I’ve written here a few times about GPS, traffic management systems and the power of aggregating GPS tracking data (anonymously of course) to add to everyone’s knowledge of the traffic situation.  See here and here for a couple examples I like.
Here’s an excellent news media update.  This is a great opportunity for mapping companies [...]

One of the “dirty little secrets” of GPS navigation and GPS tracking that the manufacturers and dealers rarely spend much time talking about is “the other 5%”.  What’s the “other 5%” you may ask?  Simple.  Look at any  official specifications of the GPS and you’ll see that they are carefully specified to deliver some [...]

My friend Brendon recently posted something interesting about some quality time he spent with his son. Made me think about how important the (very soon) upcoming GIS Day is to parents and children. GIS day is a showcase for all sorts of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and GPS (Global Positioning System) systems and [...]

“You can observe a lot by watching”, was allegedly said by Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra … who also offers the disclaimer,  I didn’t really say everything I said”.  No matter who said it, it’s sort of an interesting truism.  I’ve been “watching” this GPS business for a lot of years now and I have observed [...]

Spacenet Inc. is working with Verizon Business to deploy a custom satellite network for the U.S. Postal Service. The satellite network will provide high performance broadband communications for over 5,000 Postal Service sites in the continental U.S., Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico. In addition, the satellite network will support on-demand back-up communications for a number [...]

A few days ago I started this multi-part article on using Google maps for your business. We went to maps.google.com and started making a personal map from the “My maps” tab.
If you’re following along go open the personal map you started and you should see this icon:
Put a placemark anywhere you want. You [...]

Many business executives and owners are among my readers. Also many folks who work in government agencies, belong to civic organizations, churches, clubs or just occasionally wish they could make a map for other people to find something of interest. I’ve written before about Google giving away what formerly were closely guarded [...]