ION GNSS and INTERGEO Clash For Attendees...
We don’t usually run an opinion piece as our lead story in Location Business News. However, this week two location conferences were held at the same time, which forced companies to make hard decisions...
NextNav said its vertical location service, Pinnacle, has been integrated into Atlas Reality’s Atlas: Earth game, which launches Oct. 18. Pinnacle’s 3D geolocation capabilities will Atlas: Earth “to deliver a gaming experience built around the real environments of users, especially in densely populated...
(Photo: Lockheed Martin)
More industry experts are calling for backups to the Global Positioning System as the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks recently passed. This week, in an interview with a San Francisco television station, both former U.S....
MapmyIndia Offers 4D Digital Maps (Image: MapmyIndia)
MapmyIndia has filed papers with India’s domestic market regulator for an initial public offering. Investors Qualcomm and Zenrin Co. will offer as many as 7.5 million shares, according to published reports.
While the company didn’t reveal the IPO’s...
HERE’s Maps Were In Most New Cars at IAA Mobiity (Image: HERE)
HERE Technologies said its HD Live Map is part of Mercedes-Benz’ new DRIVE PILOT, which is the first commercially available SAE Level 3 automated driving system in Germany. HERE says HD Live Map allows an...
Hexagon Rolls Out Leica Sensors for Unmanned Systems (Photo: Hexagon)
Hexagon AB has launched its Leica BLK ARC and the Leica BLK2FLY for autonomous mobile reality capture. The Leica BLK ARC is a laser scanning sensor for the autonomous navigation of robots and other carrier platforms...
IoT company ORBCOMM Inc. has announced the completion of its acquisition by investment management firm GI Partners for $1.1 billion, including net debt.
The provisions of the deal, announced in April, will have ORBCOMM stockholders receive $11.50 in cash per outstanding share of...
HERE and Wipro Agree to Offer LBS Globally (Image: HERE Technologies)
Wipro Limited and HERE Technologies are partnering to offer location-based services to energy, utility, transport and logistics, telecom, automotive and other industries.
As part of the deal, the companies said they will...
Ligado 5G Antenna (Photo: Ligado Networks)
Thalwil, Switzerland-based u-blox said it cautions against negative impacts of the FCC’s recent approval of the use of a previously protected portion of the L band for terrestrial communication on global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) such...
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command recently declared the eighth GPS III satellite as “Available for Launch.” GPS III SV06, SV07, and SV08 are ready for launch and are located at Lockheed Martin’s GPS III Processing Facility...