With Tuesday's filing, LightSquared asked the FCC to enact new rules to require special design standards for GPS devices. In the filing, the company argued that GPS receivers could be fixed using filters or other technical modifications.
LightSquared acknowledges such a change may not help the company with its current woes, but would be good for both 4G and GPS providers in the future.
Jim Kirkland, general counsel of GPS-maker Trimble, a founding member of the Save Our GPS Coalition said Lightsquared is using the same "false premises and claims that LightSquared has repeated ad nauseam."
- The Hill
by Adena Schutzberg on 02/07 at 02:07 PM |
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USGIF and OGC are committed to organizing a conference focused on place-based policy. However, after discussions with several of our respective members and sponsors, we have decided that the community would be better served if this event were rescheduled.
I know I was confused regarding the name, timing and other issues.
- OGC/USGIF statement on OGC website
by Adena Schutzberg on 01/31 at 03:00 PM |
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Yesterday, the OGC launched their Business Value Survey. Any and all geospatial technology users and providers are invited to complete a survey on the value of OGC standards.
The impetus for this survey came from the OGC Business Value Committee that has been tasked with three primary goals:
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Assess the effort (costs) and outcomes (benefits) required to successfully use geospatial standards
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Understand and articulate the advantages of developing and using OGC standards
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Enable the wider community of stakeholders to leverage business value as a tool to foster investment and implementation
The researchers have prepared two versions of the online survey. To take the survey, if you are a technology user, visit http://uncc.surveyshare.com/s/AQAIJDC.
If you are a technology provider (a vendor or a system integrator) or a consultant, visit http://uncc.surveyshare.com/s/AQAIZBC.
From the OGC announcement today: The survey is a joint effort by two academic researchers who are OGC members and by the OGC Business Value Committee. Dr. Mu Xia at Santa Clara University and Dr. Kexin Zhao at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte developed the survey based on requirements from the OGC Business Value Committee to support their studies on standards effectiveness. The OGC Business Value Committee will use a summary of the results to help the OGC better understand the value of the OGC’s open standards and improve its programs for geospatial standards development, compliance testing and outreach.
Please support the OGC's efforts in this matter.
by Joe Francica on 11/01 at 05:36 PM |
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India
Starting next week, the Delhi government-appointed competent authority will start a field survey of all monuments protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in the capital. The survey will map all existing structures within a 500m radius of every ASI monument.
The goal is to simplify the requests for construction permits, which can be restricted close to such monuments.
- Times of India
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by Adena Schutzberg on 10/27 at 03:00 AM |
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Narrow your search further:
archeology,
delhi state,
energy utilities and telecommunications,
ethiopia,
ghana,
historical sites,
india,
permitting,
pune,
standards,
telecom policy
You can now "helicopter" in Google Maps to preview a route from the air.
To preview your own route, it is as simple as clicking on a button. Start by entering your starting point, destination, and mode of transport like any directions; in this case, driving directions from ‘Carmel CA to Big Sur CA.’ Then, just click on the “3D” play button. The map will switch to Earth view and automatically start flying you along your recommended route.
- Google Lat Long Blog
In Scotland a coastal town appears in a forest and second is mis-located on Google Maps. TomTom, which provides the data says Google is at fault. Google appologized for confusion and asked for input via the "Report a Problem" link.
- UK Daily Record
Google added a new feature called “My Location” to Maps. It uses the GeoLocation API (what I think most think of as the HTML5 geolocatoin API supported in many modern browsers) to find your approximate physical location if you let it as the starting point of a route.
- Google Lat Long Blog
by Adena Schutzberg on 10/06 at 03:00 AM |
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