Posts Tagged ‘GPS’
Friday, September 6th, 2013
With the number of disasters that occur in the world today – both natural and unnatural – children get separated from their families with increasing frequency. Jorge Just, a student in a class called “Design for Unicef,” at New York University’s Tisch School for the Arts, wanted to make a an app for people who were under emotional stress. His idea went beyond the usual app for those with great Wi-Fi connections and cell service available in the inner cities.
Children in third-world countries certainly don’t have these advantages, and what Just found in his five visits to Uganda was that lost children were relegated to old systems where paper-based forms were manually entered into large databases, and the children themselves may not be that distant geographically from their parents.
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Tags: app, children, databases, disaster, geospatial, GIS, GPS
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Tuesday, August 27th, 2013
Readers may remember “Herbie” the runaway “autonomous” car in the Fred MacMurray movie of many years ago that created entertaining havoc. According to ABI Research, in North America, the first driverless vehicles will appear in the beginning of the next decade, evolving to more than 10 million robotic vehicles shipping in 2032.
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Tags: ABI Research, geospatial, GIS, GPS, robotic vehicles
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Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013
CitySourced reported on the launch of a new Smartphone app by the city of St. Charles that allows citizens to identify and report non-emergency civic issues, such as public works, quality of life, and environmental issues. This mobile reporting platform will improve how St. Charles delivers services to its neighborhoods.
“St. Charles Connect” allows a user to capture a photo, video, or audio of the problem. The user then uploads the media and, along with GPS location information pulled directly from the device, submits a report directly to the appropriate department. Once a report is submitted, feedback is provided to the user based on the action taken by the department handling the report. The application verifies that the item that is reported is within the city limits. If an issue is outside city limits a GPS tracking service from the device the sender is using will identify the location and notify the sender.
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Tags: Citysourced, GIS, GPS, St Charles
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Friday, March 22nd, 2013
The following is an announcement of a report from Research and Markets. They have announced the addition of the “3D Mapping & 3D Modeling: Global Advancements, Worldwide Market Size and Forecasts (2013 – 2018)”report to their offering.
The past decade witnessed a giant leap in various industries, with 3D technology being implemented in various electronic devices and other objects. The need for 3D mapping arose after an attempt to make 2D maps more advanced and look more real. This was done by introducing sensors, cameras, scanners, GPS components, and other acquisition devices to capture the real time 3D images which are created into models incorporated into maps. This type of technology is often used in modern computer programs to provide a lifelike view of a place or thing on a map.
Portable GPS devices use 3D mapping technology to provide automated directions. These devices have small screens that display a three-dimensional view of roads and maps. This is a good tool for people who travel or go for hiking to unfamiliar areas because the device uses satellites to pinpoint its exact location. Building schematics are blueprints used for the construction of houses. 3D mapping technology is often used to create construction schematics. This tool makes it easy to draw a three-dimensional version of a house plan. These plans are typically used to get building permits and construction material before any building starts.
The improvised 3D experience in smartphones, tablets, notebooks, PCs, cars, etc. is set to revolutionize the mobile device market and other GPS-enabled device market by broadening the horizons for the users to locate things easily using any device. This report looks at the various applications of 3D modeling and mapping applied in various business verticals. It analyzes the challenges and opportunities for 3D mapping and modeling as well as its impact in the marketplace. The report also gives insights into the global adoption trends, key market players, future scope, drivers, and restraints in the market, along with growth potential across different geographies. It also analyzes various factors that will drive and restrain the market over the next 5 years.
Key Topics Covered:
1 Introduction
2 Executive Summary
3 Market Overview
4 3D Mapping And Modeling: Market Size And Forecast
5 3D Mapping: Market Size And Forecast, By Applications
6 Market Size And Forecast By 3D-Enabled Devices: Its Influence On 3D Mapping
7 3D-Enabling Devices: Its Influence On 3D Mapping
8 3D Mapping And 3D Modeling: Market Size And Forecast, By Verticals
9 3D Mapping And 3D Modeling: Market Size And Forecast, By Regions
10 Competitive Landscape
11 Company Profiles
Companies Mentioned
– 3D Laser Mapping
– 3D Mapping Solutions Gmbh
– Apple
– Astrium
– Autodesk
– Cybercity 3D
– Esri
– Firmatek
– Google
– Hover Inc
– Igi Mbh
– Intermap Technologies
– Mira Solutions
– Optech Inc
– Pix4D
– Riegl Usa
– Saab
– Topcon
– Trimble
– Velodyne Lidar Inc
For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/lndplc/3d_mapping_and_3d
-Research and Markets
Tags: 3D mapping, 3D modeling, geospatial, GIS, GPS
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2013
Can Your Phone Find Your Car?
This review in this morning’s New York Times caught my eye – how many times have I wished for some sort of gadget to find my car in a parking lot? I have tied a hiking stick to the roof of my car to make it more noticeable in busy parking lots. But that’s not always so easy. Cars are all created in about three to four colors unless you customize yours with psychedelic magic bus colors or something.
This article cites several new apps for free or at minimal cost that will find your car for you, using your phone’s GPS and some will even work from photos!
Tags: Android, geospatial, GIS, GPS, iPhone, smartphone
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Monday, December 31st, 2012
According to an article in the Guardian, the US has the highest gun ownership rate in the world – there are 89 guns for every 100 Americans, compared to 6 in England and Wales.
See gun crime statistics by state in this latest data map.
Gun crime statistics by US state: latest data
Tags: data map, geospatial, GIS, GPS, gun crime statistics, mapping, US
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Thursday, December 13th, 2012
David Pogue reviews the new Google Maps app for the iPhone for The New York Times today. Readers of GISCafe Voice might remember Apple dropped their long time relationship with Google in order to provide their own Apple Maps, which some customers have not found as good as Google Maps.
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Tags: Apple Maps, apps, David Pogue, geospatial, GIS, Google Maps, GPS, location, The New York Times
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Thursday, November 29th, 2012
Research and Markets announced this week the addition of the “GeoFencing: Enabling Location-Based Reminders, Ads, Promotions, Proactive Apps, Security & More”report to their offering.
What is GeoFencing? It is an application that runs automatically on your smartphone so that when you get near a relevant location, that location or vendor can target their services to you the user and to the location.
If you use your smartphone calendar and to-do list, GeoFencing will let you know you are passing a store that sells the item on your to-do list that you need. If you’re a retailer then GeoFending will run your shop’s app while a user is passing the store in that location, signaling him/her with an appropriate product suggestion. It is also good for advertisers, parents, for social networking, for interoffice communication, always letting you know of what or who nearby might be appropriate for you to talk to.
There are a number of hurdles yet to be scaled for GeoFencing, such as the fact that running the phone GPS might drain the device’s battery. Also, timing and the range of the GPS are factors.
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Tags: GeoFencing, geospatial, GIS, GPS, Research and Markets, smartphones
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2012
Spirent Communications, a leader in testing wireless networks, services and devices, recently announced immediate availability of the first commercialized test solution for LTE assisted GPS (A-GPS) Over-The Air (OTA) Testing. This is a co-development effort by Spirent and ETS-Lindgren, two leaders in location testing.
Brock Butler, Director of Wireless Location Technology for Spirent Communications was interviewed by GISCafe Voice about this important announcement:
1) What is LTE assisted GPS and why is it important?
Long Term Evolution (LTE), often called 4G, technology is being incorporated into many next-generation consumer devices, including smartphones. It enables voice and high speed wireless data services. Nearly all consumer devices migrating to LTE also have a strong need to provide positioning capabilities. The leading technology for positioning remains Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) such as GPS (United States satellite system) or GLONASS (Russian satellite system). Assisted GNSS (e.g. A-GPS) uses an assistance server to provide satellite information to the mobile device and when coupled to a cellular technology like LTE, A-GNSS can provide improved location performance by making position fixes faster particularly at the very low power levels often associated with consumer usage in urban and indoor environments.
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Tags: geospatial, global positioning, GLONASS, GPS, location, smartphones GNSS
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Friday, October 12th, 2012
I’ve been wondering what would happen with in-car navigation as a result of the new turn-by-turn navigation now available in smartphones. In-car navigation is much more expensive than the $50 app that allows you to use turn-by-turn navigation on your cell phone. The big plus of in-car navigation is the fact that you don’t have to hold your device while trying to navigate busy streets. But the higher price tag of in-car navigation has car manufacturers thinking up ways to utilize the smartphone navigation system.
Solutions are in the works, according to an article in today’s New York Times: Ford has teamed up with the navigation company Telenav to enable Telenav’s Scout software to run on compatible vehicles outfitted with Ford’s Sync system and software called Applink. A $25-a-year app, Car Connect, lets drivers connect Android phones to the dash. (An iPhone version is in the works.)
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Tags: geospatial, GIS, global positioning systems, GPS, iPhone, maps, navigation, smartphones, TeleNav, turn-by-turn navigation
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