The satellites of the ESA Cluster and Double Star of the China Space Agency have discovered that the extreme solar activity compresses the magnetosphere and drastically change the composition of the ions in the areas closest to the Earth, a phenomenon that could affect the operation of GPS satellites, according to expert opinion. ... Read more
GPS location data from tracking devices and mobile phones has become an important component of court cases as a way to establish where people have been and when they were there. While the U.S. Supreme Court has yet to weigh in on the constitutionality of warrantless GPS tracking, a more fundamental question may be whether GPS data is reliable enough to be admissible in court. ... Read more
Litomerice hosted informal meeting of Transport Ministers. Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) is top of the agenda. The informal meeting will be led by Czech Minister of Transport Petr Bendl. ... Read more
LSE claims £15bn in broadband, smart grids and transport management systems would provide greater economic stimulus than spending on roads and bridges. ... Read more
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 29 - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education this week announced plans to strengthen the joint research agenda they initiated in 2006 with the launch of the MIT-Portugal Program. The revisited strategy aims at a longer-term collaboration focused on three main areas: sustainable urban/regional systems; stem cell research for regenerative medicine; and materials and design-inspired products. ... Read more
The private operator of mobile telephony, Tunisiana, has organized a forum create a bridge between local and foreign suppliers of mobile solutions . Moreover, the Minister of Communication Technologies, opening the proceedings of this meeting, the current 24, considered that this forum is an opportunity''to start new projects ...''welcomed''the transition the contribution Tunisiana of sector development.'' ... Read more
Berne, 28.04.2009 - Wednesday 29 April 2009, Federal Councilor Moritz Leuenberger will visit Litom??ice (Czech Republic) to attend an informal meeting of transport ministers of the European Union. Optimal use of transport capacity by road and rail will be discussed. ... Read more
Last week Maponics, a provider of highly-local geographic data, announced the launch of Maponics International Neighborhood Boundarie. First released in beta earlier this year, this specialized spatial dataset will include neighborhoods for approximately 100 cities in over 15 European Union countries by the end of 2009. ... Read more
District government employees will share more vehicles under a new fleet management system that is the first of its kind in the country and run by Zipcar, a company partly owned by the city's transportation director. The system greatly reduces the number of vehicles the city uses, replacing a fleet of 360 vehicles with 58. That equals a $6.6 million savings over five years, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) said at a news conference yesterday in the parking lot of the District Department of Transportation. ... Read more
ISLE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Molex Incorporated (NASDAQ:MOLX) (NASDAQ:MOLXA) introduced today the HSAutoLink™ Interconnect System, an emerging high-speed data bus for vehicles, to meet the needs of the "Connected Vehicle” (Vehicle-to-Vehicle communications, Infotainment and Telematics). ... Read more
Om Malik makes an excellent analysis of something we had anticipated Fabio Caballero's report of social networks and location a few months ago, location-based services (LBS) and social networks are two important trends in the development of what is called Mobile 2.0. ... Read more
Fastrax and MtekVision have announced a partnership to integrate Fastrax Software GPS into MtekVision’s Maple-3 multimedia processors. This technology cooperation brings for the first time Fastrax Software GPS to existing customers using Maple-3 and Maple-3X media processors. ... Read more
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the weather begins to warm up for most of the country, drivers begin thinking of spring and the services needed to maintain their vehicles now that winter has passed. Unfortunately, it’s during this time of year, that automotive myths are often unintentionally perpetuated. ... Read more
(openPR) - Schweinfurt, 25.04.2009. . The GPSoverIP GmbH in Schweinfurt presented at transport logistic 2009 Telematik its holistic approach. The specialist for vehicle tracking and fleet management reacts to the new challenges of the market. ... Read more
Aragon is the first community in the state that used a geolocation system to enroll students.The Department of Education is now time to develop such a novel system that will address the proximity between homes and schools.Counseling staff is already involved in developing software that will manage the process. ... Read more
With the objective of increasing use of technology in traffic management, city police is implementing eight components as Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) initiatives, which are being integrated at "Interim Traffic Management Centre (TMC)" as a pilot project. ... Read more
AUTOMATION: Communications-based train control is putting more intelligence on board trains, along with high capacity data links that can be harnessed to carry other systems. Invensys Rail Group CEO James Drummond tells Chris Jackson that rail is starting to copy the convergence of technologies seen in other industries. ... Read more
Tata Teleservices Limited, India’s fastest-growing pan-India telecom service provider, today announced the launch of a unique QUICKFINDER A-GPS (Assisted Global Positioning System) service. The first-of-its-kind location-based service will be available exclusively to Tata Indicom subscribers, and is powered by Qualcomm’s QPoint solution and gpsOne technology integrated into Qualcomm chipsets. ... Read more
The Great Wall of China is even greater than previously thought, according to the first detailed survey to establish the length of the ancient barricade. ... Read more
To enahnce its capability to forecast strong sudden rainfallsthe Weather Bureau of Dongguan started work na GPS water vapor monitoring system. he system can reflect the vapor space and time on the detailed distribution, to improve the local nature of sudden heavy rainfall forecasting accuracy of the support provided. ... Read more
The consultation, to approve the new rules of use is unlikely to reach the quorum of 30%. In this case remain in force the existing rules made no comparison with users. According to Prviacy International making 60 million people vote ina week is close to imopssible. ... Read more
Chinese officials have announced the radio frequencies to be used to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) that is in charge of frequency allocation. ... Read more
RAJKOT: Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) has decided to fit GPS on water tankers that supply drinking water to the city. This has been done to check rampant water theft. ... Read more
Mohammed bin Rahid said it was important that the programs will be launched soon for the immediate information system that will allow passengers to know the real-time passenger flights in the stations and bus stops and metro stations in order to provide real-time information on flight passenger buses and bus stops which show the following late and variable access and real-time, which in turn facilitate the process of movement and the provision of all means of comfort for passengers, adding that the project was divided into three phases and includes the installation of the screen approximately 1200 distributed to all the Dubai Metro stations and bus stops feeding the metro stations and a number of other positions deployed in the emirate. ... Read more
The Brazilian Federal Court decided in the first instance the installation of the chip tracking antifurto will not be mandatory in new cars sold in the country from August, as provided for Denatran (National Department of Transit). The agency did not comment the decision - said only that it will appeal. ... Read more
All eyes in the motor industry will be trained on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling MP on April 22nd when he raises aloft the famous red briefcase and delivers perhaps his most important budget. ... Read more
BEIJING, April 17 (Xinhua) -- China will be able to provide free global navigation and positioning services by 2020 with its own constellation of satellites named "Compass," an engineering expert said here Friday. Compass would cover all of China and its adjacent regions by the end of 2010 or early 2011, and it would expand into a global network by 2020, Cao Chong, chief engineer of the China Electronics Technology Group Corp., told Xinhua. ... Read more
ARMONK, N.Y., April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- According to a study released today by IBM (NYSE: IBM) , increasing demand on rail systems in the U.S. and around the world will dramatically strain existing rail infrastructure. The study, "The Smarter Railroad," analyzes new approaches to modernize and build high-speed rail networks globally, such as those announced today by President Obama. ... Read more
MEPs face a packed agenda in the penultimate plenary session before the European elections 4-7 June 20009. Please note that the session starts on Tuesday 21 April and ends on Friday 24 April.
Highlights of the Strasbourg plenary session 21-24 April 2009 include:
...
Read more
Environmentalists, utilities, and green businesses are turning to behavioral economics to find innovative ways of influencing people to do the right thing when it comes to the environment. Is this approach really good for the planet or just a fad? ... Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) is aiming to forge more strategic alliances with South Korea, especially in the areas of automotive and aerospace. Its senior vice president of technology nurturing, Norida Abd Rahman, said the thrust behind such alliances was to promote technology transfer and commercialisation. ... Read more
According to a study by the company Arval, more than half of European companies has been forced to adjust the fuel and accident costs of their fleets to optimize the cost of their vehicles. ... Read more
To thoroughly apply the Scientific Outlook on Development, implement the “Opinions of the State Council on Boosting the Steady and Fast Economic Development by Bringing Scientific Support into Full Play” (No.9 [2009] of the State Council), further sum up and promote the successful experience of the preparatory work of the Beijing Olympics especially “high-tech Olympics”, and speed up the construction of “high-tech Beijing”, related departments have formulated the “”High-tech Beijing” action plan. ... Read more
Italy is deploying GPS to track waste trucks. ... Read more
India will be in the next 6 years 7 launch navigation and positioning satellites, in outer space to create the Indian version of GPS." ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair Mada million September 27, 2007 the General Assembly at the international space of the declaration indicates that the international navigation and location-based services market will see an ambitious five service provider In accordance with the Government of India in May 2006 approved the "Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System" (IRNSS) plan, the system's first satellite will be launched during the year 2009. ... Read more
Ian Walmsley of Eagle-i Holdings and Denny Payton of Harvey Ingram share the views on investing in telematics. ... Read more
The State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (SBSM) has released three recommended standards for the surveying and mapping industry, which were implemented from April 1. ... Read more
Taipei, April 15 (CNA) China and Taiwan have recently agreed to establish the first cross-Taiwan Strait platform for cooperation and mutual exchanges in the telematics industry. ... Read more
The Egyptian National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA) issued decisions this month that are ending up the ban on consumer GPS products. ... Read more
One of the main directions of modernization of Russian transport will be the introduction of innovative technologies (GLONASS, and intelligent transportation systems). As the correspondent of the Baltic News Agency (BIA) reported on Tuesday, April 14, at a meeting on the implementation of the federal target program «Modernization of transport system of Russia» in 2009 and the program of anti-crisis measures of the Russian government in the transport sector »Minister of Transport of the Government of the Russian Federation Igor Levitin. ... Read more
7-8 April 2009 in Moscow, «President Hotel» the First Russian International Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, sponsored by the International Academy of Transport in conjunction with the Association of intelligent transport Russia and non-profit partnership «The international business cooperation» ... Read more
In order to promote Russian navigation and information technology-based GLONASS, as well as taking into account the interest of Arab countries in the use of these technologies, the Association «GLONASS / GNSS - Forum» in March 2009 an agreement was signed with the Egyptian company «Middle East Representative office for Sciences and Technology ». The main areas of cooperation established - joint actions on promotion of satellite navigation technologies based on the GLONASS system, the search for potential customers (buyers) navigation products and services. ... Read more
China will put into orbit on Wednesday the second Beidou satellite, the Chinese version of the Global Positioning System satellites, popularly known by the acronym in English of the U.S. system GPS, as announced by the spokesman for the Xichang Space Launch Center on Monday and picked up the agency china Xinhua news. ... Read more
Ministry of Internal Affairs, "Promoting the creation of mobile home" in 2009 and started taking a new offering for the year of the project. This is a health and safety and medical care by use of mobile phones that support the safety of local children and the elderly. ... Read more
Keeping track of a moving target is a trickier task than observing a stationary one. This is something that Israeli company, Pointer Telocation, knows all too well. Named after a species of tracking dog, the 10-year-old company has developed a range of high-tech security solutions that use sophisticated wireless communications technology, for vehicles on the move. ... Read more
Joseph M. Sussman, an external adviser to the Department of Transportation and professor at MIT, explains why the stimulus isn’t good enough and why we should all have to pay to play. ... Read more
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO – Members of the Association of Equipment Management Professionals (AEMP) and representatives from across a wide spectrum of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) put their heads together to develop key fleet management information and an automation plan to standardize how it is migrated into maintenance management or enterprise software, according to Construction Equipment. ... Read more
The u-Blox, recognized for its quality and constant innovation in the solutions GPS / Galileo, is now launching modules GSM / GPRS Leon's series. The modules are smaller than a 1 R$ coin. ... Read more
Münster, 08.04.2009, efficiency measures for logistics service providers are becoming increasingly important, in particular against the background of the current economic crisis is the use of personnel and vehicles to the central competitive factor. Punch Telematix therefore offers on its web-based user portal Fleet Works An overview of the driving and rest periods.. With the new drive all the dispatchers can even available to the driver driving without a previous reading of the digital tachograph and in view of the current routing into account. May on the logistics fair transport logistic in Munich at the booth of Punch Telematix (Hall B2, Stand 516). ... Read more
Five to seven centimeters in a position to make buses and trams safer. These are the tiny size of the 'box anti-crime' of which will soon be equipped with all drivers gtt. One way to give them the opportunity to immediately notify the central quell'autobus on or about the tram is going on something unpleasant. . "Question Time a few seconds - says the general manager of GTT - and, if necessary, the plant will send a flying behind that medium, because thanks to the satellite system connected to that box will immediately and accurately, where the half '. ... Read more
The Linux Foundation (LF), the non-profit organisation dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, will host the industry’s most advanced and open Linux-based mobile project, Moblin. Created in 2007, the Moblin project will be supported by the Linux Foundation. With technical support from the industry’s highly respected kernel developers and a neutral, third party host, the Moblin project is primed to be the most advanced and open mobile Linux platform. ... Read more
7 Apr, 2009 at the Center for Management attire ATC Northern Administrative District of Moscow Chief GUVD of the city of Moscow, Colonel-General Vladimir Pronin police presented a control system of mobile attire (PRSPs), the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Rashid Nurgaliyev Gumarovichu and the Mayor of Moscow Yuri Mikhailovich Luzhkov . The system developed by «M2M telematics» commissioned by the Government of Moscow. GLONASS will help in the fight against crime. The control system of mobile attire is designed to automate the management of forces and means, all units GUVD at different territorial and functional levels, which have the patrol and posting police officers involved in the plans of a single dislocation, as well as operational plans «The interception», «Volcano» and etc. ... Read more
Gordon Brown has promised a green Budget, with electric vehicles and car charging stations proposed. Anne Houtman gives the European Commission’s view on investment in energy-efficient vehicles and technologies. Mobility is vital to our society, and is essential for economic growth and competitiveness. It is also crucial for European integration and communication with other parts of the world. ... Read more
In-Vehicle Systems Two new specifications will allow all vehicles in Europe to make a 112 emergency call with relevant data about an accident or major incident. The work was completed in the 3GPP Technical Specification Group SA at their SA #43 meeting (9-12 March, 2009), before being presented to ETSI MSG for formal approval by the European standards organization. ... Read more
Information and communication technologies can help curb global warming, but the sector is also coming under growing pressure from the EU to lead by example by cutting its own emissions, which are now comparable to that of the aviation sector. ... Read more
On Friday it became known that Norway will join the project satellite navigation system of the European Union's Galileo. Sylvia Brustad said the country that attaches great importance to the European space program, despite the fact that Norway is not a member of the EU, and believes that participation in the Galileo project will help in the future, the Norwegian firms in the competitive struggle. ... Read more
IBM and Omron in Japan on April 2, announced a business collaboration environment to help reduce cardon dioxide emissions. The announcement, in order to strengthen the business, especially in the field of logistics, and logistics solutions to new products that integrate the two companies. ... Read more
Five local and foreign companies in Guatemala began to assemble a new type of passenger bus in Guatemala City that have pre-paid system and video cameras to improve service and raise the deteriorating security in the units, target of attacks. In February this year a driver was gunned down in Guatemala City. Over the past 14 months, 155 drivers and assistants were killed. ... Read more
SAN JOSE, Calif., Apr 03, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DCMT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Document Capture Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: DCMT), an IP-driven leader in the design, development and sale of next-generation mobile scanning technologies, today announced a contract with Belgium-based transportation management solutions company Punch Telematix. ... Read more
Santiago de los Caballeros already has its first digital map suitable for the Global Positioning System (GPS's) downloadable from the page www.ola.com.do
In an unprecedented move Dominican Republic's second largest city has a software that defines the space, noting the main access roads, shops and places of interest to the user of GPS.
EThe Map GPS not only lists all the streets, but also displayed on the screen 150 as commercial banks, petrol pumps, pharmacies, clinics, hotels, beaches, ATHs, restaurants and more.
...
Read more
Today is perhaps the most challenging day since the Rea Vaya project was launched,” noted City of Johannesburg member of the mayoral committee for transport Rehana Moosajee, speaking at the Intelligent Transport Society South Africa’s e-Transport conference, held in Sandton last week. ... Read more
With the rapid development of transport, the complexity of traffic increses and presents serious challenges. Intelligent transportation technology is an emerging answer to these transport problems. It originated in the United States, is currently being developed in many countries.Intelligent transportation technology is closely related to the content and conditions, the Governments at both the localization of the technology at the United States in accordance with national conditions study conducted on the basis of trade-offs or addition to Japan and China in this article as an example of Intelligent Transportation Technology (ITS) of localization issues. ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The sun has been unusually quiet lately, with fewer sunspots and weaker magnetic fields than in nearly a century. A quiet sun is good for Earth: GPS systems are more accurate, satellites stay in orbit longer; even the effects of manmade global warming are marginally reduced, though just by three-tenths of a degree at most. ... Read more
The European Community wants to expand its satellite system and therefore has the EGNOS infrastructure purchased. The 'European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service is considered the precursor of the positioning and monitoring system Galileo. ... Read more
TOKYO--(Marketwire - April 2, 2009) - Japanese sensor and control equipment maker OMRON Corporation (TSE: 6645) (PINKSHEETS: OMRNY) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) are working together to provide "smart" solutions that lower energy use, reduce carbon dioxide emissions and increase efficiency in transportation operations. ... Read more
Apr 02, 2009 (Datamonitor Financial Deals Tracker via COMTEX) -- TKP/U | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Polaris Acquisition Corp., a blank check company, has merged with HUGHES Telematics, Inc., an automotive telematics company. Both the companies are based in the US. ... Read more
| |
|
Telematics Community
| |||||||||||||
|
Member Area
Categories
Newsletter
Archive
|
|||||||||||||
