Alder use only the important points of a view.
Test it and have fun! Stefan Kühn
Telstra 3G Network Tested To The Limit
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A fleet of 64 specially equipped test vehicles is travelling more than 10,000 kilometres a day testing Telstra's Next G™ network - helping Telstra get even better coverage on Australia's largest and fastest 3G network.
Inset shows one of the Next G handsets - the NEXT G Telstra 850 from ZTE.
The fleet is staffed by an army of 120 engineers from Ericsson and Telstra who are making voice and data calls every 90 seconds to test voice and data quality and performance.
Executive Managing Director, Telstra Wireless, Mr John Gonner, said the vehicles have already covered more than one million square kilometres in their travels.
"Telstra and Ericsson technicians are travelling to hundreds of mobile sites around the nation," Mr Gonner said. "The technicians are doing an audit of which base stations need fine-tuning as we work to ensure the Next G™ network will be able to provide coverage equal to or better than the existing CDMA network by the end of 2007.
"Drive testing is part of our continuous improvement program as we grow and enhance the Next G™ network which already covers 98 per cent of the population," Mr Gonner said.
After the test vehicles complete their daily routes, the network teams send the test results to the network test centres for compilation and analysis. Engineers then assess performance and report on recommended changes. These can be either physical changes - such as redirection of an antenna, or data configuration changes to improve the quality of voice calls.
Following the implementation of recommended changes, follow up drive testing determines if further fine-tuning of the network is required.
Earlier this week Telstra launched world-first field trials to increase peak network speeds on its new turbo-charged Next G™ network by about 300 per cent - to 14.4 Mbps - by early next year.
The trials, taking place in rural Victoria, will help prepare the Next G™ network for expected boosts in customer demand for data rich applications and new content services like FOXTEL on mobiles.
location based services
A fleet of 64 specially equipped test vehicles is travelling more than 10,000 kilometres a day testing Telstra's Next G™ network - helping Telstra get even better coverage on Australia's largest and fastest 3G network.
Inset shows one of the Next G handsets - the NEXT G Telstra 850 from ZTE.
The fleet is staffed by an army of 120 engineers from Ericsson and Telstra who are making voice and data calls every 90 seconds to test voice and data quality and performance.
Executive Managing Director, Telstra Wireless, Mr John Gonner, said the vehicles have already covered more than one million square kilometres in their travels.
"Telstra and Ericsson technicians are travelling to hundreds of mobile sites around the nation," Mr Gonner said. "The technicians are doing an audit of which base stations need fine-tuning as we work to ensure the Next G™ network will be able to provide coverage equal to or better than the existing CDMA network by the end of 2007.
"Drive testing is part of our continuous improvement program as we grow and enhance the Next G™ network which already covers 98 per cent of the population," Mr Gonner said.
After the test vehicles complete their daily routes, the network teams send the test results to the network test centres for compilation and analysis. Engineers then assess performance and report on recommended changes. These can be either physical changes - such as redirection of an antenna, or data configuration changes to improve the quality of voice calls.
Following the implementation of recommended changes, follow up drive testing determines if further fine-tuning of the network is required.
Earlier this week Telstra launched world-first field trials to increase peak network speeds on its new turbo-charged Next G™ network by about 300 per cent - to 14.4 Mbps - by early next year.
The trials, taking place in rural Victoria, will help prepare the Next G™ network for expected boosts in customer demand for data rich applications and new content services like FOXTEL on mobiles.
Geotagging Web Pages and RSS Feeds
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Providing geographic metadata in Web sites and syndicated feeds can provide users with the ability to search easily for services and articles based on location and proximity.
My previous article discussed how geolocation by IP address enables applications and Web sites to determine users' locations automatically in order to provide specific location-based services to users and members of an on-line community. In this article, we present various methods by which Web sites can provide their geographic locations to static pages and syndicated feeds, in the form of meta information or geotags. Put another way, geolocation by IP address is the technique a Web site uses to determine where users are located; geotagging is the technique users employ to find out where a Web site is located.
Geotags typically locate the Web site's principle location on the Earth. This information can include latitude and longitude information for exact locations or simply city, region and country information for general locations. Web services, applications and users then can query this information to obtain directions (how to get from here to there), locality (what's near there) or context (where was this article written). Geotags differ from a simple address in that they usually are encoded in metadata and are not visible as part of the Web page. Furthermore, by following a standard, other services easily and reliably can find these geotags. Various semantic Web projects still are solidifying geospatial tagging standards, but several techniques already have become common and supported. This article presents these current techniques.
Why Geotag?
Providing a geographic location is beneficial particularly for retail and service businesses, tourist attractions and entertainment venues. Geographic link directories, such as A2B and Multimap, can index these services by location and allow users to search geographically as well as by service type. Currently, many of these services limit users in their selection of available services. But, it would be possible to allow for more complex queries, such as searching for "Italian restaurants within 2 miles of downtown Arlington, Virginia". Or, when using automatic geolocation, one could ask for "directions from my current location to the nearest theater".
Current location-based services rely on the Web site administrator registering with an on-line index and specifying its location. Some of these services charge a fee, and many are not used commonly, nor are they cross-referenced. Google is now beta-testing Google Local, a free engine that allows users to search for location-based services using complex queries such as the examples above. Unfortunately, Google Local probably uses a form of scraping instead of meta information, considering that the 2002 Google Programming Contest winner's entry, by Daniel Egnor, is a geographic search which: "includes a geocoder (... to turn street addresses into latitude/longitude coordinates), a simple indexer that looks for addresses and keywords in documents, and a query engine to search for documents matching certain keywords that also contain addresses within a certain distance of a target location". Still, Google Local is an excellent example of how providing geographic information on a Web site greatly can enhance its visibility and usefulness to potential customers and users.
Geographic metadata also is useful for bloggers and photographers. Traveling writers, travel writers and reviewers can give context to their articles by supplying specific geographic information about where they are writing from or where the business they are reviewing is located. Photographers can provide viewers with information necessary for better understanding the photograph by informing them of where it was taken. Environmental services are now beginning to offer syndication feeds for weather and earthquakes. By geotagging these feeds, aggregators could sort, search and display information by region and location. As a result, users would gain a better picture of the current events happening in their areas.
By embedding a geographic location in the metadata of the Web site, applications and Web-based services quickly and reliably can determine the site's location relative to search criteria. Using metadata prevents the confusion of an automated search bot having to determine the location from the site's text. The rest of this article discusses the techniques used for embedding geographic information in your Web site or syndicated feed.
Geotagging a Web Site
For a Web site, several means of geotagging are available. My previous article explained how to embed the site's geographic information in its DNS entry. Other options also allow this information to be placed within a site or each individual page. These are the older ICBM tags and the newer, more generic geo-structure tags.
The ICBM (original acronym is Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) tags derive from a more historical application, as described in the AntiOnline jargon dictionary:
location based services
Providing geographic metadata in Web sites and syndicated feeds can provide users with the ability to search easily for services and articles based on location and proximity.
My previous article discussed how geolocation by IP address enables applications and Web sites to determine users' locations automatically in order to provide specific location-based services to users and members of an on-line community. In this article, we present various methods by which Web sites can provide their geographic locations to static pages and syndicated feeds, in the form of meta information or geotags. Put another way, geolocation by IP address is the technique a Web site uses to determine where users are located; geotagging is the technique users employ to find out where a Web site is located.
Geotags typically locate the Web site's principle location on the Earth. This information can include latitude and longitude information for exact locations or simply city, region and country information for general locations. Web services, applications and users then can query this information to obtain directions (how to get from here to there), locality (what's near there) or context (where was this article written). Geotags differ from a simple address in that they usually are encoded in metadata and are not visible as part of the Web page. Furthermore, by following a standard, other services easily and reliably can find these geotags. Various semantic Web projects still are solidifying geospatial tagging standards, but several techniques already have become common and supported. This article presents these current techniques.
Why Geotag?
Providing a geographic location is beneficial particularly for retail and service businesses, tourist attractions and entertainment venues. Geographic link directories, such as A2B and Multimap, can index these services by location and allow users to search geographically as well as by service type. Currently, many of these services limit users in their selection of available services. But, it would be possible to allow for more complex queries, such as searching for "Italian restaurants within 2 miles of downtown Arlington, Virginia". Or, when using automatic geolocation, one could ask for "directions from my current location to the nearest theater".
Current location-based services rely on the Web site administrator registering with an on-line index and specifying its location. Some of these services charge a fee, and many are not used commonly, nor are they cross-referenced. Google is now beta-testing Google Local, a free engine that allows users to search for location-based services using complex queries such as the examples above. Unfortunately, Google Local probably uses a form of scraping instead of meta information, considering that the 2002 Google Programming Contest winner's entry, by Daniel Egnor, is a geographic search which: "includes a geocoder (... to turn street addresses into latitude/longitude coordinates), a simple indexer that looks for addresses and keywords in documents, and a query engine to search for documents matching certain keywords that also contain addresses within a certain distance of a target location". Still, Google Local is an excellent example of how providing geographic information on a Web site greatly can enhance its visibility and usefulness to potential customers and users.
Geographic metadata also is useful for bloggers and photographers. Traveling writers, travel writers and reviewers can give context to their articles by supplying specific geographic information about where they are writing from or where the business they are reviewing is located. Photographers can provide viewers with information necessary for better understanding the photograph by informing them of where it was taken. Environmental services are now beginning to offer syndication feeds for weather and earthquakes. By geotagging these feeds, aggregators could sort, search and display information by region and location. As a result, users would gain a better picture of the current events happening in their areas.
By embedding a geographic location in the metadata of the Web site, applications and Web-based services quickly and reliably can determine the site's location relative to search criteria. Using metadata prevents the confusion of an automated search bot having to determine the location from the site's text. The rest of this article discusses the techniques used for embedding geographic information in your Web site or syndicated feed.
Geotagging a Web Site
For a Web site, several means of geotagging are available. My previous article explained how to embed the site's geographic information in its DNS entry. Other options also allow this information to be placed within a site or each individual page. These are the older ICBM tags and the newer, more generic geo-structure tags.
The ICBM (original acronym is Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) tags derive from a more historical application, as described in the AntiOnline jargon dictionary:
Mobile Web Stats
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There’s a real dearth of good data about the mobile web. If I want to find out the top websites in any country in the world, region or even globally, there’s any number of free and paid-for stats I could access.
The same isn’t true of the mobile web at all, as it seems to be off the radar for many analysts and marketers alike. I’m involved in the mobile web on a day-to-day basis through AdMob and via our partnerships with mobile websites and via talks with actual and potential advertisers throughout the world. But I’m constantly surprised at how vibrant the mobile web ecosystem actually is and how relatively low awareness is among decision makers and the people who influence them.
To put this in perspective in 1996 (if you can remember that far back) you couldn’t open a newspaper or business magazine without talk of this Internet thing and how it was going to change our lives. But at that time only 19% of US adults used it and the stats would have been even lower in Europe.
However, results of a tracking survey by ComScore Networks released yesterday showed that 19% of US adults use the mobile Internet today and yet the mobile web scarcely gets a mention in the press. Furthermore, Europe is even higher, with Germany and Italy leading the way with 34% each, then France (28%), Spain (26%) and the Uk at 24% - though stats I’ve seen from M:Metrics puts the UK at 29%.
I also know that these probably aren’t the biggest markets from AdMob stats - I’m sure that S Africa and India would be even higher than that.
So why is the world ignoring this - which is every bit as revolutionary as the PC-web before? After all, if you believe some pundits (well, OK, me) the mobile will become the single most important device for accessing the web, even in developed markets within a 5 year time frame.
I don’t have an answer, but I can speculate.
Since most usage is probably led by early adopting youth markets, older people - the decision makers and influencers - just aren’t aware of what’s going on around them. If 25% of the population started wearing berets and stripey T-shirts, it would be blindingly obvious that something was happening. Well, OK maybe not in France, but you get the picture. Whereas what you do on your mobile is essentially a private thing and it’s not getting seen.
So, do the industry a favour and point out to a few people and the mobile web is here and it’s being used by a big enough percentage of the population to be called mainstream - and it’s happening right under our noses.
Maybe we should have a Mobile Web Day and spread the good news - any takers?
location based services
There’s a real dearth of good data about the mobile web. If I want to find out the top websites in any country in the world, region or even globally, there’s any number of free and paid-for stats I could access.
The same isn’t true of the mobile web at all, as it seems to be off the radar for many analysts and marketers alike. I’m involved in the mobile web on a day-to-day basis through AdMob and via our partnerships with mobile websites and via talks with actual and potential advertisers throughout the world. But I’m constantly surprised at how vibrant the mobile web ecosystem actually is and how relatively low awareness is among decision makers and the people who influence them.
To put this in perspective in 1996 (if you can remember that far back) you couldn’t open a newspaper or business magazine without talk of this Internet thing and how it was going to change our lives. But at that time only 19% of US adults used it and the stats would have been even lower in Europe.
However, results of a tracking survey by ComScore Networks released yesterday showed that 19% of US adults use the mobile Internet today and yet the mobile web scarcely gets a mention in the press. Furthermore, Europe is even higher, with Germany and Italy leading the way with 34% each, then France (28%), Spain (26%) and the Uk at 24% - though stats I’ve seen from M:Metrics puts the UK at 29%.
I also know that these probably aren’t the biggest markets from AdMob stats - I’m sure that S Africa and India would be even higher than that.
So why is the world ignoring this - which is every bit as revolutionary as the PC-web before? After all, if you believe some pundits (well, OK, me) the mobile will become the single most important device for accessing the web, even in developed markets within a 5 year time frame.
I don’t have an answer, but I can speculate.
Since most usage is probably led by early adopting youth markets, older people - the decision makers and influencers - just aren’t aware of what’s going on around them. If 25% of the population started wearing berets and stripey T-shirts, it would be blindingly obvious that something was happening. Well, OK maybe not in France, but you get the picture. Whereas what you do on your mobile is essentially a private thing and it’s not getting seen.
So, do the industry a favour and point out to a few people and the mobile web is here and it’s being used by a big enough percentage of the population to be called mainstream - and it’s happening right under our noses.
Maybe we should have a Mobile Web Day and spread the good news - any takers?
The Value Of Customers With Demand For On-Demand Mobile Content
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Compete interviewed 2,005 customers shopping for a mobile phone in the US about what was important to them. The PDF of the report is here, with a registration needed. It found that although there are six things more important to mobile phone buyers than content (mostly concerned with price and coverage) 31.3% of respondents described mobile content as important or very important to them. Compete was more interested in the people who said on-demand content was important to them, with 14% of respondents saying they were interested or very interested in getting this on their handset. “Compete’s study shows that the on-demand market segment spends more money on handsets, replaces them more often and remains more loyal to their wireless carriers compared to other shoppers. Further, the on-demand consumer is more interested in social networking and in bringing access to their social networks to the handset. These consumers also demonstrate a higher tolerance for mobile advertising in return for free content.” This particular customer segment was also more likely than the overall population to purchase entertainment (56% vs 13%). personalize their phone (63% vs 21%), browse the mobile web (69% vs 19%) and use location based services (75% vs 28%). The overall conclusion by Compete is that this relatively small portion of the overall community are nevertheless very good customers to get.
Research & Metrics,
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Compete interviewed 2,005 customers shopping for a mobile phone in the US about what was important to them. The PDF of the report is here, with a registration needed. It found that although there are six things more important to mobile phone buyers than content (mostly concerned with price and coverage) 31.3% of respondents described mobile content as important or very important to them. Compete was more interested in the people who said on-demand content was important to them, with 14% of respondents saying they were interested or very interested in getting this on their handset. “Compete’s study shows that the on-demand market segment spends more money on handsets, replaces them more often and remains more loyal to their wireless carriers compared to other shoppers. Further, the on-demand consumer is more interested in social networking and in bringing access to their social networks to the handset. These consumers also demonstrate a higher tolerance for mobile advertising in return for free content.” This particular customer segment was also more likely than the overall population to purchase entertainment (56% vs 13%). personalize their phone (63% vs 21%), browse the mobile web (69% vs 19%) and use location based services (75% vs 28%). The overall conclusion by Compete is that this relatively small portion of the overall community are nevertheless very good customers to get.
Research & Metrics,
Two Hundred Million A-GPS Enabled Cellphones
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Qualcomm has announced that a total of more than 200 million mobile handsets worldwide have shipped featuring the Company's gpsOne Assisted-GPS technology. gpsOne technology supports a wide range of location services that include a variety of consumer, business and personal safety applications. These location services are made possible by the ubiquitous and accurate positioning of the gpsOne solution, the most widely deployed GPS-based location technology in the world.
"More than 200 million GPS-enabled handsets have shipped over the past few years, demonstrating that consumers are increasingly demanding location services on the wireless device that most carry with them all the time," said Rob Rovetta, senior director of product management for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies. "Qualcomm's gpsOne technology puts high-performance GPS into handsets, making possible a wide variety of services that make day-to-day activities simpler, safer or more fun for the wireless user."
"We are seeing that the ecosystem for location services is now largely established, which -- combined with the ever-growing number of GPS-enabled handsets -- will drive location services to being a mainstream cellular services component and revenue source," said Allyn Hall, director of wireless research for In-Stat. "The number of GPS-enabled chipsets shipping in handsets is orders of magnitude larger than the number of chipsets being shipped in personal navigation devices, and the difference will only grow over the next few years."
location based services
Qualcomm has announced that a total of more than 200 million mobile handsets worldwide have shipped featuring the Company's gpsOne Assisted-GPS technology. gpsOne technology supports a wide range of location services that include a variety of consumer, business and personal safety applications. These location services are made possible by the ubiquitous and accurate positioning of the gpsOne solution, the most widely deployed GPS-based location technology in the world.
"More than 200 million GPS-enabled handsets have shipped over the past few years, demonstrating that consumers are increasingly demanding location services on the wireless device that most carry with them all the time," said Rob Rovetta, senior director of product management for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies. "Qualcomm's gpsOne technology puts high-performance GPS into handsets, making possible a wide variety of services that make day-to-day activities simpler, safer or more fun for the wireless user."
"We are seeing that the ecosystem for location services is now largely established, which -- combined with the ever-growing number of GPS-enabled handsets -- will drive location services to being a mainstream cellular services component and revenue source," said Allyn Hall, director of wireless research for In-Stat. "The number of GPS-enabled chipsets shipping in handsets is orders of magnitude larger than the number of chipsets being shipped in personal navigation devices, and the difference will only grow over the next few years."
Cell Phone Takes Security to New Heights
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The P903i from NTT DoCoMo, Japan's top mobile carrier, comes with a small black card about the size of a movie-ticket stub. The card works as a security key by connecting wirelessly with the cell phone. If an owner keeps the card in a bag or pocket, the phone recognizes when the card moves too far away and locks automatically to prevent someone from making a call. The user can choose to have the phone lock when it is 26 feet, 66 feet or 130 feet away. People who lose their security cards can punch in a password to unlock the phone. But they will have to buy a new card to set the lock again. The extra security is handy because, like other recent Japanese phones, the P903i can be used as a credit card or a prepaid cash card. Of course, the new security feature won't prevent snoops from getting information from the phone - reading personal e-mails, say - if it is within the set distance of the security key. To guard against such intruders, users can activate the phone's facial identification feature. Here's how that works. Owners must first take at least three photos of themselves with the phone's camera. Up to 10 can be shot, in various situations - with and without glasses, with and without makeup, indoors and outdoors. Then, if the facial-recognition feature is turned on, before accessing the handset a user has to take a picture of himself with the camera. The phone analyzes features such as distance between the eyes and unlocks if the image matches the stored data.
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A separate function recognizes whether the eyes are blinking - in case someone tries to show the owner's photo to gain fraudulent entry. Not only that, a four-letter password can be added to this process, to guard against an identical twin getting unauthorized access. "Security is increasingly a key function for mobile phones as they become loaded with more sophisticated features," said NTT DoCoMo spokeswoman Mamiko Tanaka. "Handset makers are all competing to come up with interesting ways to strengthen security." Should the P903i get lost, the user can track it with its onboard Global Positioning System. After entering the phone number into a Web site, the owner will see a map showing the phone's rough location - directions via GPS can be off by several hundred feet. Pricing for the phone, which is manufactured by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and planned for sale in the next few months, has not yet been announced. Using the GPS service to look for a missing phone will cost $2.50 a pop.
location based services
The P903i from NTT DoCoMo, Japan's top mobile carrier, comes with a small black card about the size of a movie-ticket stub. The card works as a security key by connecting wirelessly with the cell phone. If an owner keeps the card in a bag or pocket, the phone recognizes when the card moves too far away and locks automatically to prevent someone from making a call. The user can choose to have the phone lock when it is 26 feet, 66 feet or 130 feet away. People who lose their security cards can punch in a password to unlock the phone. But they will have to buy a new card to set the lock again. The extra security is handy because, like other recent Japanese phones, the P903i can be used as a credit card or a prepaid cash card. Of course, the new security feature won't prevent snoops from getting information from the phone - reading personal e-mails, say - if it is within the set distance of the security key. To guard against such intruders, users can activate the phone's facial identification feature. Here's how that works. Owners must first take at least three photos of themselves with the phone's camera. Up to 10 can be shot, in various situations - with and without glasses, with and without makeup, indoors and outdoors. Then, if the facial-recognition feature is turned on, before accessing the handset a user has to take a picture of himself with the camera. The phone analyzes features such as distance between the eyes and unlocks if the image matches the stored data.
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A separate function recognizes whether the eyes are blinking - in case someone tries to show the owner's photo to gain fraudulent entry. Not only that, a four-letter password can be added to this process, to guard against an identical twin getting unauthorized access. "Security is increasingly a key function for mobile phones as they become loaded with more sophisticated features," said NTT DoCoMo spokeswoman Mamiko Tanaka. "Handset makers are all competing to come up with interesting ways to strengthen security." Should the P903i get lost, the user can track it with its onboard Global Positioning System. After entering the phone number into a Web site, the owner will see a map showing the phone's rough location - directions via GPS can be off by several hundred feet. Pricing for the phone, which is manufactured by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and planned for sale in the next few months, has not yet been announced. Using the GPS service to look for a missing phone will cost $2.50 a pop.
Rosum Debuts TV+GPS Hybrid Positioning Module
October 27, 2006 -- Rosum Corp, together with Global Locate, have announced the general availability of the Rosum TV+GPS hybrid positioning module (HPM). The HPM combines the indoor and urban reliability of Rosum's TV-positioning technology with the sensitivity and accuracy of Global Locate's Hammerhead A-GPS chip to deliver highly reliable and accurate location in all environments: indoor, outdoor, dense urban, and rural. The HPM integrates TV and A-GPS ranging information so that any combination of three or more TV towers and GPS satellites can be used for positioning. Rosum's hybrid TV+GPS solution also enhances the performance of the A-GPS engine itself by providing it with accurate time and frequency assist information which is said to improve GPS acquisition time and sensitivity. The result is better availability and accuracy for tracking and navigation applications. Further, the HPM provides altitude information to enable reliable indoor and outdoor 3D positioning.
location based services
October 27, 2006 -- Rosum Corp, together with Global Locate, have announced the general availability of the Rosum TV+GPS hybrid positioning module (HPM). The HPM combines the indoor and urban reliability of Rosum's TV-positioning technology with the sensitivity and accuracy of Global Locate's Hammerhead A-GPS chip to deliver highly reliable and accurate location in all environments: indoor, outdoor, dense urban, and rural. The HPM integrates TV and A-GPS ranging information so that any combination of three or more TV towers and GPS satellites can be used for positioning. Rosum's hybrid TV+GPS solution also enhances the performance of the A-GPS engine itself by providing it with accurate time and frequency assist information which is said to improve GPS acquisition time and sensitivity. The result is better availability and accuracy for tracking and navigation applications. Further, the HPM provides altitude information to enable reliable indoor and outdoor 3D positioning.
Aerial imagery inspires industry
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Since map programs with satellite images took the world by storm in 2005, aerial photography has become crucial to everyone from firefighters to real estate tax assessors.
An aerial view of New Orleans shows the damage caused by Katrina It was acts of terrorism and natural disasters that highlighted the usefulness of aerial imagery, along with increased research and spending in the name of Homeland Security.
Hurricane Katrina proved an ideal opportunity for rescuers to use before and after photos to understand the layout of New Orleans.
At Rochester's 911 emergency centre in New York State, operators can pull up an overhead map of the caller's location, and responding crews can be told lifesaving information as they approach the scene.
Snow, for example, can make a firefighter's job challenging.
"In the winter months our fire hydrants can be buried underneath a snowbank," explained John Merklinger, 911 director in Monroe County.
"So being able to locate that hydrant, and tell them where to start digging to find it, can make a big difference on how fast they can uncover and use it."
Law enforcement
The system, supplied by Pictometry, produces multiple geo-referenced oblique images of any one location.
Mapping programs help police officers find the best vantage pointsThis means locations can be viewed from every side, and each pixel has a GPS co-ordinate so the software can measure lengths, perimeters, distances and even elevation.
Police cruisers have put the system into their cars so that, for example, during a bank siege, snipers are able to quickly find the best vantage points, or predict the route of a runaway suspect.
"Our version was designed to work with the touch screens, which obviously simplifies things like distance tools," said Major Neil Flood of Monroe County Sheriff's Office.
"We can pretty quickly draw lines and figure out distances without having to use a mouse."
So far so good, but what law enforcement officials would like to do is to be able to superimpose the GPS co-ordinates of their men and women onto the map - but that is the next stage.
Privacy pleas
Another request is for the photographs to be updated more often, but cost constraints mean an area is usually photographed every two years.
We can't see faces, we can't see number plates.
Dante Pennacchia, Pictometry
That suits property tax collectors fine. They use software to spot new swimming pools or home extensions, and consequently in some places tax disputes have dropped by 75%.
But there is a limit on how much detail is picked up from above.
"We have found what we believe is just the right balance between being able to see the things we need to see to save lives, and not being able to invade privacy in any way," said Dante Pennacchia from Pictometry.
"So we can't see faces, we can't see number plates, we can't identify a person. And we don't want to."
The number of uses for aerial photography is almost endless.
Combining information about underground pipes and cables with above-ground landmarks and obstacles is another example.
Sewer repair crews have been cut from four people to two, thanks to laptops.
Within minutes a person can work out how much of the area around a sewer might be flooded if one breaks, and send for appropriate backup.
"The maps and the pictometry help us identify street familiarities - poles, hydrants, signs - that quickly get these guys to a location and allow them to do their job more expeditiously," said John Graham of Monroe County Environmental Services.
The next generation of aerial photography provides 3D fly-throughs. It is enough to make even the new version of Flight Simulator seem old.
location based services
Since map programs with satellite images took the world by storm in 2005, aerial photography has become crucial to everyone from firefighters to real estate tax assessors.
An aerial view of New Orleans shows the damage caused by Katrina It was acts of terrorism and natural disasters that highlighted the usefulness of aerial imagery, along with increased research and spending in the name of Homeland Security.
Hurricane Katrina proved an ideal opportunity for rescuers to use before and after photos to understand the layout of New Orleans.
At Rochester's 911 emergency centre in New York State, operators can pull up an overhead map of the caller's location, and responding crews can be told lifesaving information as they approach the scene.
Snow, for example, can make a firefighter's job challenging.
"In the winter months our fire hydrants can be buried underneath a snowbank," explained John Merklinger, 911 director in Monroe County.
"So being able to locate that hydrant, and tell them where to start digging to find it, can make a big difference on how fast they can uncover and use it."
Law enforcement
The system, supplied by Pictometry, produces multiple geo-referenced oblique images of any one location.
Mapping programs help police officers find the best vantage pointsThis means locations can be viewed from every side, and each pixel has a GPS co-ordinate so the software can measure lengths, perimeters, distances and even elevation.
Police cruisers have put the system into their cars so that, for example, during a bank siege, snipers are able to quickly find the best vantage points, or predict the route of a runaway suspect.
"Our version was designed to work with the touch screens, which obviously simplifies things like distance tools," said Major Neil Flood of Monroe County Sheriff's Office.
"We can pretty quickly draw lines and figure out distances without having to use a mouse."
So far so good, but what law enforcement officials would like to do is to be able to superimpose the GPS co-ordinates of their men and women onto the map - but that is the next stage.
Privacy pleas
Another request is for the photographs to be updated more often, but cost constraints mean an area is usually photographed every two years.
We can't see faces, we can't see number plates.
Dante Pennacchia, Pictometry
That suits property tax collectors fine. They use software to spot new swimming pools or home extensions, and consequently in some places tax disputes have dropped by 75%.
But there is a limit on how much detail is picked up from above.
"We have found what we believe is just the right balance between being able to see the things we need to see to save lives, and not being able to invade privacy in any way," said Dante Pennacchia from Pictometry.
"So we can't see faces, we can't see number plates, we can't identify a person. And we don't want to."
The number of uses for aerial photography is almost endless.
Combining information about underground pipes and cables with above-ground landmarks and obstacles is another example.
Sewer repair crews have been cut from four people to two, thanks to laptops.
Within minutes a person can work out how much of the area around a sewer might be flooded if one breaks, and send for appropriate backup.
"The maps and the pictometry help us identify street familiarities - poles, hydrants, signs - that quickly get these guys to a location and allow them to do their job more expeditiously," said John Graham of Monroe County Environmental Services.
The next generation of aerial photography provides 3D fly-throughs. It is enough to make even the new version of Flight Simulator seem old.
Gold Coast Map
location based services
Find accommodation, attractions and more on the Gold Coast by location. See satellite imagery and street directory.
location based services
Find accommodation, attractions and more on the Gold Coast by location. See satellite imagery and street directory.
Recent changes to Google Maps
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"More Info" on Google Maps: Google Blogoscoped has tipped us off on a new business search feature on Google Maps. A "more info »" link shows up in each info window for all businesses which are displayed on the map. Once clicked a huge page expands to nearly the entire map view displaying more detailed information options for that business. Three tabs (I could only find 1 for Google Maps UK) are displayed giving you links to official and affiliate websites and other related information. The window opens in a very smooth motion and would be a great addition to many Google Maps mashups that have lots of information to display for each map marker.
location based services
"More Info" on Google Maps: Google Blogoscoped has tipped us off on a new business search feature on Google Maps. A "more info »" link shows up in each info window for all businesses which are displayed on the map. Once clicked a huge page expands to nearly the entire map view displaying more detailed information options for that business. Three tabs (I could only find 1 for Google Maps UK) are displayed giving you links to official and affiliate websites and other related information. The window opens in a very smooth motion and would be a great addition to many Google Maps mashups that have lots of information to display for each map marker.
Monday, October 23, 2006
Location Based Services 2006
Location Based Services
Dates: 20 November 2006 to 23 November 2006Country: United KingdomCity: LondonVenue: Hilton OlypmiaClick here to visit event webpage.Organizer: IIR ConferencesDelegates attending from the forum: 0
Location based services offer mobile operators significant opportunities for boosting ARPU and achieving competitive differentiation. As a new wave of GPS enabled handsets hit the market, the potential for generating revenue from value added location based services is increasing and now is the time to position your organisation in order to take advantage of this.
At LBS 2006 you will hear case studies and keynote presentations on the latest LBS enabled applications including navigation, mobile local search, telematics and m-communities. You will also learn how to link LBS with mobile advertising and understand how to develop business models to drive advertising revenues.
Location Based Services
Dates: 20 November 2006 to 23 November 2006Country: United KingdomCity: LondonVenue: Hilton OlypmiaClick here to visit event webpage.Organizer: IIR ConferencesDelegates attending from the forum: 0
Location based services offer mobile operators significant opportunities for boosting ARPU and achieving competitive differentiation. As a new wave of GPS enabled handsets hit the market, the potential for generating revenue from value added location based services is increasing and now is the time to position your organisation in order to take advantage of this.
At LBS 2006 you will hear case studies and keynote presentations on the latest LBS enabled applications including navigation, mobile local search, telematics and m-communities. You will also learn how to link LBS with mobile advertising and understand how to develop business models to drive advertising revenues.
Mobile Users Want Navigation, Not Video
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There's a good article in the Chicago Tribune about the rush to add video capabilities to mobile devices. When you hear the plans of the major carriers, you'd think the cell phone is almost ready to pass the television set as the main video delivery hardware!
The article points out that the real holy grail in the cell phone market is navigation and location based services. I totally agree. Call me a GPS nut, but I believe that location based services are going to explode over the next few years.
Of course, RIM is leading the way among hardware manafacturers on both fronts - video and GPS. I think in the long run, including the GPS chip in BlackBerry units will turn out to be the better decision.
What's your call? Which will be more important: video or location based services (like Naggie)?
location based services
There's a good article in the Chicago Tribune about the rush to add video capabilities to mobile devices. When you hear the plans of the major carriers, you'd think the cell phone is almost ready to pass the television set as the main video delivery hardware!
The article points out that the real holy grail in the cell phone market is navigation and location based services. I totally agree. Call me a GPS nut, but I believe that location based services are going to explode over the next few years.
Of course, RIM is leading the way among hardware manafacturers on both fronts - video and GPS. I think in the long run, including the GPS chip in BlackBerry units will turn out to be the better decision.
What's your call? Which will be more important: video or location based services (like Naggie)?
Emergency Alert For Sale
Location based services - optional for the provider in this deregulatory world, but is there a business model? Hmm.
"In this Public Notice, the Federal Communications Commission (“Commission”) seeks nominations for membership on its Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory Committee (Committee). The purpose of this committee is to develop recommendations on technical standards and protocols to facilitate the ability of commercial mobile service providers to transmit emergency alerts to their subscribers to the extent such providers elect to do so."
location based services
Location based services - optional for the provider in this deregulatory world, but is there a business model? Hmm.
"In this Public Notice, the Federal Communications Commission (“Commission”) seeks nominations for membership on its Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory Committee (Committee). The purpose of this committee is to develop recommendations on technical standards and protocols to facilitate the ability of commercial mobile service providers to transmit emergency alerts to their subscribers to the extent such providers elect to do so."
Location based application.
Is there a relevant forum in Israel?
location based services
Are there any forums in Israel which focus on GPS, not just as gadget and street navigation tool, but more location based services, and community
Posted 1 day, 10 hours ago ( permalink ) by rsegoly from Hong Kong
Topics: gps, locatipon based serivces
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Is there a relevant forum in Israel?
location based services
Are there any forums in Israel which focus on GPS, not just as gadget and street navigation tool, but more location based services, and community
Posted 1 day, 10 hours ago ( permalink ) by rsegoly from Hong Kong
Topics: gps, locatipon based serivces
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TCS' VoIP E9-1-1 Technology Assists Public Safety to Deliver Rapid Emergency Response to VoIP Subscribers' Locations
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ANNAPOLIS, MD -- (Market Wire - Oct 23, 2006) -- TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS), a leading provider of location-based services and mission-critical E9-1-1 communications, today announced it has deployed its Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) E9-1-1 solution with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Dual Dispatch Center. LAPD is the nation's first Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) to deploy TCS' enhanced VoIP E9-1-1 technology using TCS' Master Street Address Guide (MSAG)-based routing solution. All other providers of VoIP E9-1-1 services rely upon Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to determine routing for emergency calls. This LAPD deployment showcases the advantages of TCS' MSAG-based solution.
When an emergency call is received by a PSAP, TCS passes the caller's location and callback number to the PSAP. The caller's location typically is displayed as a specific street name and number. TCS' technology ensures the address is compliant with specific addressing formats as specified by the MSAG. TCS then uses the MSAG to match the caller's address with the Emergency Service Zone (ESZ) and provides routing instructions accordingly. First responders are dispatched based on the ESZ and the MSAG-compliant address. Until the deployment at LAPD, call routing determination was accomplished by converting an address to latitude/longitude (lat/lon) coordinates and then plotting these coordinates on a map. TCS' ability to overcome the limitations of GIS conversions for more accurate call routing greatly improves the capability of first responders to reach the correct location.
The LAPD deployment allows TCS to provide MSAG addresses for a high percentage of the VoIP calls, as well as to use the same MSAG to provide the actual Emergency Service Number (ESN) specific to the caller. The unique TCS feature allows LAPD to dispatch the closest first responders to provide rapid assistance to the 9-1-1 caller.
Sergeant Matthew Mulvihill, Wireless/VoIP E9-1-1 Project Manager for LAPD, stated, "TCS was the first VPC to employ MSAG table-based routing to deliver E9-1-1 calls to LAPD. TCS' advanced testing tools and techniques also resulted in the completion of all testing within two hours."
Jon Croy, Senior Director, TCS VoIP Business Unit, stated, "The data provided by TCS results in greater certainty of the caller's accurate location and allows the correct jurisdiction to respond rapidly. This approach lowers response times by critical seconds, which can result in lives being saved. This is a major improvement to the current practices used across the nation."
"The MSAG-based routing capabilities demonstrated in TCS' deployment of E9-1-1 in the Los Angeles Police Department deliver on what the PSAP community has been requesting," stated Christopher Peters, Vice President of Strategic Alliances for 8x8. "TCS continues to lead the way to better public safety technology, and the winners are America's citizens."
ABOUT TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) produces wireless data communications technology solutions that require proven high levels of reliability. TCS provides wireless and VoIP E9-1-1 network-based services, secure deployable communication systems and engineered satellite-based services, and commercial location applications, like traffic and navigation, using the precise location of a wireless device. Customers include leading wireless and VoIP carriers around the world, and agencies of the U.S. Departments of Defense, State, and Homeland Security.
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements are based upon TCS' current expectations and assumptions that are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that would cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated.
The actual results realized by the Company could differ materially from the statements made herein, depending in particular upon the risks and uncertainties described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These include without limitation risks and uncertainties relating to the Company's financial results and the ability of the Company to (i) reach and sustain profitability when anticipated, (ii) continue to rely on its customers and other third parties to provide additional products and services that create a demand for its products and services, (iii) conduct its business in foreign countries, (iv) adapt and integrate new technologies into its products, (v) expand its business offerings in the new wireless data industry, (vi) develop software and provide services without any errors or defects, (vii) protect its intellectual property rights, and (viii) implement its sales and marketing strategy.
Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise the information in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or circumstances, or otherwise.
Media Contacts:TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.Rita Thompson410-295-1865Email ContactWelz & Weisel CommunicationsJane Bryant703-218-3555Email Contact
location based services
ANNAPOLIS, MD -- (Market Wire - Oct 23, 2006) -- TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS), a leading provider of location-based services and mission-critical E9-1-1 communications, today announced it has deployed its Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) E9-1-1 solution with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Dual Dispatch Center. LAPD is the nation's first Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) to deploy TCS' enhanced VoIP E9-1-1 technology using TCS' Master Street Address Guide (MSAG)-based routing solution. All other providers of VoIP E9-1-1 services rely upon Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to determine routing for emergency calls. This LAPD deployment showcases the advantages of TCS' MSAG-based solution.
When an emergency call is received by a PSAP, TCS passes the caller's location and callback number to the PSAP. The caller's location typically is displayed as a specific street name and number. TCS' technology ensures the address is compliant with specific addressing formats as specified by the MSAG. TCS then uses the MSAG to match the caller's address with the Emergency Service Zone (ESZ) and provides routing instructions accordingly. First responders are dispatched based on the ESZ and the MSAG-compliant address. Until the deployment at LAPD, call routing determination was accomplished by converting an address to latitude/longitude (lat/lon) coordinates and then plotting these coordinates on a map. TCS' ability to overcome the limitations of GIS conversions for more accurate call routing greatly improves the capability of first responders to reach the correct location.
The LAPD deployment allows TCS to provide MSAG addresses for a high percentage of the VoIP calls, as well as to use the same MSAG to provide the actual Emergency Service Number (ESN) specific to the caller. The unique TCS feature allows LAPD to dispatch the closest first responders to provide rapid assistance to the 9-1-1 caller.
Sergeant Matthew Mulvihill, Wireless/VoIP E9-1-1 Project Manager for LAPD, stated, "TCS was the first VPC to employ MSAG table-based routing to deliver E9-1-1 calls to LAPD. TCS' advanced testing tools and techniques also resulted in the completion of all testing within two hours."
Jon Croy, Senior Director, TCS VoIP Business Unit, stated, "The data provided by TCS results in greater certainty of the caller's accurate location and allows the correct jurisdiction to respond rapidly. This approach lowers response times by critical seconds, which can result in lives being saved. This is a major improvement to the current practices used across the nation."
"The MSAG-based routing capabilities demonstrated in TCS' deployment of E9-1-1 in the Los Angeles Police Department deliver on what the PSAP community has been requesting," stated Christopher Peters, Vice President of Strategic Alliances for 8x8. "TCS continues to lead the way to better public safety technology, and the winners are America's citizens."
ABOUT TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) produces wireless data communications technology solutions that require proven high levels of reliability. TCS provides wireless and VoIP E9-1-1 network-based services, secure deployable communication systems and engineered satellite-based services, and commercial location applications, like traffic and navigation, using the precise location of a wireless device. Customers include leading wireless and VoIP carriers around the world, and agencies of the U.S. Departments of Defense, State, and Homeland Security.
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements are based upon TCS' current expectations and assumptions that are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that would cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated.
The actual results realized by the Company could differ materially from the statements made herein, depending in particular upon the risks and uncertainties described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These include without limitation risks and uncertainties relating to the Company's financial results and the ability of the Company to (i) reach and sustain profitability when anticipated, (ii) continue to rely on its customers and other third parties to provide additional products and services that create a demand for its products and services, (iii) conduct its business in foreign countries, (iv) adapt and integrate new technologies into its products, (v) expand its business offerings in the new wireless data industry, (vi) develop software and provide services without any errors or defects, (vii) protect its intellectual property rights, and (viii) implement its sales and marketing strategy.
Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise the information in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or circumstances, or otherwise.
Media Contacts:TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.Rita Thompson410-295-1865Email ContactWelz & Weisel CommunicationsJane Bryant703-218-3555Email Contact
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Navicore - World's Smallest Bluetooth GPS Receiver
location based services
Navicore introduced the world’s smallest Bluetooth GPS receiver weighing in at only 30g. The Bluetooth GPS receiver saves satellite information such as the status of the satellite signal, the last location, as well as the date and time last used. It re-acquires satellite signals in 100 ms and updates position data every second.
The design of the new Navicore Bluetooth GPS receiver is unique in the market and it is currently the smallest and lightest GPS available, measuring only 64 x 22 x 15mm. This means that it can be easily used also when not in a car and carried around the neck with the lanyard provided when navigating on foot or by bike. Even though the Navicore Bluetooth GPS receiver is really small and chic, there is no compromise on quality of the receiver or the performance of it. It is powered by the SiRF Star III GPS chipset and offers users up to 8 hours of battery life in continuous use. The built-in battery can be charged easily by connecting the USB cable included in the package to a laptop, PC, or a cigarette lighter outlet.
location based services
Navicore introduced the world’s smallest Bluetooth GPS receiver weighing in at only 30g. The Bluetooth GPS receiver saves satellite information such as the status of the satellite signal, the last location, as well as the date and time last used. It re-acquires satellite signals in 100 ms and updates position data every second.
The design of the new Navicore Bluetooth GPS receiver is unique in the market and it is currently the smallest and lightest GPS available, measuring only 64 x 22 x 15mm. This means that it can be easily used also when not in a car and carried around the neck with the lanyard provided when navigating on foot or by bike. Even though the Navicore Bluetooth GPS receiver is really small and chic, there is no compromise on quality of the receiver or the performance of it. It is powered by the SiRF Star III GPS chipset and offers users up to 8 hours of battery life in continuous use. The built-in battery can be charged easily by connecting the USB cable included in the package to a laptop, PC, or a cigarette lighter outlet.
Airis T620 and T610: GPS-PDA
location based services
Airis has two new navigation handhelds ready to hit the market: the T610 and T620. These two handhelds have a lot in common. They both have memory of 64 MB and 128 MB flash ROM, as well as a SiRFStarIII GPS module.
Both of them have Windows Mobile 5.0 and run on Samsung 2440 400 MHz processors. They also have 3.5 inch QVGA touchscreen LCD, as well as expansion slots for both SD and MMC cards. The only difference seems to be that the T620 has an integrated 802.11 b/g module.
Both should be out right about now, and I’m sure the T620 is probably the more expensive of the two.
location based services
Airis has two new navigation handhelds ready to hit the market: the T610 and T620. These two handhelds have a lot in common. They both have memory of 64 MB and 128 MB flash ROM, as well as a SiRFStarIII GPS module.
Both of them have Windows Mobile 5.0 and run on Samsung 2440 400 MHz processors. They also have 3.5 inch QVGA touchscreen LCD, as well as expansion slots for both SD and MMC cards. The only difference seems to be that the T620 has an integrated 802.11 b/g module.
Both should be out right about now, and I’m sure the T620 is probably the more expensive of the two.
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