New ways to power up your electric vehicle adventures with Google Maps
New ways to find EV charging stations in Google Maps: AI summaries of charging station locations, showing nearby chargers and more. Maps
Launchpad: Vehicle tracking, camera drones, e-bikes
A roundup of recent products in the GNSS and inertial positioning industry from the December 2021 issue of GPS World magazine. OEM Satellite-cell terminal With built-in GPS receiver Photo: OQ OQ Technology’s dual-mode satellite-cellular IoT modem and tracker is a plug-and-play,…
Launchpad: GNSS antennas, vehicle management
OEM Geodetic antenna Designed for GNSS networks and monitoring applications Photo: CHC Navigation The AT661 geodetic antenna for GNSS networks or monitoring applications supports all current and future GNSS signals, including GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, IRNSS, SBAS and L-band.…
GMV to develop autonomous vehicle positioning for BMW
GMV has been awarded a contract for development of a precise GNSS positioning system with integrity for the new generation of autonomous vehicles of the German carmaker BMW Group. The Spanish multi-national’s technology solution is going to be developed for…
Septentrio, Point One Navigation to partner for autonomous vehicle demo
Septentrio has teamed up with Point One Navigation, a provider of precise location as a service, for autonomous vehicle demonstrations during the 2019 International Consumer Electronics Show, which will take place Jan. 8-11 in Las Vegas. During the conference, invitees…
Ford details drone-based vehicle sensor backup
Ford has applied for a patent that would send a drone to dock with an autonomous vehicle and act as a surrogate sensor if one of the car’s sensors failed. The UAV then uses its own sensors to guide the car…
Research Online: Positioning integrity parameters for vehicle safety
By Yanming Feng and Charles Wang, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, and Charles Karl, Australia Road Research Board, Australia / Presented at ION International Technical Meeting 2018 Connected vehicle safety and traffic applications depend on communication, position and velocity information…
GPS tracking app leads cops to stolen vehicle – Globalnews.ca
Globalnews.ca GPS tracking app leads cops to stolen vehicleGlobalnews.caIt was the GPS tracking App, called “Find my phone,” which led the owner and police to the discovery of the stolen vehicle. Following the GPS coordinates investigators isolated a residence they…