Tata Indicom announces plans to deploy first A-GPS LBS in India
Tata Teleservices will commercially deploy a new LBS that is the first to use Qualcomm’s Assisted GPS (A-GPS) technology in the Indian market. Based on Qualcomm’s QPoint(TM) solution and gpsOne(R) chipset technology, with hosting services from TeleCommunication Systems, the service is expected to be available on multiple handsets from Tata’s catalog and deployment is expected in late 2008. http://money.cnn.com

Cutting-edge technology to track Indian fishermen on the high seas
The State Fisheries department and the Gujarat Maritime Board will jointly implement the Rs 153-crore vessel tracking and warning system, coupled with the biometric identification of fishermen. The system will work on a combination of GPS and GIS creating a geo-fence – a kind of virtual fencing along the IBL between India and Pakistan. A data centre on the shore will monitor and control the vessels using a two-way secured, non-hackable radio communication. Each boat will have an embedded digital contraption that will get activated and alarm the fishermen the moment it crosses the border. www.expressindia.com

Wayfinder updates navigator
Sweden’s Wayfinder Systems has released a new version of its Navigator mobile software with integrated search and social networking capabilities. It renders results from numerous selected local services including new Yellow and White Pages content and points of interest databases. It will also enable set and share locations among Facebook users; other Wayfinder users can share their location with others via Google Earth. www.wayfinder.com

Infoterra introduces Rapid Surveyor
Infoterra Ltd has recently launched Rapid Surveyor, a new mobile laser mapping system. It has been specifically designed for mobile use, to as to enable the capture of precise information of the built as well as natural environment at supreme resolution and coverage. The Rapid Surveyor is useful for utility companies, local and central government, as well as planning and infrastructure management.

DigitalGlobe expands imagery solutions for oil and gas industry
DigitalGlobe has released ImageConnect: Oil and Gas, an online imagery service for oil and gas professionals around the world, with on-demand access via GIS and WMS services to areas of global oil and gas exploration.

It provides high-precision, accurate imagery of geographic areas important to upstream oil and gas exploration.