Whether you’re tackling your daily commute or traveling for family vacation, the newly announced nüvi 2200 and nüvi 2300 families make life easier than ever with multi-stop route planning, route previews and innovative nüRoute technology with trafficTrends and myTrends. “Mixing business with pleasure, the feature-filled 2200 and 2300 products prove there’s a nüvi for every lifestyle and every budget,” said Dan Bartel, Garmin’s... 

u-blox, provider of GPS receiver and wireless communication technology, today announced revenue for the first half year 2010 of CHF 49.3 million. This constitutes a 44.3% increase over the first half year of 2009. Gross profit increased strongly by 42.2% from CHF 18.4 million to CHF 26.2 million. EBIT for the first half year of 2010 was CHF 7.6 million and net profit of CHF 6.0 million were higher by 293% in comparison to the same period in 2009.  Read More →

Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 03, 2010 – Russia’s Proton-M carrier rocket put three GLONASS satellites into orbit on Thursday, a spokesman for the Russian Space Forces said. The Proton-M rocket blasted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 4:53 Moscow time (0:53 GMT). “The launch and flight of the carrier rocket, as well as the separation of the satellites, took place on schedule,” Alexei Zolotukhin said.... 

Laser Technology, Inc. announced today the release of LaserGIS for ArcPad. This new software extension maximizes field work productivity because it complements the current ArcPad platform and workflow, and significantly enhances its laser measurement capabilities, according to Laser Technology, which termed the software “an integration between lasers and GIS.”  Read More →

Today’s GLONASS launch was successful, according to reports from the Russian Space Agency, Roscosmos. Launch occurred at 00:53:50 UTC, and the three satellites were released from the DM-2 upper stage of the launch rocket at 04:26 UTC. According to Roscosmos, by 05:08 UTC all three spacecraft were under control.  Read More →

From September 7 to September 11, Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) will conduct what I like to call a “Tim the Tool Man Taylor” more-power exercise, which they have chosen to more appropriately call a Flex-Power Space and Control Segment Integration Checkout. No one really expects any problems to occur, and this should be a non-event for all users, but just in case, this article lists resources to contact should problems arise.  Read More →

Garmin announced two new budget series today, the nuvi 2200 and 2300 product lines. Both come equipped with multi-destination routing, as well as the trafficTrends (historical road speed database) and myTrends features recently introduced on the nuvi 3700 series. The 2200 series will will utilize a 3.5” touchscreen, while the 2300 series will have a 4.3” screen and allow users to “preview multiple routes.” Models with an LT designation... 

Garmin just announced the new Nuvi 1695, an updated connected GPS device that has a 5-inch screen. The Nuvi is connected to Garmin’s branded NuLink! service, that includes data such as realtime traffic, Google Local Search, weather, fuel prices, flight status and more. They threw in a few more NuThings like NuRoute technology which offers you trafficTrends and MyTrends; two routing features that help you route around known traffic issues... 

Garmin just announced the new Nuvi 1695T, an updated connected GPS device that has a 5-inch screen. The Nuvi is connected to Garmin’s branded NuLink! service, that includes data such as realtime traffic, Google Local Search, weather, fuel prices, flight status and more. They threw in a few more NuThings like NuRoute technology which offers you trafficTrends and MyTrends; two routing features…  Read More →

Garmin is pushing out a new pair of Nuvi lines that offer a lot of capability in a package targeted at a lower price. These Nuvis can help save time and money according to Garmin through smarter traveling on multi-stop routes and with their ecoRoute feedback to offer more economical driving patterns. All models include text to speech capabilities and millions of points of interest. Nuvi 2200 Series – 3.5-inch screen incorporates MyTrends... 

Garmin just announced the new Nuvi 1695, an updated connected GPS device that has a 5-inch screen. The Nuvi is connected to Garmin’s branded NuLink! service, that includes data such as realtime traffic, Google Local Search, weather, fuel prices, flight status and more. They threw in a few more NuThings like NuRoute technology which offers you trafficTrends and MyTrends; two routing features that help you route around known traffic issues and... 

Garmin has announced the nüLink! 1695, apparently abandoning the nuvi moniker for connected devices. The 5-inch touchscreen unit will include one year of connected nuLink services out of the box, and will come equipped with the trafficTrends (historical road speed database) and myTrends features recently introduced on the nuvi 3700 series. And to top it off, Garmin is getting an app store of sorts, dubbed the nuLink! Store, for purchasing premium... 

Garmin is pushing out a new pair of Nuvi lines that offer a lot of capability in a package targeted at a lower price. These Nuvis can help save time and money according to Garmin through smarter traveling on multi-stop routes and with their ecoRoute feedback to offer more economical driving patterns. All models include text to speech capabilities and millions of points of interest. Nuvi 2200 Series – 3.5-inch screen incorporates MyTrends –... 

For China only! So don’t get too excited about these transparent-lid touch screen phones if you’re in Europe or the U.S. I wonder why only Chinese get these transparent covers. Maybe they’re notorious for putting them in their pockets with keys or something. Who knows. Anyhow one of these new models is the Motorola XT806 which runs Android 2.1 and offers dual-mode/dual-standby support for CDMA EVDO and GSM, 3.2″ screen with... 

Paris, France (ESA) Sep 02, 2010 – An unmanned aircraft system guided by satnav has been developed within ESA’s Business Incubation Centre to provide rapid monitoring of land areas and disaster zones. The planes have already helped Spanish farmers in Andalusia to fight land erosion. The German start-up company MAVinci has developed the new system that uses autonomous micro-air vehicles (MAVs) with a wingspan of less than two metres,...