Archive for April 6th, 2006

GPS car navigation system from Taiwan: PL532

Apr 6, 2006

PL532

The company is called GeniusTek and they are located in Taiwan. The website doesn’t say anything about availability in the U.S. (or anywhere else in the world). It looks like a basic navigation system with voice support and a good size screen. You’ll have to inquire about the price and I have a feeling that they don’t do retail. Here are some more specs:

Features

  • 2.5″ Hard Disk Driver external case (Aluminum)

Specifications

  • Easy-to-use tools and interface
  • Instant route calculation
  • Multi methods to search address, facility, or point of interest
  • Automatic calculation on driving distance and time
  • Voice navigation and warning
  • Easy switching and updating E-map by removable Compact Flash Card
  • Removable design capable for both indoor and vehicle usage

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Portable navigation system from Pioneer: AVIC-S1

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AVIC-S1


French site caraudiovideo, whose specialty is pretty self-evident, have information on a new Windows CE-powered Pioneer GPS receiver that is supposedly one of the first from the company to include built-in Bluetooth. The AVIC-S1 is a “portable” model (meaning you can port it from vehicle to vehicle, but not on your geocaching expeditions) that features a 320 x 240 touchscreen, SiRF III chip for greater accuracy, and what seems to be 2GB of flash memory preloaded with European maps. Any of the included points-of-interest can be dialed on your cellphone via Bluetooth, and a choice of 17 guidance languages will help you brush up on the native tongues as you travel around the continent. It’s not really clear when this product will be released (if it’s not out already), or how much it will go for, but until a US version is announced, those details are a moot point to the majority of you anyway.

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Garmin BMW Motorrad III Navigator soon to be released

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Garmin BMW Motorrad Navigator III makes it possible to have an interface of navigation in 3d, has a screen TFT anti-reflecting color of a resolution of 454 X 240 pixels and a Bluetooth connector industry making it possible simultaneously to have vocal indications via a vocal Bluetooth auricle and other data, being possible to use the apparatus of pocket like a simple kit free hand connected to a mobile telephone Bluetooth.

The BMW Motorrad Navigator III integrates moreover numerical charts of Europe in its memory, 500MB of open space of storage being more available. Concerning its software of navigation assisted by integrated GPS, the PND has version 8 of MapSource City Navigator Europe NT. The system is also delivered with its complete software on DVD, thus facilitating the preparation of route on PC.

It should be noted that Motorrad Navigator de Garmin integrates moreover of the functionalities of Text-to-Speech while it makes it possible to improve its function of tracklog and integrates a list of POI of dealers BMW Motorrad. The next PND of BMW/Garmin is envisaged to be marketed in the current of April for a still unknown price.

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General Dynamic gets contract to develop advanced GPS interface and Navigation Tool: GIANT

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general dynamic GPS GIANTGeneral Dynamic was announced today as the winner of an $8.3 million contract to provide the development of the Global Positioning System Interference And Navigation Tool (GIANT). GIANT is no ordinary GPS system. It can work under environments where GPS jammers are being used since GIANT models the satellites and user equipment, receivers and antennae in real-world scenarios, then provides a comprehensive evaluation of the GPS environment. More information on GIANT can be found here.

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics Corp. , was awarded an $8.3 million contract to provide development, analysis, operations and support of the Global Positioning System Interference And Navigation Tool (GIANT).

GIANT is a simulation tool and mission-planning aid used to determine navigation system performance and its impact on weapons system effectiveness. For instance, the system can be used to improve precision-guided munitions accuracy in a GPS-jamming environment. GIANT models the satellites and user equipment, receivers and antennae in real-world scenarios, then provides a comprehensive evaluation of the GPS environment. There are currently more than 200 registered GIANT users, spanning the acquisition, test, intelligence and operations communities.

“GIANT prepares the warfighter for real situations through simulated exercises and war gaming. It gives the analyst a more complete GPS information picture,” said Ron Sizemore, Director of the Advanced Technologies and Simulations Business Group for General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems. “We plan to use GIANT in the future as the baseline for operational mission planning for the Air and Space Operations Center weapon system. No other GPS related tool has all these capabilities and this contract reflects General Dynamics’ leading position as a developer of valuable GPS modeling tools for the government.”… via

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TrackStick GPS Data Logger

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TrackStick GPS Data LoggerWe had a post about TrackStick a while ago, again about a logger, but the pic looked different. So maybe this one IS different. If you are planning to spy on someone using this try to come up with a reason why the ‘usb drive’ needs to have AAA batteries inside. For example: “it keeps the data fresh!”

The unit actually houses a GPS receiver and will autonomously keep track of its location including time, date, speed, direction and altitude and store this data in its memory. The recorded information can then be downloaded to your computer VIA the USB connection and be integrated with Mapquest, Google Earth, Google Maps or Virtual Earth to give you a visual plot of where the TrackStick has travelled. Most of the unit’s size can probably be attributed to the fact it runs on 2 AAA batteries which will power it for about 5 to 7 days of ‘typical operation’ which amounts to about 4,000 records.

Unfortunately the life of a spy does not come cheap. The Trackstick is available from ThinkGeek for $249.99 which will probably make you think twice about who to secretly plant this on.

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