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McMurdo announced a launch of their new product, Fast Find Ranger PLB

by gps4us news 2012-05-07 14:22

Maker of Emergency Positioning Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs), Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs), Search and Rescue Transponders (SARTs) and other emergency devices McMurdo announced a launch of their new product, Fast Find Ranger PLB. [More]

Tags: GPS, Fast Find Ranger, navigation, satellite, radio beacon, McMurdo, COSPAS SARSAT

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GeoEye offers to buy DigitalGlobe.

by gps4us news 2012-05-05 14:14

GeoEye, a commercial satellite imagery company, offered to buy its rival, DigitalGlobe, for $792 mln.
GeoEye and DigitalGlobe are the only two companies that provive satellite imagery to US military and intelligence agencies. The companies also provide satellite imagery to companies like Google for its Google Maps technology, and navigation device manufacturers, like Garmin.
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Tags: geoeye, digitalglobe, satellite, navigation, digital imagery

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Weather warning system for Satellites?

by gps4us news 2012-03-05 17:36

Satellites are widely used for weather tracking and prediction. However, the satellites themselves are at risk when it comes to particular type of storms – solar storms. [More]

Tags: Satellite, GPS, navigation, solar storm, solar, weather, Garmin

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TomTom’s annual sales slump.

by gps4us news 2012-02-20 18:42

TomTom, a Dutch maker of digital maps and PNDs (Personal Navigation Devices) reported a staggering 76 percent in fourth quarter net profit due to declining demand for PNDs. The company also predicted further decline this year. [More]

Tags: TomTom, GPS, satellite, navigation, PND, Mazda, Renault, Fiat

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Increased Military-Civilian cooperation on space programs.

by gps4us news 2012-02-10 18:35

Even though defense-related budgets are tightening, Richard McKinney, deputy undersecretary for space programs said in February that US Military continues its coopetation and international collaboration on space programs. [More]

Tags: WGS, GPS, satellite, navigation Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Pentagon

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Aerial Sheriff surveillance drone flights provide greater safety of crime-fighting operations

by Rus Abz 2012-01-12 13:09

Adaptations of military surveillance technology are finding their way to help in everyday police operations as an efficient crime-fighting solution. The small factor unmanned aerial vehicle could be quickly deployed to track and chase down drug shipments and assess potentially precarious situations such as armed standoffs. The operating cost of the drone is tenfold lower in comparison of that required for a helicopter crew. Fully loaded the 50-pound Aerial Sheriff is compact enough to fit into the back of a truck. It can be airborne in minutes, and only takes five minutes to completely refuel. Designed to fly for extended period of time to support police surveillance operations and to get to the crime scene in no time. Equipped with night vision cameras, infrared and thermal imaging equipment the unmanned vehicle uses GPS course compass unit and GPS enabled autopilot. In fully autonomous mode the onboard flight control system relies on GPS navigator to stabilize the flight while the ground operator analyzes the real time video information. The flying sheriff captures high-resolution video and aerial photos and transmits live video stream which is secured from interception. The Aerial Sheriff is the first drone capable of carrying not only surveillance payloads like thermal imaging camera for night use, zoom lens camera and a heat seeking device, but armed weapons ranging from Tazer to small grenade launcher or a gun that fires bean bags, however there are no plans to fly weaponized police drone. A pilot on the ground is using a laptop and joystick to fly the drone by remote control. The video streaming information is used to direct officers on the ground in in the search of the suspect. Aerial Sheriff is always ready to be called to quickly get to any place miles away from the mobile host vehicle. With GPS course compass and autopilot quidance and live video stream coming from an unmanned aircraft it is a powerful tool for all kinds of police work and is always ready to be called precisely to the scene of a traffic or other accident. Law enforcement agencies are planning to use the drone helicopter to deal with criminal activities. The flying sheriff can read a license plate from 400 feet in the air and identify suspects and the vehicles that they are in. The flying sheriff could also fly to seek for missing child or the Alzheimer's patient that has wandered off and in many cases when police can take this drone and launch it and give rescue teams a greater capacity to be able to find those missing individuals. An unmanned drone uses its heat seeking camera to help a police officer track down a suspect. Equipped with powerful cameras, high precision GPS navigation and transmitting technology, the UAV can quietly hover high in the skies over any location while sending its operators real-time video of the crime scene. Police forces in the UK have been flying drones for surveillance operations for several months. In the US the drone will only be used in mission specific situations. Police departments adopting the drone technology have been working with the Federal Aviation Administration to get clearance for drone flights, come up with operator training and flight regulations for law enforcement use of unmanned aerial vehicle. As always with new technology there are concerns that application of the drone technology is moving at a faster rate than the laws. The complete number of checks and balances on the law system are currently missing. American Civil Liberties Union and civil rights monitoring organizations are working with the police and law enforcement agencies to ensure the primary use of the drone is to provide greater safety protection of SWAT teams in their legitimate police work. Flying Sheriff adds a lot of value as it discovers critical information about crime scene ahead of time for the safety of the officers. Use of the drone ensures SWAT team members are not getting hurt. Aerial Sheriff flights have demonstrated new crime-fighting technology can be utilized to provide for greater safety of SWAT teams operations.

Tags: Aerial Sheriff, SWAT, unmanned aerial vehicle, video stream, course compass unit, autopilot, GPS course compass

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GPS tracker plugs into Road Sign inventory and asset management system

by Russel 2012-01-09 14:43

Leading providers of GPS tracking systems are developing new GPS tracking technologies which enable automatic tracking on the road vehicles, on the water vessels and valuable assets from any Internet connected device. GPS tracking technology integrates information received from multi-GNSS and Glonass satellite constellations with distributed client server cloud computing web services, providing front end applications with universal intuitive GPS tracking interface. This multi-tiered approach enhances user efficiency while tracking assets from GPS handheld navigator or smartphone. Mobile GPS tracking has become an invaluable asset to users by enabling efficient tracking, regardless of the track-able asset or tracking user location. The web-based portal is just a front end of the distributed GPS tracking application which uses the cloud computing database and provides an enhanced operation for traditional uses, and for the wide variety of unusual applications, such as an automated tracking of inventory of geographically distributed objects, such as road signs. High precision of GPS tracking information provided by GPS satellite constellation about each and every item in the inventory offers new way to perform highly routine duties by adding the missing object positioning component into automated inventory management matrix. The new uses of the tracking system allow optimization of traditionally difficult task of tracking the county road signs and keeping their inventory up to date. Highway and roadway superintendents are testing new features of multi-tiered GPS tracking technology and its enhanced software to take inventory of each and every road sign, to map each location using high precision GPS coordinates in the inventory database, for real time generation and automatic rendering of two and three dimensional topographic maps. The new approach will allow the road and highway managers to keep an eye on the condition of the road signs, including their retroreflectivity qualities. This is important for road safety as the Federal Highway Administration has instituted new minimum requirement for retroreflectivity levels. The strict deadlines and gives highway management agencies until the end of this month to figure out a plan for assessing the condition of their county road signs. Road signs are a vital part of national roadways and highways. They are critical for road safety warning of road condition and hazards helping drivers day and night to find the safest way to destination. All signs must meet the new minimum retroreflectivity levels for signs directly on the roadway which are ground mounted, and for overhead road signs as well by strict deadlines. The GPS tracking system and its GPS navigation hardware and software components have been reviewed by Risk Management Services for applicability. The GPS tracking solution for road sign inventory management will save countless hours and pay for itself, automating the manual process of checking each and every sign. The new road sign management system relies on the GPS Intelligence tracker algorithms designed to provide objects inventory tracking capabilities via the multi-GNSS Glonass Online Inventory Tracking Cloud Computing Services and dedicated web portal. The tracking services and web portal are available for the mobile GPS users by logging in from any internet enabled desktop or portable device. The suite of tracking devices include GPS trackers with improved sensitivity quad helix antennas coupled with multi-GNSS GPS receivers and rugged outdoor design for reliable continuous service-free work in heavy cover areas and all weather conditions. Spectrum of GPS tracking devices is available in hard-wired, solar panel and battery-operated designs. The tracking devices easily acquire GPS satellite constellation and are suitable not only for the inventory applications but for for multiple applications including fleet tracking, asset tracking and people tracking. The next generation GPS tracking devices feature extended features such as live tracking at wide variety of polling intervals from seconds to hours, locate anytime ability, cell tower triangulation, 3D motion sensing, proximity alerts, Geofence boundary alerts, battery and solar panel condition alerts, tamper alerts, indoor tracking, weather-resistant designs, text messaging and email alerts. Transportation engineers are envisioning the enhanced integrated solution to interconnect the GPS tracking inventory technology with the Enterprise Asset Management systems. The innovative approach will allow for the integrated GPS enabled asset management inventory system to effectively manage street sign assets on the roads and in the city, as well as automatically assign and track work orders for all street, sign, and other right-of-way assets on the roads and streets. New vision for the GPS tracking technology adds highly secure radio communications to give priority to the traffic control systems which are communicating with emergency vehicles, on the road hazard alert and safety support systems.

Tags: GPS tracking, tracking devices, multi-tiered, Road Sign inventory, asset management, satellite constellation, road signs, retroreflectivity, geographically distributed, Highway and roadway, Geofence, cloud computing

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McMurdo announced a launch of their new product, Fast Find Ranger PLB

GeoEye offers to buy DigitalGlobe.

Weather warning system for Satellites?

TomTom’s annual sales slump.

Increased Military-Civilian cooperation on space programs.

Aerial Sheriff surveillance drone flights provide greater safety of crime-fighting operations

GPS tracker plugs into Road Sign inventory and asset management system

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