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| December 2006 |
| GPS market expected to be
worth US $757B by 2017 |
Research and Markets, an Irish research
firm (www.researchandmarkets.com)
has announcd that, in Western Europe
the vehicle navigation market is in
its initial stages, but there is a strong
demand for traffic information and
navigation solutions. Countries like
USA, Japan, and some others have
gained a cumulative shipment of
9.39 million in-vehicle navigation
and traffic information units in
May 2002. GPS production value
globally is expected to grow to
$21.5 billion in 2008 ($13 billion in
2003), according to the Industrial
Economics and Knowledge Center
of the Industrial Technology
Research Institute. In 2003, GPS
equipment sales was reported to be
around US $3.5 billion worldwide,
and that annual market could grow to
US $10 billion after 2010, acc ording
to the report.
http://biz.yahoo.com |
| New GPS satellite goes
into orbit |
A U.S. Air Force modernized GPS
Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite,
designed and built by Lockheed Martin
was launched successfully aboard a
Delta II launch vehicle. The satellite,
designated GPS IIR-16M, is the
third in a series of eight Block IIRM
spacecraft.
http://biz.yahoo.com |
| GPS PND prices to drop
20% for whole of 2006 |
Global average selling prices of GPS
and PNDs (portable navigation devices)
are estimated to decrease by 20% for
the whole of 2006 due to increasing
market competition and decreased
cost of components, according to
Taiwanese OEM manufacturers.
LCD panels, map databases and map
engines (navigation software) each
account for a large proportion of the
total production cost of a GPS PND,
followed by flash memory, receivers,
processors and GPS chipsets while
connectors and cable assembly account
for the smallest portion, the makers
pointed out. www.digitimes.com |
| Taiwan completes setup of
VBS-RTK e-GPS system |
Taiwan has finished establishing a realtime
kinematic (RTK) system for the
nation's e- GPS base stations, catching
up with world standards in developing
modern positioning and land-measuring
technologies, the Land Survey Bureau
(LSB) under the Ministry of the Interior
announced. It began to build the
system as a means of achieving highprecision
results on positioning, as well
as for the LSB to offer multi-objective
positioning services with addedvalue
applications such as surveys for
earthquakes, firefighting and rescue
operations.
www.chinapost.com.tw |
| Australian Army M113's
to be upgraded |
The Defence Material Organisation
recently contracted Honeywell
Germany to supply the new TALIN
500 Inertial Navigation Unit for the
M113 vehicles at a cost of $11 million.
The new system integrates GPS and the
inertial navigation functions, enabling
the M113 to navigate effectively
and accurately in all environments,
including regions where GPS is unavailable due to terrain masking or
enemy jamming.
www.epicos.com |
GLONASS to be operational
by late 2007 |
GLONASS will become fully
operational by the end of 2007
according to, Russian Deputy Prime
Minister, Defence Minister Sergei
Ivanov. www.tass.ru ,http://en.rian.ru |
| Traffic Cast deploys traffic
information system in Shanghai |
TrafficCast International Inc. and
TrafficCast China (Shanghai)
announced the deployment of the
world's largest cellular probe system
in Shanghai, in strategic partnership
with mobile carrier China Mobile. The
anonymous mobile phone position
and signalling data in China Mobile's
GSM Network are collected, analysed,
and converted into travel time and
speed information for major highways
and surface streets in Shanghai. The
system collects cellular data from 10
million China Mobile subscribers in
Shanghai, and covers all roads within
the Inner Ring Area, including 483
miles of major roads comprising 1,700
roadway segments. www.trafficcast.com |
Delhi construction under scanner
According to official sources, the Union Ministry of Science and Technology of
India has come up with a 3D GIS to keep tabs on unauthorized constructions in
Delhi. The system can be used for real time monitoring of illegal constructions, land
encroachments, crowd management, property tax collection, surveillance, traffic
management, environmental monitoring, disaster management, and even planning
and development of areas. It is reported that the Ministry has already set up a pilot
project in the city zone that includes
the entire city and adjoining areas.
Reportedly, every possible shop and
household has been mapped through
satellite images, the images being
recorded by four fixed cameras in the
city, and the field survey being done
by employees of the Delhi Municipal
Corporation. The pilot project will be
monitored at each stage to evaluate
usefulness of the technology for other
metros across the country. Moreover,
the project will deploy multiple
technologies, including high resolution
satellite imagery, vehicle borne and static laser systems, GPS, amongst others,
to create a comprehensive 3-Dimensional database enabling modern tools
such as GIS to be utilized for various applications. www.techtree.com
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