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Thursday, February 5. 2009
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SiRF Technology’s GPS Solutions in SYNC with Ford Cars…Literally
SiRF Technology is providing the GPS chip set for Ford Motor Corporation’s SYNC technology to support location-based applications. SYNC was developed jointly with Microsoft and was launched 18 months ago on selected Ford vehicles. It is an in-dash system for advanced connectivity, communication and entertainment but, as importantly, functions as platform for many other applications that can be expanded when the demand is needed. On January 8th at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Ford announced that SYNC’s new features will now include Traffic by INRIX and driving directions supported by TeleNav that leverage SiRF’s technology.
SiRF is working with M/A-COM Technology Solutions, a tier 1 electronics supplier to Ford that is supplying an integrated module to Ford that includes the SiRF chip set with antenna, receiver, and memory as well as a Bluetooth-enabled phone. M/A-Com is responsible for linking location to the car’s architecture bus and making sure it works indoors as well as outdoors.
The technology of M/A-Com and SiRF that is being supplied to Ford will use the car’s architecture bus to take information from the car’s many other sensors to compliment the GPS. Using a SiRF Star II GPS chip set, SiRF developed new software architecture to work with the car’s sensors. This allows the SiRF GPS chips to calibrate the vehicle’s sensors, such as an internal gyroscope, and the vehicle’s sensors will in turn support location determination if a GPS signal is not available.
When GPS is not reliable, the combined measurements of speed and heading as well as the odometer are used to determine the vehicles location. The vehicle’s internal gyroscope is involved to help also determine whether the car is going forward or reverse so that location accuracy will be maintained. Other vehicle sensors are so accurate so as to detect whether the wheels are drifting and if the car tires are expanding, both of which might affect the vehicle’s position over long distances. In that case, the M/A-COM modules is sophisticated enough to perform the recalibration needed to correct location.
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Tuesday, January 27. 2009
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Podcast: Hybrid Positioning and Your Future
Hybrid positioning refers to handsets that use GPS and another technology to determine the device's location. Such solutions use Wi-Fi access points, cell towers, TV towers and their related signals, RFID, Bluetooth as a companion for when GPS is not enough. A recent report suggest growing use of hybrid solutions. What might your future and that of geospatial marketplace look like as these solutions proliferate? Our editors share some scenarios and point out gaps in the existing infrastructure, i.e., places to make money.
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Monday, January 12. 2009
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Consumer Electronics Show 2009: A Geo-Highlights Wrap Up
This long-ish post pull together the announcements from the consumer sphere that may relate to geotechnology, or that you shouldn’t miss.
Bottom line themes: more connectedness, convergence and location data. Big geo news? None really. Big device news? Palm’s Pre.
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Tuesday, December 30. 2008
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MEMS-based Sensor for Pedestrian Navigation
Aircraft used for capturing imagery use a combination of GPS and related technologies to keep an accurate record of where the plane was to use in locating the image. That other technology is a series of sensors, accelerometers, inertial measuring units (IMUs) - the stuff Applanix is well-known for making.
So, what is if you could make those sensors teeny and use them say for navigation for pedestrian routing? That's what VTI will be showing off at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) next week. The company will be showing off a Micro Electro-Mechanical System or MEMS-based demo unit that tracks "position, speed and distance of a pedestrian." The technology would be used in combination with another technology because such a tool would need to know where it "started from" to provide useful information.
- Small Times
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Monday, December 22. 2008
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Sensor in Ball, Gloves Confirm Plays
A team of students, lead by their Steeler fan instructor, at Carnegie Mellon developed the system which now includes sensors in both the glove and the ball. It can tell if the ball hit the ground before being caught and confirm who had control of the ball. No one is yet using the technology which could eventually expand to sensors in players' shoes or to confirm a touchdown.
I'm still getting used to instant replay in college football. I'm not ready for this!
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette via Gizmodo
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Thursday, October 30. 2008
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GeoGoodies from Microsoft's Professional Developer's Conference (PDC)
Rick Rashid of Microsoft Research hosted the final keynote of the event on Wednesday. Among the geographically related goodies he showed:
Continue reading "GeoGoodies from Microsoft's Professional Developer's Conference (PDC)"
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