...the latest news appears to be the Trimble Yuma, a rugged tablet from SDG Systems that now runs Ubuntu Linux.
Targeting military and industrial applications requiring data collection, inspection, and reporting from the field, the Linux-powered Yuma can be used with geospatial software including GRASS GIS and Quantum GIS as well as other standard or custom Linux-based applications. The device is available starting at $3695 on SDG's website.
- PC World
The Trimble Juno series provides a complete, integrated package of positioning, imaging and communications for flexibility. Two versions are available. The Juno 3B has an integrated GPS, a 5 MP autofocus camera and Windows Mobile software. The Juno 3D includes all of the features of the Juno 3B plus 3G wireless technology, which allows users to transfer data faster and stay connected to the office with an integrated mobile phone.
- press release
TomTom has made a landmark move into the insurance market by providing the technology behind a new insurance product, which bases premiums on driving behaviour.
TomTom has teamed up with insurance broker Motaquote for the launch of Fair Pay Insurance – a product that rewards 'good' drivers with lower premiums.
- press release
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Laura Madison and an online community launched www.mbfloods.ca using software comparable to GIS, which visually presents information such as closed roads, high water levels, sewage, electricity outages. Below the map's surface is a groundwater library of government reports, viewer Youtube videos and text message testimonies, combining official and grassroots information sources to keep each other in check.
The comparable softarwe is Ushahidi.
- Lake of the Woods Enterprise
About $50,000 in the proposed town budget would be used for a special plane flight in Colchester, CT. The cost to put the data online? $3,000.
- Norwich Bulletin
Wellington, FL is trying out using a Segway equipped with GPS and computer to capture data for the GIS. It's very green, per the article in the local paper.
The Segway test is currently collecting all items that are in the right-of-way, Navarro said. Traditionally collecting GIS data was a two-person job that required traveling in a truck, collecting the data and then returning to the office to download the data, he said.
"With the Segway everything is completed within the field and is added to the GIS map immediately. The GPS on the Segway can locate an item within 4 inches," Navarro said. "I no longer need to head back to the office to download the data I have collected."
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