Yet Inmarsat's birds cover almost the entire world: They fly in geosynchronous orbit (GEOs, as they're known) 36, 000 kilometers above the earth and thus have large footprints.

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GeOS is a one-of-a-kind "operating system" for commercial use of OpenStreetMap, making use of the crowdsourced data intuitive, affordable and secure for developers to build services with it.

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In June, skobbler announced the beta release of GeOS, a new access technology platform that allows app developers and web service providers easy, yet powerful implementation of OpenStreetMap data into their products.

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According to GEOS, a French firm, the insurgents who make pirate-like attacks on shipping in Nigeria's Delta region are very well armed and informed about targets, through contacts in the oil and shipping worlds.

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Should calamity strike, you can use the device to send a distress signal to the GEOS International Emergency Response Coordination Center, a search-and-rescue service that will coordinate with local authorities to send help your way.

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Note that stock based compensation and corporate expense are not allocated to the geographies or retail so that the numbers do not add up (as you can see by the companies total operating margin declining 620 basis points in the fiscal third quarter but all of the geos are less than that).

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