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| Geospatial Holdings Reports Entry into Material Definitive Agreement
| Geospatial Holdings, Inc., announced that it has filed an 8K describing the entry into a material definitive agreement with Reduct NV. Reduct is an international technology company, based in Belgium, which is developing technologies in the field of underground pipeline mapping. | | | Apisphere for Outlook Plug-In Selected in Sierra Wireless — Wavefront Developer Program
| | Apisphere, Inc., has announced that its plug-in for Microsoft Outlook is one of the mobile applications selected as a Best-in-Class winner in the Sierra Wireless — Wavefront Developer Program. | | | Alltel Wireless Introduces Trimble Outdoors GPS Application
| | The Trimble Outdoors application is now available on GPS-enabled handsets from Alltel Wireless, allowing customers to review and plan trips online and access other GPS features. | | | Geospatial Holdings Names David Vosbein President and COO
| | Geospatial Holdings, Inc., has announced the promotion of David Vosbein, formerly executive vice president of worldwide strategic initiatives, to the position of president and chief operating officer. | | | Autodesk Location Services, Orange Partner to Sponsor 2009 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge
| | Autodesk Location Services and Orange Partner will return as regional sponsors of the 2009 edition of the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge. Autodesk Location Services is a gold-level sponsor for the Americas region, while Orange Partner is a platinum-level sponsor for the Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA) region. | | | Zekiah Tech Brings In PBS&J, U.S. Army GIS Vet
| | Software development and geospatial services provider Zekiah Technologies Inc. has hired Marshall Worthey to be in charge of business development, program management, and staffing of Zekiah's system integration, intelligence, geospatial, and other business operations in the Western United States. | | | NAVTEQ Inks Brazilian Distribution Deal with SANTIAGO & CINTRA
| | Digital map data supplier NAVTEQ has established a reseller agreement with SANTIAGO & CINTRA CONSULTORIA, a Sao Paulo, Brazil-based GIS consulting company. | | | Fastrax Makes Deal with GE Equipment Services Europe
| | Fastrax Ltd., a provider of GPS receivers and GPS software for original equipment manufacturers, has announced a partnership agreement with GE Equipment Services Europe to develop a custom design concept for tracking devices. | |
| | Applied Field Data Systems Garners Minority Business Award
| | The Houston Minority Business Council has named Houston, Texas-based Applied Field Data Systems Inc. as one of its Emerging 10 Award Winners for 2008 for demonstrating exemplary service, overall industry enhancements, community involvement, and innovative performance, according to the company. | |  MORE ARTICLES
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| Cognitive Radio Design for a Military Platform
| | Current radio frequency assignments — which are static, inflexible, and inefficient — have a detrimental effect on military communications. A potential solution, the cognitive radio, uses an onboard digital map system to select transmission frequencies and potentially shape the RF beam. | | | Navigation Drives LBS
| | Navigation is hands-down the top dog in location-based services. Sales of portable nav systems in the United States are predicted to finish 2006 somewhere north of 2.5 million, more than double last year's sales. Betting that the past is prelude to future, many analysts project a similarly rosy future ahead for PNDs. | | | NAVTEQ: Stuck in Traffic or Changing Into The Fast Lane?
| | For years, Navteq has considered itself as more than a mapping company, perceiving itself, instead, as a road-related content supplier. Earlier this month, however, NAVTEQ made its most dramatic move yet to reposition itself by acquiring Traffic.com — a roughly $50 million per year traffic supplier. | | | A Winning Global LBS Challenge
| | On March 15 at the CTIA Wireless 2005 Conference in New Orleans, NAVTEQ, a global provider of digital map data for vehicle navigation and location-based solutions (LBS), awarded the winners of the second annual Global LBS Challenge. The contest, which challenged developers to build location-enabled applications for wireless devices, was an expansion on the first contest that was launched in October 2003. . . . | | | MORE ARTICLES
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| Water Modeling for the Tsunami Recovery Program
| | Water modeling experts are working with the American Red Cross to rehabilitate water and sanitation systems in Indonesia and other tsunami-affected areas. | | | Curbing Water Pollution with Mobile GIS
| | In 1972, the United States declared war on water pollution with the passage of the Clean Water Act. As the primary water/wastewater utility for a city flanked by water on three sides, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) played an aggressive role in the battle to eradicate industrial contaminants that were fouling both San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. And in 2005, SFPUC deployed mobile GIS to take the water pollution fight directly to the public. | | | MORE ARTICLES
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