Stratix has announced a partnership with ALK Technologies to integrate and deploy the CoPilot Live v8 next-generation mobile GPS systems with the Stratix Mobile Field Service solution.

Apple has reportedly bought Poly9, a mapping company based in Canada, and already moved most of the Poly9 employees to California.

MapData Sciences (MDS) of Australia has released its MDS Foundation Map, a mapping backdrop for use within most Geographic Information Systems (GIS) environments.

Garmin has launched an attack on free satellite navigation services over mobile phone networks, warning that roaming costs could be very high in foreign travel.

A comScore study on mobile map usage reveals an increasing preference for mobile apps rather than mobile browsers to access digital maps.

Where will location-based services (LBS) gain the most from 4G technology? One answer is that 4G will deliver something that sounds deceptively simple yet remains annoyingly elusive for 3G, reports Christopher Backeberg - the ability to locate a mobile phone user precisely.

Dramatic improvements in location technology, digital mapping and data transfer speed are pointing the way to huge and potentially lucrative changes in location-based services (LBS), reports Christopher Backeberg...

Google's already strained relations with China may be put to the test again following Google's application for a licence to continue its online map and location services in the PRC.

Magellan is offering free lifetime traffic updates in all nine of its new RoadMate portable navigation devices (PNDs).

In response to research carried out by TheWhereBusiness, this year's Navigation and Location Summit Europe will look closely at indoor positioning and pedestrian navigation. Helen Raff and Christopher Backeberg check in...