| NEWSBRIEFS –INDUSTRY |
| Trimble technology for largest Road Project in Western Australia |
Trimbles machine control systems and
two-way data communications technology
are being used for the construction of the
New Perth Bunbury Highway—the single
largest road project ever undertaken in
Western Australia. The project is expected
to be constructed over three years and will
include the placement of approximately
nine million cubic meters of soil to raise
the road alignment. www.trimble.com |
| u-blox GPS technology powers Navigon Porsche Design PND |
NAVIGON has introduced a navigation
device, P9611 in partnership with Porsche
Design, featuring u-blox’ ANTARIS®4
SuperSense® GPS technology. Among
host of other features, the device comes
with Bluetooth. www.u-blox.com |
| TomTom to Tele Atlas Customers: No Worries |
According to TomTom CEO Harold
Goddijn, company’s relationship with its
digital map maker would remain exactly
the same if the TomTom/Tele Atlas merger
goes through. The European Commission
initiating a “second-phase review” of the
proposed merger between the two Dutch
companies. While TomTom executives
have suggested the review is just a matter
of bureaucratic procedure, it is a rare
step for the EC; in the past 10 years. The
company is seemingly seeking to reassure
not only Tele Atlas customers but EC
regulators as well. lbs.gpsworld.com |
| Javad GNSS names VP |
Javad GNSS Inc. has appointed
Zdenko (Kuzo) Kurtovic, former CEO
of GeoAstor and Swissat, as vice
president of Machine Control & GIS,
a new division of Javad GNSS. |
| Optech appoints General Manager |
Optech Incorporated, a provider of
advanced lidar survey instruments, has
appointed Glenn Farrington as General
Manager of Airborne Survey Products |
| Topcon GNSS instruments benefit from GLONASS launch |
Three additional Russian GLONASS
navigation satellites were recently
launched into Earth’s orbit. Satellite
availability of Topcon Positioning Systems
(TPS) receivers will increase.Topcon
pioneered dual-constellation positioning
technology (GPS and GLONASS) and
has been utilizing signals for more
than six years. www.amerisurv.com |
| Intermap to supply outdoor map data to Magellan |
Intermap Technologies shall provide
outdoor map content products for
Magellan’s line of handheld GPS devices.
Its AccuTerra map products will provide
data for 48 states and Hawaii. It is
creating consumer mapping products
using Magellan’s Solution Developer Kit
MapCreator software. www.intermap.com |
| U.S. Air Force exercises $50.7 million contract option with rockwell collins |
The US Air Force has exercised a $50.7
million contract option with Rockwell
Collins to complete the next phase of the
Modernized User Equipment program. It
will consist of receiver card development
for ground and airborne applications,
to include test and security certification
for the next-generation GPS technology.
The initial contract of $27.9 million
was awarded in 2006 to the company to
develop and demonstrate user segment
receiver cards. www.rockwellcollins.com |
| PHOTOMOD Geomosaic v4.3 released |
4.3 version of PHOTOMOD Geomosaic software is released. Main features
includes new module for images
radiometric correction - Image
Processor, more Pan-sharpening
algorithms, modern satellite sensors
formats support: IKONOS, QuickBird,
SPOT, CartoSat, Formosat, etc. |
| Hemisphere GPS acquires Steer-by-Wire Company |
Hemisphere GPS has acquired all
the outstanding shares of Australia’s
Beeline Technologies Pty. Ltd. for $21
million. Beeline is a privately-held,
precision-guidance software developer
providing GPS guidance and autosteering
applications for agriculture
equipment and other machine control
applications. www.micro.newswire.ca |
| Md, Mapmyindia, elected GPS Business Man of the year |
With 53,6% of the 3813 votes, Rakesh
Verma, managing director and founder
of CE Infosystem/MapmyIndia has
been chosen by GPS Business News
readers as the personality of the year
among the 10 personalities nominated
by the editors of GPS Business News. |
| Navman slapped with $1.4m fine |
Navigation equipment company
Navman has been fined $A1.25
million in Australia for trying to
stop retailers from discounting its
products. Competition watchdog, the
Australian Competition and Consumer
Commission took the company to Federal
Court for resale price maintenance,
alleging “deliberate systemic conduct
occurring over several years”. |
| DSSDI Project |
Survey of India, and Government of Delhi joined their hands together and launched
Delhi State Spatial Data Infrastructure (DSSDI) project. The project is an outcome
of a pilot project by Department of Science and Technology, government of India
on 3D GIS in Chandni Chowk area in Delhi in collaboration with Russian Academy
of Sciences. As a part of the project a monitoring room was established to receive
images from 10 cameras placed at vantage points to do the change detection on
real time. According to Government of Delhi, the 3D database is immensely useful
for various applications and it should immediately be created for entire NCT of
Delhi and should be completed well before Common Wealth Games -2010. The
project will cover a total area of NCT Delhi of approximately 1500 Sq. km. |
| January 2008 |
