Eco-Friendly and Safer Routing Announced at Developer's Conference
New Google Maps features were announced this week at the company’s first virtual Google I/O developer conference. Namely, an Eco-Friendly Route option that prioritizes roads and directions to the most fuel efficient. Some of these directions include...
Pointr is launching one of the world's largest single-site indoor location systems at the Reem Mall in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The indoor location system covers all public areas of the mall—some 2.3 million square feet.
The company, which partnered Dimension Data on the project,...
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HERE Technologies, Precisely Deepen Partnership to Deliver Location Data
HERE Technologies and Precisely said they are expanding their collaboration to deliver “trusted” location data for enterprise customers. The extended...
TomTom released a report Monday analyzing road congestion around 11 major U.S. airports during peak travel periods, including the November 2025 federal government shutdown and 2024-2025 holidays, drawing on multi-year data from 600 million connected devices to identify national...
Swift Navigation and CHC Navigation Partner
Swift Navigation has partnered with CHC Navigation to integrate Swift’s Skylark Precise Positioning Service with CHC Navigation’s GNSS receivers. Markets targeted by the companies include autonomous vehicles, advanced driver-assistance systems, robotics, and surveying equipment. The companies say that...
Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., will provide opening remarks for a Nov. 17 webinar cosponsored by Domestic Preparedness Journal and the Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation. Garamendi, chair of the House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee, has been concerned about GPS’...
BERLIN—The Intergeo 2023 conference here featured a number of geospatial product rollouts and even a few deals. Topcon Positioning Systems and SOCOTEC have announced an agreement for Topcon to provide monitoring technology to SOCOTEC throughout Europe.
The deal includes monitoring technology for infrastructure projects in France,...
Analysts predict more location companies will follow with AI-driven layoffs...
Dutch navigation specialist TomTom recently announced plans to eliminate 300 jobs—nearly 10 percent of its global workforce—as part of a strategic realignment aimed at accelerating its shift toward artificial intelligence...
Two major legal proceedings this week focus on location privacy…
The Texas Attorney General's Office has sued GM GM 0.00%↑ over the alleged unlawful gathering and sale of location information from 1.5 million state drivers. According to the lawsuit, data from 2015 and later OnStar Smart Driver and other...
GeoComm, RapidSOS, and Esri are partnering to deliver indoor maps to 911 and first responders to improve emergency response situational awareness, the companies said.
GeoComm provides indoor maps, built with Esri technology and basemaps, to Emergency Communications Centers (ECCs) via the GeoComm Maps option within RapidSOS...
