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I take over the complete sorry mail from Apple;  it seems that a turn by turn crowdsourced navigation is not easy to build from the ground up. To our customers, At Apple, we strive to make world-class products that deliver the best experience possible to our customers. With the launch of our new Maps last week, we fell short on this commitment. We are extremely sorry for the frustration this has caused our customers and we are doing everything we can to make Maps better. We launched Maps initially with the first version of iOS. As time progressed, we wanted to provide our customers with even better Maps including features such as turn-by-turn directions, voice integration, Flyover and vector-based maps. In order to do this, we had to create a new version of Maps from the ground up. There are already more than 100 million iOS devices using the new Apple Maps, with more and more joining us every day. In just over a week, iOS users with the new Maps have already searched for near...

I was running tonight and my iphone endomondo track put me on top of the Schuman EU Building; not completely accurate and typical of urban canyons phenomenon. This reminded me that accuracy of GPS signals is can be very relative.  The systems can even be seriously hampered when solar storms occur.  On the website gps.gov a lot of info can be found related to the fact that in 2013 period solar storms will be at their peak period The advice of the US government even mentions "GPS users should keep this in mind and always have a secondary means of navigation or timing."  So time to buy a paper map? Not really, but the land based correction mechanisms (RTK part of GNSS) will become more important for landing airplanes correctly etc...In Belgium the full 3 networks ( Flepos  in Flemish area, Walcors in Walloon area, GPSBru in Brussels)  Seems that more and more commercial applications are turning to these geodetic solutions: will network configurations be ab...

From this article, It seems that Google is building the maps tile by tile How Google Builds Its Maps—and What It Means for the Future of Everything

Accurate indoor positioning opens up plenty of possibilities for new mobile services. For a consumer this could mean, for example, receiving directions to the right products and personalized product promotions in nearby shops; using real-time navigation inside a building; finding the precise location of assets and people; and even increasing security in emergency situations. For facility owners and local service providers this could enable, for example, increased local customer identification; enhanced product placement; and better customer satisfaction by deploying resources when and where needed. Link

Crowdscouring of maps

Nice an app challenge related to Satellite navigation market: check out till end of June time to submit Check also the general page of the contest

EGNOS has prepared some SDKs development kits to work with its signal. Interesting location add-on, and made in Europe!

Nice program

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Indoor location maps http://developer.sonyericsson.com/wp/2011/11/11/indoor-maps-save-money-and-add-extra-value/

Nice reading on C3 technology that would be acquired by Apple chec k link here

As this blog is called GEO 2.0 it is probably a good thing to reflect upon what the future holds in terms of the link between the evolutions in technology of geography and the actual urban planning and living. It would not be a bad idea to think of the territorial environment as an IT project in different steps: creation, prototyping, testing, implementing, feedback, life, maintenance.  Let's have a look why. Step 1 static geography.  A description in 2 dimensions using static elements of the physical environment.  Attributes are added like   street,  buildings.  A certain number of attributes are added like name of street, ground used for agriculture or not, function like church, store, bicycle road    Step 2 movement in this territorial space.  The public authorities will map the movements, flows, and categorise these like one way street, walkin zone 30 km/h, forbidden for trucks.  Step 3 virtualisatin of this environment, and...

This is the improved version (with links) of my presentation on GEO and Mobile made at this years GISoTOPOlis conference.  More than technology, it portrays the different uses of GEO on a mobile device (ipad, phone,...) GEO2.0: mobile apps and geo View more presentations from Tanguy De Lestré .

On 13 and 14th of October 2010  there is the conference/trade fair GISoTOPOlis, centered around Geo applications.  I will be talkig about geo and re-use of public data, and as anounced earlier here on the mobile geo application side;  stay tuned for my presa on this blog.

Geospatial Revolution Project A Public Media Project Interesting background video about geo in general

All Points Blog Interesting podcast. in the current mobile smartphone hype of location as a 'feature', it is interesting to see that this 'feature' is not so evident as such.

Apple promotes Location-aware applications in the App Store

Foursquare and Gowalla have a new rival on the mobile apps field of location: Facebook launches application for geo-localisation called check in. With its “Places” feature, users can broadcast their location to the web, track their friends’ movements and see who else has checked in to a specific location. The optional service, available initially in the US, will also allow users to tag their friends in posts, flagging their whereabouts as well.

Alsways an interesting exercise make forecasts, although some trends go often slower than predicted, and other disruptive factors come into place. Let's look at this list of predictions from Geoloco summit: Prediction 1. Geo-data will be free, with OpenStreet Map and other crowd-driven open-source data eclipsing commercial vendors: panelists of the summit did not think this prediction would be true due to quality issues. 2. Location-awareness will be integral to any mobile app: palists agree. 3. More than half of all mobile advertising in 2014 will be location-based: mixed review from panelists . Virtually all user-generated content will be geo-tagged: probably yes 5. Proximity will become a critical filter for content: probably yes, anyay a filtering of relevant information is needed. Prediction 6. Mobile devices scanning QR and bar codes will revolutionize how consumers access information: no clear answer 7. LBS will be integrated with social networks: already done, this...