Location-based Services

Popular Mapping Solution is Poised to be the Standard on Kindle Fire Tablets —skobbler (www.skobbler.com), a leading provider of mobile map-based solutions, today announced that ForeverMap 2 is now available for Amazon’s Kindle Fire for FREE by visiting Amazon’s App Store. Through a series of...

  Subscribers can upload, map and share their own point data with anyone, anywhere. Philadelphia, PA (December 11, 2012) – With over 25,000 users and 600 customers, PolicyMap (www.policymap.com) has become a trusted source for quick, easy, online data and mapping. Today, PolicyMap...

exactEarth announces triple digit growth in 2012 Cambridge, ON —exactEarth Ltd., the leading provider of satellite AIS data services, today announced that it has continued to achieve significant growth during its 2012 Fiscal Year, ending October 31st 2012. exactEarth uses an advanced satellite...

  Mall Buddy, based on a mature technology combined with 10 years business experience in deploying indoor location solutions globally PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 11 2012 – Pole Star, pioneer and world leader in indoor location technology, announces the release of Mall Buddy. Available on Android,...

Today a new mashup called Webtomap is launched. Webtomap lets users post their photos, videos and articles on a public Google map. Users can view all content posted by themselves and others. Users are also able to rate posts and comment on content on the map posted by other users. To search for...

Metaio, the world leader in augmented reality (AR) software and solutions today released the latest version of its Metaio Creator, the only commercially available drag-and-drop design software, now with the ability to manage content and even apps directly from the cloud. “People aren’t...

ABI Research has identified location-based retail applications, advertising, and emerging markets as key revenue growth enablers for the LBS market over the next 5 years. Today, the LBS market is largely concentrated in North America and Europe. However, over the last 12 months there has been a...

  Directions Magazine will host three webinars this week: Learn about TomTom’s LBS Software Development Toolkit (sponsored by TomTom) Risk Analysis & the 2011 Tsunami in Japan: Digital Maps in the Insurance Industry (sponsored by GfK GeoMarketing) Real Estate Market and...

SuperSurv, the cost-effective mobile GIS solution for Android-powered devices developed by SuperGeo, recently selected by S T A F s.r.l. to monitor the water and gas lines and georeference house numbers for effective facility and accidental information management and in Italy.   Established...

The GNSS IC market is showing steady revenue growth in 2012, with the industry now setting its sights on the next major milestone: $3 Billion. The smartphone market remains over 70% of revenue in 2012, but is an increasingly difficult market for standalone GPS IC vendors. For those that...