Jul 1, 2008
By:
Stephen Colwell
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Many factors have come into play in the last six to eight months, affecting GNSS company stock prices, earnings, and shareholder value. Acquisitions and mergers over a two-year period have reshaped the playing field, as current GPS/LBS players seek to expand their offerings and major new players hunt a piece of the action. To be sure, the pure-play PND consumer market is down due to economic factors and limited disposable income; this affects the chip sector as well. Surveying sales have slowed due to housing slump in the U.S. and abroad. Precision agriculture use of GNSS products seems to hold steady, thanks to the widescale upswing of biofuel production. Fleet tracking is enjoying a come-back as GPS navigation and routing are clearly viewed as must-haves to economize on transportation fuel costs.
Jun 1, 2008
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TomTom-Tele Atlas Deal Approved; Spirent Improves GSS8000 and Pens China Deal; KVH, NovAtel Integrate GPS, Fiber Optic Gyros; Trimble Introduces Copernicus II; NXP, Siemens to Develop Private Car Toll System
May 1, 2008
By:
Tracy Cozzens
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For the past four years, Arizona-based Space Data has used classic weather balloons and a GPS-based navigation system to maintain a constellation of balloons across the southwest U.S. Its SkySite communications network enables its customers, oil and gas companies, to be aware of any developing corrosion, the primary cause of pipeline failures.
May 1, 2008
By:
Eric Gakstatter
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Most precision agriculture users have settled for 1-meter accuracy using GPS, made possible with the reliable and convenient corrections provided by WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System). GPS/GNSS is important to key areas in agriculture, including field mapping, yield mapping, and guidance.
Navigation No Bit Player at CeBIT; Lawyers, Investors in League Against Industry Leader; Leica Unveils Quad-Constellation Antenna; Booming Ag Market Grows Hemisphere Revenues; more
Apr 1, 2008
By:
Stephen Colwell
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Ultra-wideband location applications envisioned or already created support emergency services, asset tracking, and manufacturing inventory management.
Intelligent Integration of GPS in Digital Cameras Arrives
Mar 1, 2008
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Recent achievements of GPS receiver manufacturers such as Air Semiconductors, SiRF, Qualcomm, u-blox, Glonav, and Geotate (NXP Software?s spin-off) are finally paving the way for intelligent integration of GPS in digital cameras.
Mar 1, 2008
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JAVAD GNSS Unveils Survey Products; California Highway Tests Showcase Traffic Solution; SiRF Unveils New Multimedia Platform, Deals with Stock Drop; Marines Pick Rockwell Collins for Sky-Diving Nav
UPS First to Use ADS-B; Solar Cycle Could Disrupt GPS, Communications; Trimble Acquires Crain Enterprises; Russia Sells GPS-GLONASS PND; more
