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Trimble and Esri Elevate Long-standing Partnership At Esri’s 2024 User Conference, Trimble $TRMB has announced an extension of its partnership with Esri for geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence and mapping.  The companies, which have partnered for more than...

More than 2 million customers had location data exposed... Toyota Japan has admitted to exposing millions of drivers’ vehicle information, including location, on the internet for more than 10 years.  The carmaker plans to notify more than 2 million customers whose...

Trimble expects $3 billion in value from the transaction Saying it wants to create a global leader in mixed fleet smart farming and autonomy solutions, Trimble TRMB 5.59%↑ has agreed to form a joint venture with AGCO AGCO 1.13%↑ to offer farmers factory and aftermarket solutions for the...

LAS VEGAS—While still not a pre-pandemic levels, CES 2025 was big, noisy and exhausting. It featured most mapping companies, a surprising number of lidar and autonomous vehicle companies, fleet telematics, GNSS vendors and equipment component manufacturers like antenna companies. While...

Carriers deny allegations, say they will fight fines... Alleging that they illegally shared access to their customers’ location information, the nation’s largest wireless carriers were fined nearly $200 million this week by the Federal Communications Commission.  The FCC contends that the carriers sold access...

For the first time in years, MapQuest has publicly released a new product, Private Maps, which the company says is a mapping app that protects a user’s personal data.  Private Maps, which is available for download on Android devices, keeps routes private with no tracking, no...

In an effort to spur growth, Globalstar GSAT -5.44%↓ this week appointed former Qualcomm chief executive officer Paul Jacobs as its CEO.  Jacobs, son of Qualcomm QCOM -0.28%↓ founder Irwin, takes over at a time when the company currently offers a satellite-based Emergency SOS for the new Apple AAPL 1.73%↑ iPhone models. The phone-to-satellite market that Globalstar is pursuing...

(Photo: SpaceX) Big innovation coming for PNT, automotive industry Last week’s announcement by T-Mobile TMUS 0.64%↑ president and CEO Mike Sievert and SpaceX founder Elon Musk to bring cell phone connectivity worldwide has implications for satellite navigation.  Leveraging Starlink, SpaceX’s constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit, and T-Mobile’s wireless network,...

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...

Mappedin Expands Strategic Indoor Mapping Initiatives and Scale with Microsoft Indoor mapping company Mappedin has partnered with Microsoft MSFT 0.05%↑ as a Managed Solution Partner.  As part of the deal, Mappedin will offer its Indoor Mapping Platform on Azure Marketplace, Microsoft 365, and Power Platform. Mappedin’s Indoor Mapping Platform (Image: Mappedin). Mappedin's platform integrates Azure...