GPS Receivers Blog

Fastrax Extends Its Line of Sony-Based OEM GPS Receivers with New iTrax100
Helsinki, Finland (PRWEB) August 18, 2005 — Fastrax Ltd., a leading provider of programmable OEM GPS receivers and open, portable OEM GPS Software Development Kit environments, today announced the…

GlobalSat GPS Receivers Free to Mac Users As Part of Software Promotion
City of Industry, CA (PRWEB) May 1, 2008 — USGlobalSat, Inc. the US sales office for GlobalSat Technology Corporation (Taiwan), a major manufacturer of GPS engine boards, GPS peripheral receivers…

Narcotics search turns up cache of GPS units (Mid-Hudson News)
NYACK A raid on a residence on Prospect Street in Nyack that was intended to seize drugs, resulted in police confiscating a number of GPS units that had been stolen from area vehicles.

Denver Police Use GPS To Arrest Men Who Carjacked Cab (KKTV 11 Colorado Springs)
Police used a GPS device to pursue and arrest three men who beat and carjacked a Denver taxi cab driver.

GPS in 3G iPhone coming through Broadcom? (MacNN)
A GPS receiver will indeed be in the 3G iPhone, and the technology will be supplied by Broadcom, according to anonymous sources. Contacts cited by GigaOM say that Broadcom has secured a contract with Apple, beating out older, more established competitors such as SiRF, whose SiRFstar III receivers are used in a vast number of navigation devices. B…

GlobalSat Technology Introduces Four New GPS Products To Its Line
City of Industry, Calif. (PRWEB) July 16, 2007 — As a result of the widespread success USGlobalSat, Inc. is enjoying internationally, particularly after the company’s parent company’s…

GPS PCI Express Slot Card Provides Ultra Precise Time Base

GPS units giving dodgy directions (Australian IT)
VICTORIA Police officers have been forced to rescue lost motorists who ended up in remote country areas no thanks to GPS devices.

NemeriX Receives Patent For GPS Chip That Receives Tri-band Signals Simultaneously (AnandTech)
NemeriX chip can receive signals from GPS, GLONASS and Galileo GPS systems at the same time…

GPS Gas (WPSD Paducah)
New GPS device guides drivers to cheapest gas.

GPs ‘fail to refer heart patients’ (Channel 4)
Many GPs are failing to refer on patients suffering heart failure, according to a European study. Fewer than half (45%) of primary care physicians across nine countries, including the UK, said they would refer an older patient to a specialist.

Universal Receiver Tester (URT) offers innovative GPS test and simulation capabilities (The Auto Channel)
MONTREAL, May 27, 2008 — Global RF and telematics test solution provider Averna today announced that it has successfully implemented a GPS Constellation Simulator software solution for the Universal Receiver Tester (URT), the company’s commercial RF test platform.

GPS-Info CMM Displays Image GPS Tags in Mac OS X (The Mac Observer)
West Forrest Systems announced the immediate availability of GPS-Info CMM on Tuesday. GPS-Info CMM is a contextual menu plug-in for Mac OS X that adds the ability to display the GPS coordinates embedded in digital photos

GlobalSat Technology Introduces Four New GPS Products To Its Line
City of Industry, Calif. (PRWEB) July 16, 2007 — As a result of the widespread success USGlobalSat, Inc. is enjoying internationally, particularly after the company’s parent company’s…

Tracking best GPS systems getting easier (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
F ewer drivers are having to stop to ask for directions as sales of portable GPS navigation units surge. According to the editors of Consumer Reports, with newcomers such as Harman Kardon, Jensen, Panasonic, Sony and others entering the market, there are more choices and dramatically lower prices. Many features that were previously found only on high-end models are now available on budget-priced …

Fastrax uPatch OEM GPS Receiver Powers Tritech GPS Mouse
Helsinki, Finland (PRWEB) September 27, 2006 -? Fastrax Ltd., a leading provider of open and portable OEM GPS Software Development Kit environments and programmable OEM GPS receivers, today…

Swede packs off GPS to make world’s biggest sketch (The Register)
One line, 110,664 km long Swedish artist Erik Nordenankar claims to have created the world’s biggest “drawing”, having dispatched a GPS unit on a 110,664 km odyssey to create a global self portrait:

Self-portrait with GPS (CNET)
An art student sets out to create the “biggest drawing in the world” with the help of a GPS device and a global package-delivery company.

Medical Intelligence receives firm order for 2,500 Urgentys Lone Worker GPS valued at Cdn$1.5 million (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
Medical Intelligence Technologies Inc. , a pioneer in the mobile telesecurity industry and in the application of information and telecommunications technologies in the healthcare sector, today announced that Medical Mobile Seguridad, the Company’s Spanish subsidiary, has received firm orders for 2,500 Urgentys Lone Worker GPS emergency button units from a group of security companies and a …

GPS gives maize drill end-of-row auto-shutoff capability FWi (Farmers Weekly Interactive)
You may already know about GPS-activated sprayer shut-off, whereby the nozzles are automatically switched off one-by-one as you hit the headland at an angle. But what about maize drill auto-shut-off?

GPS Tracking - What is it?
(PRWEB) May 14, 2006 — GPS tracking devices were originally developed by the U.S. Department of Defense for use in precision weapon delivery. The initial satellites were launched between 1974 and…

2 devices use GPS technology to find lost dogs (Seattle Times)
How do you know when a dog is a geek? When he’s wearing the latest in doggy high-tech bling a GPS locator. The satellite-linked devices, which…

GPS Repeats As State Softball Champion; Wins 5th Title In 11 Years Lady Bruisers Roll Past St. Benedict, 15-0 (The Chattanoogan)
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Make it a repeat, and make it five state championships in 11 years for coach Susan Crownover and her GPS Lady Bruisers. GPS made it look easy Friday night, beating St. Benedict, 13-0, in five innings for the Division II-AA state title.

Texas School Uses GPS Monitors To Track School Skippers (WLBZ Bangor)
DALLAS, TX (NBC) — A Texas high school is using GPS technology to track students who skip class.

GPs order escape routes from patients (The Mercury)
PATIENTS are becoming so violent, GPs have commissioned architects to design a national safety standard for surgeries - complete with escape routes and “distress rooms”.

Tennessee: GPS cruises to Division II-AA title (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
GPS has looked like a team going through the motions most of the 2008 Division II Class AA softball postseason, but when the Bruisers feel like playing, results like Friday s are what happens.

GPS Tracking - What is it?
(PRWEB) May 14, 2006 — GPS tracking devices were originally developed by the U.S. Department of Defense for use in precision weapon delivery. The initial satellites were launched between 1974 and…

Fastrax uPatch OEM GPS Receiver Powers Tritech GPS Mouse
Helsinki, Finland (PRWEB) September 27, 2006 -? Fastrax Ltd., a leading provider of open and portable OEM GPS Software Development Kit environments and programmable OEM GPS receivers, today…

Tennessee: GPS back in D-II championship game (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
GPS isn t coasting to victory over its softball opponents like it did at last year s state tournament, but the results have been victories nonetheless.

Texas School Uses GPS Monitors To Track School Skippers (WLBZ Bangor)
DALLAS, TX (NBC) — A Texas high school is using GPS technology to track students who skip class.

GPS, Web picks for cell phone upgrades (MSNBC)
GPS and mobile Internet are high on the wish lists of cell phone users looking to upgrade to new phones. In part, the interest is due to a wave of $99-a-month plans by carriers that includes unlimited Web and data use, as well as by the popularity of Apple s iPhone.

Fastrax Extends Its Line of Sony-Based OEM GPS Receivers with New iTrax100
Helsinki, Finland (PRWEB) August 18, 2005 — Fastrax Ltd., a leading provider of programmable OEM GPS receivers and open, portable OEM GPS Software Development Kit environments, today announced the…