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Archives for October 2013

HERE Maps tweaks mobile data consumption while updating offline maps

October 31, 2013 By LBSzone

HERE has reinvented offline maps to reduce the amount of data to download up to 90% while updating offline maps. The new feature is only available on Windows Phone 8.

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Filed Under: mobile mapping

Nexus 5 smartphone with KitKat launched by Google

October 31, 2013 By LBSzone

Google is marking the five-year anniversary of its Android mobile platform with the release of the new Nexus 5 phone, which is manufactured by LG.

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Filed Under: Press

TeleCommunication Systems Adds 14 U.S. Patents Advancing Location-Based Services

October 31, 2013 By LBSzone

TeleCommunication Systems Adds 14 U.S. Patents Advancing Location-Based Services, GIS/Mapping, Public Safety, Messaging, Secure Communications and Solid-State Drives – The 14 recently issued U.S. patents describe innovations in location-based services (LBS), GIS/mapping, public safety, messaging, secure communications and solid-state drives, and further strengthen these areas of TCS’ intellectual property.

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Visit Tallahassee Launches Innovative Website Featuring Area Trails

October 31, 2013 By LBSzone

What was once a casual nickname outdoor enthusiasts used in describing biking, hiking, running, paddling and equestrian trails in the Tallahassee area, is now a one-of-a-kind web site – Trailahassee.com – launched by Visit Tallahassee to promote nearly 600 miles of trails.

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Filed Under: GPS, mobile mapping

Parole Board Begins Using GPS Technology to Monitor Offenders

October 31, 2013 By LBSzone

This from the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole as the Parole Board Begins Using GPS Technology to Monitor Offenders, Continues Efforts to Increase Public Safety and Modify Offender Behavior

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Filed Under: GPS

Free Scout App for Android Includes New Social Meet Up and ETA Features

October 30, 2013 By LBSzone

Telenav’s free Scout app for Android devices offers very competent turn-by-turn navigation, and it has just been upgraded with new social and estimated time of arrival (ETA) features. The new Scout takes meet-up further than any other app that I’m aware of, by allowing an entire group of people to share a a single address, then navigating them there, while sharing on the map the real-time location and ETA for each driver.

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Filed Under: mobile mapping, Social Media

Google brings Maps to business owners with Maps Engine Pro

October 30, 2013 By LBSzone

Google wants to turn business owners into cartographers with a new mapping tool designed to visualize their companies’ data.

On Monday, Google launched Google Maps Engine Pro, a cloud-based software tool designed to let businesses organize data such as shipping routes, warehouse locations and sales territories when just a clunky spreadsheet or a massive database won’t do.

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Filed Under: mobile mapping

Data Plans: Developed Countries Have The Most Affordable Mobile Broadband Plans [Map]

October 30, 2013 By LBSzone

Mobile data plans cost only $4.03 per month in Austria, making it the country with the most affordable mobile data plans in the world, according to a new report by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

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Filed Under: mobile mapping

1-TomTom beats forecasts as runners, cyclists snap up GPS gadgets

October 30, 2013 By LBSzone

Oct 30 (Reuters) – TomTom, Europe’s largest maker of navigation devices, beat forecasts for third-quarter profit and raised its 2013 earnings guidance, citing strong demand for new gadgets such as GPS sports watches used by runners and cyclists.

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Filed Under: GPS

Google Maps for Android gains more detailed notifications, design improvements

October 29, 2013 By LBSzone

As part of a larger Maps update for desktop, which finally brings multiple destinations to navigation guidance, Google is rolling out Maps 7.3 for Android.

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Filed Under: mobile mapping

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