Social mapping platform Atly has officially launched with $18 million in funding from Target Global, Tal Ventures, and FKA Brands to offer users location-based content. Atly, in its open beta, said it has stewarded thousands of user-created community-based maps.
The company says hundreds...
In a GPS modernization report released this week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said that the U.S. Space Force needs to develop a sound business case for new M-code capable handhelds. The agency also said that the service needs...
Geotab Showcases Canadian Innovations
Geotab is a technology partner in Project Arrow, an initiative by The Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association (APMA) of Canada to develop the first all-Canadian, zero-emission concept vehicle. Geotab is contributing to the development of the Mutualism partnership's intelligent cockpit, which...
Social mapping platform Atly has officially launched with $18 million in funding from Target Global, Tal Ventures, and FKA Brands to offer users location-based content. Atly, in its open beta, said it has stewarded thousands of user-created community-based maps.
The company says hundreds...
Satellite positioning service to be delivered on Inmarsat satellites in 2027
Inmarsat Australia has won a $187.4 million contract for positioning and navigation service to benefit the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network’s (SouthPAN) satellite service. Inmarsat will provide the capability onboard...
Earlier this month, TRX Systems was awarded a seven-year, $402 million contract by the U.S. Army for the procurement of Dismounted Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing System Generation II systems and services.
The TRX Systems solution, TRX DAPS II, allows...
Xona Space Systems said its on-orbit position, navigation, and timing demonstration satellite mission, Huginn, has successfully transmitted precision LEO PNT signals from space to ground. The satellite was launched one year ago as the first-ever, commercially funded LEO PNT mission.
Other...
BeWhere Launches Asset Trackers
BeWhere has launched its next generation of asset trackers, the BeSol+ and BeTen+. BeSol+ incorporates solar recharging, Low-Power 5G and 2G communications and GPS/GLONASS/ GNSS/Wi-Fi/BLE indoor and outdoor location technologies.
BeWhere’s new BeTen+ asset tracker (Image:...
Company has paid more than $500 million in location tracking fines
In another fine over misleading location tracking practices, Google GOOG -0.89%↓ will pay $39.9 million to Washington state. In addition, the company will be held to court-ordered reforms “to increase transparency” over its location tracking...
Hexagon’s Autonomy and Positioning division and Hitachi Zosen have announced an agreement to launch the TerraStar-X Enterprise correction service in Japan. Among other applications, TerraStar-X Enterprise will provide lane-level accuracy for automotive and consumer markets in the country, the company said.
Hitachi Zosen, which is...