In your March editorial, “The Fire Next Time,” you ask for suggestions to protect against another LightSquared encroachment. The solution is remarkably simple. Just let the same bandwidth be used for space downlink as it was originally intended. That would be both innocuous to GPS receivers and, more importantly, stake the ground against future challenges like LightSquared. — Alan Browne Lorraine, Quebec read more
This is an interesting look at the five and ten year vision of geospatial information management from the United Nations, a collection and summary of industry expert opinions. According to its website, “the UN initiative on Global Geospatial Information Management (GGIM) aims at playing a leading role in setting the agenda for the development of global geospatial information and to promote... read more
CMT Release iCMTGIS II App for the Apple iPAD, one of a series of apps the company is presenting to the iPAD and iPhone users in 2012. read more
Esri announced the release of a free Business Analyst Android app for retail and commercial real estate professionals, allowing them to access demographic data anywhere with the Esri Business Analyst Online (BAO) application. The application is designed for anyone who needs access to population and consumer marketing data on the go. read more
Esri announced that Atlanta-based Arby's Restaurant Group, Inc. has licensed Esri Business Analyst software and business data to help with corporate decision making. The second largest quick-service sandwich chain in the United States, Arby's is using the location-based system to more accurately assess its restaurants and trade areas including growing, remodeling, and relocating restaurants. read more
Between 2010 and 2011 the global installed base of app consumers increased by 104%, reports mobile research specialists Research2guidance. While the installed base of smartphones increased by nearly 274 million, tablets were the fastest growing segment. read more
GeoEye, Inc. announced that it is proposing to acquire DigitalGlobe, Inc. The combined company would create the world's largest fleet of high resolution commercial imagery satellites. read more
The European Commission announced a September 28 launch date for the next pair of Galileo satellites. These will launch together on a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana, joining the two Galileo in-orbit validation (IOV) satellites already in space. read more
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