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The patent is titled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADVERTISEMENT DATA TO A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE” and many think it’s behind the recent “find” that the Pre reports its location back to Palm. That made headlines last month even though users are told in the license it would happen.
The app was made public in August but was filed last year.
- via Boy Genius
Readers might want to comment on the excerpt from a chapter by Paul Bradshaw at the Online Journalism Blog. Or, they may just want to see how journalists might use mapping technology.
And the news is good per the experts:
- DigitalGlobe will gain 10% in marketshare (it has 45% now)
- GeoEye will technically lose marketshare, but not revenues
- DigitalGlobe growth may be in excess of 3 percent with revenue growth of 35 percent in 2010
- Both companies will do well with upcoming federal procurements for imagery
- Reuters
Despite all the positive words from PND vendors, the research firm says a study points the other way: “According to market research firm iSuppli, by 2011, virtually all smartphones will sport built-in GPS functionality, and by 2014 there might be no more market left for PNDs.” For now though, PND still rule: ” According to iSuppli, PNDs will continue to lead the navigation market in 2009, with some 114 million sets predicted to be in use by the end of the year, compared with 57.8 million navigation-enabled smart phones.”
- C|net
ZDnet interviewed Google Ed Parsons who offered the “two years old” comment. The article highlights Google’s Mapmaker (but not OpenStreetMap). Geraldine Kor, director of customer marketing, Asia-Pacific, at NAVTEQ explains that when users report errors to NAVTEQ often the update has already been made, but is not in the user’s dataset yet.
Recently NAVTEQ stated in a press release release that yearly updates are about right. “Typically GPS system maps need updating about once a year. ”
