Sponsor: Wi-Fi Positioning System from
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Wi-Fi Location & Tracking
NAVTEQ to Power ReignCom's First Wi-Fi Enabled Portable Media Device The Wi-Fi Positioning System provides accurate
location information by detecting Wi-Fi access points in range. Unlike GPS or cell tower systems the Wi-Fi Positioning System
(WPS) from Skyhook Wireless...
WiFi on the highway: Avis to offer 3G-to-802.11 bridge. WiFi available in rental cars, with future geolocation possibilities?
Apple reveals iPhone It will support GSM+EDGE for Cingular, the initial carrier, but also embedded
Wi-Fi. ...runs on MacOS X. ...sign a deal with Cisco to use the iPhone name... so Linksys and Apple may both use the
title on products. ...support for Google Talk, Google Maps. Will LBS apps develop using Cingular's U-TDOA location-enabled
network?
 Bluetooth
Patent suit filed against cellphone makers over Bluetooth. The patents were developed in the mid-1990s, but that one of them was
not filed until 2003, and was granted only in October 2006. The Bluetooth SIG's members agreed to cross-license technology,
but WRF is outside that process.
RFID
RTLS & Tracking
VeriChip Awarded U.S. Patent for Portable RFID Asset Tracking System Portability feature to help VeriChip develop new applications and open markets for its RFID asset-based
tracking technology.
Spartanburg Medical Center Deploys Wi-Fi RFID System
Bradco Completes RFID Pilot for Tracking Its Drivers
GPS
DOT considers shutting down GPS backup system ...for an eLoran system that would complement and back up Global Navigation
Satellite Systems such as GPS and Galileo, the European Union-backed GNSS.
Global Locate Sues SiRF for Patent Infringement Global Locate, Inc., a leading producer of Assisted-GPS semiconductors
announced that it is filing today an Answer and Counterclaims against SiRF Technology, Inc in the US District Court for the
Central District of California seeking monetary damages and an injunction against SiRF's...
Global Locates GPS Host-Based Architecture and Chip Solution Powers New TomTom ONE TomTom and Global Locate chose the first day of the 2007 CES Show to announce
that the forthcoming TomTom ONE "V3" will be powered by…
YAHOO and Dash Navigation will combine online searches for local businesses with GPS Yahoo! is to team up with a navigation systems provider and
supply its Yahoo! Local local search engine for in-car GPS.
Other
IGOR robotic platform uses GPS and camera to get around The 'bot can autonomously navigate between indoor waypoints,
thanks to an ultrasonic indoor GPS system, and be controlled over the internet and via cell ...
Microsoft SPOT Initiative Accelerates With Addition of MSN Direct to Navigation Devices
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Industry
- RFID World 2007, Dallas, TX, March 26-28
- Geospatial Integration for Public Safety Conference, New Orleans, April 15-17, 2007
- GPS World Expo, Rosemont, Illinois, June 11-13, 2007
Academic
- International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing 2007(ISWPC 2007), San Juan, Feb 5-7, 2007- NetCri 07 in conjunction with IEEE IPCCC
2007;
- The First International Workshop on Research Challenges in Next Generation
Networks for First Responders and Critical Infrastructures, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 11-13, 2007.
- Call for Papers –
Computer Communications: Advanced Location-Based Services. See PDF for more info.
 
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| Location-Based Services: "FCC NRIC’s recommendations includes the indoor versus outdoor location
testing recommendation...all parties agree to 5% of test calls must be conducted from indoor locations for compliance and
maintenance testing... Focus Group 1A of NRIC VII is no longer meeting - FCC moved onto NRIC VIII now and the work of NRIC
VII has been completed. FCC has started identifying members for the next NRIC. It is not certain if indoor testing will be
in the charter."
"They [device
manufacturers and operators] also
say that 70 per cent of location-based services are being initiated indoors and yet this is precisely the environment where
GPS fails to deliver an acceptable end-user performance." Read more here.
There
are about 200 million US wireless subscribers (Jupiter Research, 2005 projection); and, more than 30% of 911 calls in the
US originate from mobile phones--a number expected to soon outpace 911 wire-line calls, according to NENA. Further, 62% of
all calls in the US are made from cell phones (CTIA) and it’s obvious that most people spend most of their time indoors.
LPS / RTLS for Healthcare: “A large hospital can lose nearly $1 million per year in equipment theft alone”
“Healthcare staff waste up to 30% of their time searching for needed medical equipment that has been hoarded
or misplaced.”
Tracking criminals / sex offenders: Current GPS-based systems have significant limitations when it
comes to continuously monitoring offenders. The most obvious limitation is that these systems cannot track offenders when
they move indoors, underground or anywhere else the satellite system can’t ‘see’ them. By some estimates,
offenders, like most people, spend 85 to 90 percent of their time indoors, so there is a considerable gap here.” [Joe
Russo, Program Manager – Corrections, National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center.] "Satellite technology is not that effective in indoor places like a large mall, building or stadium, or outdoors
in a canyonlike environment, like Manhattan." Read more here. |
