TomTom Launches SDK for LBS Apps - What software developers get if they sign up

Today, TomTom announced a new Map Toolkit API. Here's a list of what TomTom is offering to app developers (source: TomTom): Map display web service, which delivers WMS-style raster maps based...

Nokia Rebrands Mapping: The Perspective from an Enterprise GIS Partner

This week we get the lowdown on all of Nokia's recent mapping announcements from Jim Reid, president of ADCi, a long time Nokia partner.

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FCC Requests Comments on LightSquared Weather Balloon Proposal

The FCC is seeking comment on LightSquared's proposal to share spectrum for weather balloons and permanently relinquish its 10 MHz of spectrum that is directly adjacent to the frequencies used by GPS receivers. Petitions to deny...

RoundUp of Nokia HERE Maps App Reviews

On Monday Nokia released its Here Maps app for the iOS. While there's some confusion on what to call it (Nokia Maps? HERE? Here Maps?) The overall response is akin to that of Apple's own Maps app. But, Nokia is called out because of...

Update: What Nokia Announced on Tuesday

And, just a week after the announcement the HERE app is available for iOS. But reviews are mixed. - HuffPo

Esri Canada and RCGS Unite for Geoliteracy and other Education GIS News

In celebration of GIS Day, Esri Canada and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS) today announced a collaborative agreement that will advance the organizations' common goal of promoting geographical literacy. How? ...

New Geo APIs - 11/20/12

Apps for Ghent API: The service provided by the city of Ghent in Belgium encourages open data sharing by companies and other organizations It seeks to make available operating information about a business such as location, hours...

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Location Intelligence and Business Geographics: Thomson Reuters Getting More Geographic

Most of us think of anything with Reuters as having to do with the news media. But, Thomson, with which it merged in 2007, is basically a data company. That makes Thompson Reuters a data mining company, one that announced a new geo...