Similarly, your navigation and location-based services are tied to cloud services hosted on servers around the globe.
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Earlier this week, Sina, a leading Chinese online media company, announced a strategic partnership with AutoNavi Holdings Limited, a provider of digital map content and navigation and location-based solutions in China, in an effort to enhance the social, location and mobile offerings of both the companies.
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By fusing all this data, the SiRFstarV architecture is able to take location and navigation to the next level, providing precise location and navigation indoors as well as outdoors.
ENGADGET: CSR sharpens indoor and in-car navigation with SiRFstarV, SiRFusion and SiRFprimaII
Though the Asus-Garmin handsets were not a financial success, Lin believes consumers like having navigation and other location-based services on their phones.
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Garmin's broad range of in-vehicle electronics for the automotive industry includes infotainment and telematics systems, navigation software, location-based services, and integrated portable navigation systems.
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The driving experience itself is defined by mobility, so navigation, maps and location services are at the center of Garmin's K2 infotainment platform.
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In this case, navigation and serving up location based services centered around content which can be delivered to you based on where are in the museum.
With the introduction of iOS 6 for both new and existing iPhone models, Apple is replacing the current Google-based navigation system it hosts on the phone with its own new location and navigation software, called Maps.
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From March 2010, all new Nokia GPS-enabled smartphones will come installed with the new Ovi Maps application and pre-loaded with local country map data and walk and drive navigation with access to location-aware Lonely Planet and Michelin travel guides at no extra cost.
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With our SiRFstarV architecture and SiRFusion platform, we are breaking the barrier to providing a seamless location and navigation experience to consumers, both indoors and outdoors.
ENGADGET: CSR sharpens indoor and in-car navigation with SiRFstarV, SiRFusion and SiRFprimaII
The SmartGPS intelligently manages and updates location- relevant social media and navigation content through an onboard WiFi connection.
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The remaining 15% of first-half sales came from the aviation segment, which offers a comprehensive line of panel-mounted and portable products, including completely integrated systems that deliver flight instrumentation, location, navigation, communication and identification data.
TomTom is a global supplier of location and navigation products and services.
The SiRFstarV architecture introduces a new approach to location and navigation.
ENGADGET: CSR sharpens indoor and in-car navigation with SiRFstarV, SiRFusion and SiRFprimaII
In my tests, location and navigation were generally accurate.
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Maps and location content come preloaded on HTC Locations while turn-by-turn navigation can be purchased and downloaded through HTC Locations or HTC Sync.
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The Magellan SmartGPS communicates with Magellan's custom-built Smart Ecosystem, a cloud platform for an extensive database of constantly-updating, location-relevant social media and navigation content that is automatically pushed to the SmartGPS display to create a uniquely-rich driving experience.
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TomTom will provide information to support daily location needs of Wave3 users, from navigation to search and find.
Current companies include Inrix, a fast-growing navigation and traffic technology company, and Awarepoint, which builds real-time location systems for hospitals.
With a database of approximately 1 million landmarks worldwide, users can enjoy various functions, such as Landmark Navigator which displays the distance to a nearby landmark in the direction the camera is faced towards, and Photo Navigation which displays the distance from the photographer's present location to the place where a tagged photo was taken.
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Earlier this year Keiser put out a bullish report on location technologies: mapp Close ing database firms TeleAtlas and Navteq, dashboard navigation device makers such as TomTom and Garmin, and global positioning system chip firms like Sirf Technology Holdings.
It integrates a multi-GNSS location engine supporting GPS, Galileo, Glonass and Compass satellites to improve the navigation system performance in obstructed environments, Combined with SiRFDRive(R) dead reckoning software, the SiRFprimaII delivers seamless navigation experience whether driving in dense urban canyons or through tunnels or multistory parking lots.
ENGADGET: CSR sharpens indoor and in-car navigation with SiRFstarV, SiRFusion and SiRFprimaII
In case you are not familiar with the company, Garmin manufactures navigation, communications and information products based on GPS technology, which relies on satellites to precisely determine the geographic location of a person or object.
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