GPS providers court TC sheriff’s department (The Pekin Daily Times)

Times Staff Writer PEKIN — The Tazewell County Sheriff’s Merit Commission’s recommendation that all sheriff’s department squad cars be equipped with a Global Positioning System has spurred calls from GPS providers.

GPS hot target in thefts from cars (The Border Mail)

A GLOBAL positioning system was stolen from a car in the North East every 18 days last financial year, statistics show. While police are urging motorists to remove the temptation from thieves by hidi…

GPS providers court TC sheriff’s department (The Pekin Daily Times)

Times Staff Writer PEKIN — The Tazewell County Sheriff’s Merit Commission’s recommendation that all sheriff’s department squad cars be equipped with a Global Positioning System has spurred calls from GPS providers.

Finding Minnesota: Touring State Parks With GPS (WCCO Minneapolis – St. Paul)

Bill Morrison V, 17, of New Hope, and his father Bill Morrison IV go hunting with a Global Positioning System device. It’s called geocaching, a kind of high-tech treasure hunt using GPS technology.

GPS helps police find man after accident (KPLC Lake Charles)

Associated Press – December 29, 2008 10:44 AM ET ST. MARTINVILLE, La. (AP) – State police worked with AT&T and used global positioning system technology over the weekend to find a Morgan…

VINELAND: Afternoon police beat update includes stolen GPS (Daily Journal)

A global positioning system and a radar detector were reported stolen Friday from a vehicle parked at Sherwin Williams Paint on West Landis Avenue. The vehicle was unlocked while its owner was inside the store. The GPS unit was valued at $750 and the radar unit at $67.

Lebanese tech firms combine expertise in strategic partnership (The Daily Star Lebannon)

A strategic partnership between Lebanese technology companies EDM and eSharing is breaking the “go-it-alone” status quo of the Middle East IT sector. eSharing will develop enterprise resource software that interfaces directly with EDM’s new Global Positioning System (GPS) and mobile cellular communications.

Groundbreaking research shows big marine reptiles good at following directions (The Post and Courier)

How do loggerhead turtles find their way across thousands of miles of ocean back to the beaches where they were born? A GPS. No joke. A researcher has found evidence that sea turtles not only sense the magnetic fields that wrap the Earth and steer by them but also use the fields to point the way home — a sort of organic global positioning cue.

Primary Cilium As Cellular ‘GPS System’ Crucial To Wound Repair (Science Daily)

The primary cilium, the solitary, antenna-like structure that studs the outer surfaces of virtually all human cells, orients cells to move in the right direction and at the speed needed to heal wounds, much like a global positioning system helps ships navigate to their destinations.

Baby Jesus, Menorahs Go High Tech With GPS (WPIX 11 New York)

MERRICK, N.Y. – Anyone thinking of tampering with town holiday decorations this year, be warned: They’re being watched over from above. Literally. A number of menorahs and Nativity scenes on display in New York religious institutions are being equipped with global-positioning systems, in an attempt to avoid theft by vandals or pranksters. “I think its great that the technology is being used …

Abt SRBI Conducting First Fully GPS-Based Household Travel Survey in U.S. (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

The Ohio Department of Transportation has commissioned Abt SRBI to conduct the nation’s first Global Positioning Satellite System -based household travel survey. This demonstration project is intended to improve accuracy of trip reporting compared to traditional paper diary methods while reducing respondent burden.

Robber Wearing GPS Easily Caught by Police (LAist)

Last night, two men robbed the 52 Market in West LA on Santa Monica Blvd. leaving police few clues, if any at all. But it was only around 15 minutes when the two allegedly struck again in South LA. This time, their car was recognized and police connected it to one of the suspects who was on parole and under court order to wear a global positioning device. Well, that’s easy–follow the signal. …

Franklin police think like thieves (The Tennessean)

FRANKLIN — It’s considered a crime of opportunity — thieves spot an iPod, global positioning device, wallet or purse inside a vehicle, check to see if they are being watched and go for the loot.

You can get there (Boston Globe)

When I drove from Boston to Bellingham, Wash., with several detours en route, I never looked at a map or got lost. My portable global positioning system guided the way. The latest tricked-out GPS units, such as the Magellan Maestro 4250, have even more handy features to keep you on track: SmartDetour, which alerts you to traffic jams and offers …

Primary Cilium As Cellular ‘GPS System’ Crucial To Wound Repair (Medical News Today)

The primary cilium, the solitary, antenna-like structure that studs the outer surfaces of virtually all human cells, orient cells to move in the right direction and at the speed needed to heal wounds, much like a Global Positioning System helps ships navigate to their destinations.

GPS leads police to parole ‘absconder’ charged with stealing car (Burlington Times-News)

GRAHAM – A man accused of taking a woman’s car was charged Thursday after authorities tracked him down with the Global Positioning System in the vehicle.

CMC Electronics’ WAAS GPS Landing System Earns FAA, Canadian Approvals (The Aero-News Network)

IntegriFlight CMA-5024 Meets Most Stringent Standard For WAAS Receivers Aero-News has learned CMC Electronics’ IntegriFlight CMA-5024 aviation Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver was certified recently by the FAA and Transport Canada to TSO-C145b Beta-3 and TSO-146 Delta-4.

Primary cilium’s GPS-like cell structure crucial to wound repair (News-Medical-Net)

The primary cilium, the solitary, antenna-like structure that studs the outer surfaces of virtually all human cells, orient cells to move in the right direction and at the speed needed to heal wounds, much like a Global Positioning System helps ships navigate to their destinations.

Shelton police zone in on GPS thefts (Connecticut Post)

SHELTON — Two men are facing burglary and larceny charges after being arrested Tuesday by city police for allegedly stealing five Global Positioning System units in separate incidents last month.

Primary cilium as cellular ‘GPS system’ crucial to wound repair (EurekAlert!)

The primary cilium, the solitary, antenna-like structure that studs the outer surfaces of virtually all human cells, orients cells to move in the right direction and at the speed needed to heal wounds, much like a global positioning system helps ships navigate to their destinations.

Primary cilium as cellular ‘GPS system’ crucial to wound repair (PhysOrg)

The primary cilium, the solitary, antenna-like structure that studs the outer surfaces of virtually all human cells, orient cells to move in the right direction and at the speed needed to heal wounds, much like a Global Positioning System helps ships navigate to their destinations.

Mitac acquires GPS PND business of US-based Magellan (Digi Times)

Mitac International, a Taiwan-based maker of GPS (global positioning system) PNDs (portable navigation devices) on a ODM/OEM basis and for sale under its own brand Mio as well, on December 15 announced its has signed with California-based Magellan Navigation for acquisition of the latter’s consumer GPS PND business at a price of up to US$96 million, according to Mitac’s press release.

Putting our mind’s built-in GPS to work (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

WE all wonder at how the GPS or global positioning system has revolutionized the way we’re able to get directions and locate practically any part of the world within 15 meters.

Putting our mind’s built-in GPS to work (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

WE all wonder at how the GPS or global positioning system has revolutionized the way we’re able to get directions and locate practically any part of the world within 15 meters.

‘Techies’ with GPS held (The Telegraph)

Ahmedabad, Dec. 12: Two persons claiming to be employees of a Mumbai software company were arrested by the Gujarat anti-terrorist squad today after the two could not explain why they had with them a global positioning system device and maps and photographs of two refineries and defence establishments.

‘Techies’ with GPS held (The Telegraph)

Ahmedabad, Dec. 12: Two persons claiming to be employees of a Mumbai software company were arrested by the Gujarat anti-terrorist squad today after the two could not explain why they had with them a global positioning system device and maps and photographs of two refineries and defence establishments.

The Freedoms That Technologies Help Bring (The Hendersonville Times-News)

The Egyptian government has demanded that Apple disable the phones global-positioning system, arguing that GPS is a military prerogative.

Union pushes for rural ambulance GPS (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)

The union representing ambulance workers says it hopes a review of an emergency services mix-up in north Queensland will recommend that global positioning systems (GPS) be installed in regional ambulances.

Union pushes for rural ambulance GPS (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)

The union representing ambulance workers says it hopes a review of an emergency services mix-up in north Queensland will recommend that global positioning systems (GPS) be installed in regional ambulances.

The GPS as dashboard snitch (The Christian Science Monitor)

In their cocoons of leather upholstery, soothing high-tech sound systems, and automatically activated personal seat settings, drivers have come to regard their car interiors as mobile extensions of the homes that are their private refuges. The courts have tended to disagree. Global positioning systems and factory-installed “black box” event data recorders effectively … …

The GPS as dashboard snitch (The Christian Science Monitor)

In their cocoons of leather upholstery, soothing high-tech sound systems, and automatically activated personal seat settings, drivers have come to regard their car interiors as mobile extensions of the homes that are their private refuges. The courts have tended to disagree. Global positioning systems and factory-installed “black box” event data recorders effectively … …

The Freedoms That Technologies Help Bring (New York Times)

The Egyptian government has demanded that Apple disable the phone?s global-positioning system, arguing that GPS is a military prerogative.

Dec. 8, 1993: Location, Location, Location (Wired News)

1993: The U.S. secretary of defense opens the global positioning system to civilian use. It’s about to change how people see where they are. The GPS story starts with Sputnik, the first artificial satellite . The night after it was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, researchers at MIT were able to track Sputnik’s orbit by its radio signal. And if you can track satellites from Earth, …

The Freedoms That Technologies Help Bring (The Hendersonville Times-News)

The Egyptian government has demanded that Apple disable the phones global-positioning system, arguing that GPS is a military prerogative.

GPS Device Plays Key Role in Theft Arrests (Washington Post)

GPS gadgets can guide you to virtually any place on the globe these days, but one hidden in a truckload of stolen cellphones might have put Walter Lee Green on the road to prison.

Life, liberty and GPS: What technology means in Egypt (International Herald Tribune)

As much as any country, Egypt illustrates the push-me-pull-you nature of technology under a wary government. The government demanded that Apple disable the iPhone’s GPS, arguing that it was a military prerogative.

The Freedoms That Technologies Help Bring (New York Times)

The Egyptian government has demanded that Apple disable the phone?s global-positioning system, arguing that GPS is a military prerogative.

Bargain-priced GPS stands up to the pricier versions (Austin American-Statesman)

GPS gives guys something they’ve always wanted: freedom from asking directions.

City snowplows soon will be able to be tracked online (Columbia Missourian)

COLUMBIA — The sidewalk still takes elbow grease, but global positioning technology is the way of the future for snow cleanup on city and county roads. GPS makes snow removal more efficient by conveying real-time information about where snowplows are, where they’ve been and where they need to go. Columbia first used GPS in snow removal vehicles last winter. This year, Columbia residents soon …

OrbitGPS Launched to Provide GPS Receivers and Solutions to Enterprise Mobile Computer Users (ThomasNet)

Founded by Global Positioning System Industry veterans offering GPS solutions for wide range of mobile computing platforms Darien, CT, USA (November 11, 2008) – OrbitGPS LLC today announced that it has launched its line of specialized GPS receivers for use with rugged handheld mobile computers. OrbitGPS’s products allow enterprise users of mobile computers to add GPS and location-based …

University Club at LSU Enhances Golf Amenities With ProLink GPS (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

ProLink Solutions — a wholly-owned subsidiary of ProLink Holdings Corp. and the world’s leading provider of Global Positioning Satellite golf course management systems and digital out- of-home on-course advertising — today announces the University Club now features the ProLink Solutions GPS system used at many of the world’s most famous golf courses and plans to participate in ProLink’s …

Fishing trawlers to be equipped with GPS software (New Kerala)

Gandhinagar, Dec 3 : In a swift initiative to tighten security in coastal areas, the Gujarat government has decided to equip all fishing trawlers with the Global Positioning System (GPS) software.

Outdoorsman saved by GPS tracker (Mississauga News)

A Quebec man who was injured after his canoe capsized in a remote wilderness area this summer says he would have died if not for a satellite GPS (Global Positioning System) tracker manufactured by a Mississauga company.

Trimble Introduces The Juno Series Of Feature-Rich Economical GPS Handhelds (WirelessWorkforceOnline)

Trimble introduced recently its next generation of durable, lightweight field computing devices with integrated Global Positioning System (GPS) technology-the new Trimble® Juno™ SB and Juno SC handhelds. These pocket-sized devices are packed with features and functionality. In addition to integrated GPS, both models include wireless LAN (WLAN) and Bluetooth® connectivity, a 3 Megapixel camera, a …

Outdoorsman saved by GPS tracker (Mississauga News)

A Quebec man who was injured after his canoe capsized in a remote wilderness area this summer says he would have died if not for a satellite GPS (Global Positioning System) tracker manufactured by a Mississauga company.

Trimble Introduces The Juno Series Of Feature-Rich Economical GPS Handhelds (WirelessWorkforceOnline)

Trimble introduced recently its next generation of durable, lightweight field computing devices with integrated Global Positioning System (GPS) technology-the new Trimble® Juno™ SB and Juno SC handhelds. These pocket-sized devices are packed with features and functionality. In addition to integrated GPS, both models include wireless LAN (WLAN) and Bluetooth® connectivity, a 3 Megapixel camera, a …

Chinese cos won’t get to map GPS biz (The Economic Times)

The government will not allow Chinese firms to invest in security services, especially in the global positioning system (GPS)-based products and operations.

Golfers Now Guided by ProLink GPS at Indian Wells GC (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

ProLink Solutions — a wholly-owned subsidiary of ProLink Holdings Corp. and the world’s leading provider of Global Positioning Satellite golf course management systems and digital out-of-home on-course advertising — today announces Indian Wells Golf Club now features the ProLink Solutions GPS system used at many of the world’s most famous golf courses and plans to participate in ProLink’s …

District Officials To Install GPS In School Buses (WFTV 9 Orlando)

MARION COUNTY, Fla. — Marion County will use a high-tech system to help keep track of its school buses. The district will install Global Positioning System devices on 360 buses.

Proposal to track school buses by GPS approved (The Ocala Star-Banner)

OCALA – New Global Positioning System devices should be installed on 360 school buses by March in a newly approved plan that School District officials say will pay for itself in less than two years.

Trimble Introduces the Juno Series of Feature-Rich Economical GPS Handhelds (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Trimble introduced today its next generation of durable, lightweight field computing devices with integrated Global Positioning System technology — the new Trimble® Juno SB and Juno SC handhelds.

Trusted Resource for the Working RF Engineer (Planet EE)

Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers are poised to play a critical role in wireless communications as a result of the United States Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) E911 directive and location based services (LBS) expected to follow on the heels of the mandate.