Point One Navigation announced today it raised $35 million in a Series C funding round led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from existing investors including IA Ventures, UP Partners and Alumni Ventures. The capital will accelerate the company’s Polaris-powered precise positioning platform, enabling centimeter-level accuracy for...
Grab launched a pilot program Monday integrating high-accuracy, lane-level GPS positioning into its GrabMaps service to boost navigation precision for driver- and delivery-partners navigating Singapore’s dense urban landscape.
The initiative, Southeast Asia’s first to embed such technology directly into mobile phones and apps,...
Parkopedia and Hyundai AutoEver have demonstrated Europe’s first seamless end-to-end in-car navigation service that guides drivers directly to a specific indoor parking space, electric vehicle charger or designated zone using high-definition indoor maps.
The new Indoor Maps service eliminates the common break in navigation at...
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Hexagon Acquires Inertial-Sense to Boost Precision Navigation and Autonomy
Hexagon has announced it will acquire Inertial-Sense, a U.S.-based company specializing in high-precision inertial navigation systems with...
Privacy issues aside, new Google Maps features allow quicker information for turning and traffic information...
Google Maps this week added Gemini’s AI chatbox to enable conversational route planning, suggestions while navigating and places of interest information. While Google GOOG 0.00%↑...
In the wake of private equity firm Advent International’s recent public tender offer to acquire Thalwil, Switzerland-based u-blox for around $1.3 billion, the company this week announced leadership changes. The company’s board of directors and CEO Stephan Zizala “mutually...
In what the company says is an industry first, Iridium Communications IRDM 0.00%↑ has launched a dedicated, miniature application-specific circuit (ASIC) to aid in the security of GPS and other GNSS devices against jamming, spoofing and timing interruptions. The...
Will it be another false alarm or a real launch? Apple Maps may be jumping into the paid ad business to go head-to-head with its chief rival, Google Maps.
Location Business News reported back in February that Apple AAPL 0.00%↑...
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HERE Technologies and Amap Launch Alliance to Power AI-Driven Navigation for Chinese Automakers
HERE Technologies and Amap, a subsidiary of the Alibaba Group, have...
Colossal space giant would control most future European GNSS manufacturing and development
Europe’s top space players — Airbus AIR 4.98%↑, Leonardo and Thales — have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to merge their space activities and create a new company aimed at bolstering Europe’s strategic autonomy...
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