TomTom posts solid Q4 results
GPS BUSINESS NEWS
“TomTom today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2009. During the fourth quarter 2009 the revenue of the Dutch company was €533 million, up one percent against the previous year…TomTom also gave guidance for 2010: ‘We expect broadly flat revenue and earnings per share in 2010 compared with 2009’, adding that ‘we made our assumptions bearing in mind that free turn-by-turn navigation on some smartphone platforms will be available in our major markets.'”
Ski gloves now record your GPS coordinates
GPS Obsessed
“Austria’s Zanier have announced a ski glove model with integrated GPS. Dubbed the X-Plore.XGX, the gloves help you follow a route or get back to your car along with recording important ski-related info such as altitude, speed and distance.”
ESRI Announces Relationship with Amazon Web Services
GIS and Science
“As part of its commitment to support cloud computing, ESRI is collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to join the growing community of AWS Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) building services and solutions in the cloud computing environment.”
Waze Partners with Intermap: European Bbasemap + Mobile Community
GPS BUSINESS NEWS
“Geospatial content provider Intermap and user-generated maps and real-time traffic start-up Waze have entered into an agreement where Intermap will supply its European road basemap to Waze and Waze will provide Intermap with live data, consisting of anonymous GPS points – latitude, longitude, and height measurements – sourced from its user’s community. ” Intermap provides geometric datasets and focuses on topography.