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Apple Maps could have paid advertising to compete with Google Maps (Apple photo).  See our paid version for full coverage. Send your news releases to kdennehy@driverlessreport.com. Go to www.locationbusinessnews.com for more news and an archive of stories. GPSIA Endorses Roth as NTIA Administrator The GPS...

NextNav's FCC petition gettting flap from industry groups and companies...see our paid content for more information (NextNav image). News tip? Send them to kdennehy@driverlessreport.com. Go to www.locationbusinessnews.com for more news. Location Business News is looking for your company’s news, products and use cases to...

A number of heavy IoT hitters including Qualcomm QCOM -3.66%↓ and Wiliot have formed the Ambient IoT Alliance. The membership will include not only users and customers, but ambient IoT manufacturers, suppliers, integrators and operators. Ambient IoT refers to IoT devices powered by harvesting ambient energy...

DENVER—The annual Geo Week conference here showed the growing reliance on GNSS technology not just for drone guidance and positioning, but mapping and survey for a host of applications. One company, Spexi, a decentralized drone imagery network that recently raised $11.5 million...

Trimble completes acquisition of its telematics business unit to Platform Science...analysis in our paid subscription on Substack. News tip? Send them to kdennehy@driverlessreport.com. Go to www.locationbusinessnews.com for more news. Location Business News is looking for your company’s news, products and use cases to...

DENVER—The Geo Week conference here featured most GNSS, lidar and other location companies who are trying to grab a larger share of the uncrewed systems market, particularly for survey and mapping applications. Organizers say the conference, once held in a...

Deutsche Telekom and San Francisco-based Swift Navigation have expanded Swift’s Skylark Precise Positioning Service into Eastern Europe, the companies said. Skylark is now available in Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. In addition, in close cooperation with Deutsche Funkturm, a leading tower company in Germany,...

Photo:  Google Maps. At our deadline, TomTom  reached out to us to clarify the company’s position on the recent President Donald Trump/Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) decision to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. “While ,...

Send your news releases to kdennehy@driverlessreport.com. Go to www.locationbusinessnews.com for more news and an archive of stories. HERE Technologies Rolls Out HERE WeGo Pro Truck Nav App HERE Technologies has introduced HERE WeGo Pro, launched at the Manifest Supply Chain and Logistics Summit, to enable customizable...

EasyPark Group has finalized the acquisition of United Kingdom-based Parkopedia. While financial details were not disclosed, the deal brings together two tech parking companies who have collaborated for the past 10 years. Each of the companies brings its own parking expertise. In...