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deCarta launched deCarta Mobile, a location platform supporting location-enabled application deployment on mobile devices. deCarta Mobile is a client/server architecture with an easy-to-use J2ME client application programming interface (API) that provides a framework for rapid development of mobile mapping applications. The framework provides mobile application developers with the ability to easily implement modular fluid maps, panning, zooming, routing, geocoding, reverse geocoding and pin overlays into their GPS software applications.
According to a recent forecast released by market analysis firm ABI Research, mobile LBS will generate annual global revenues of $13.3 billion by 2013, up from $515 million in 2007. This large growth is attributed to the proliferation of GPS-enabled handsets and demand for location capabilities across an ever-widening range of applications. In addition to traditional location based applications such as turn-by-turn navigation and friend-finders, mobile internet services are incorporating mapping, routing and proximity search capability into new location-enhanced services such as search, gaming and photography. deCarta Mobile is designed to make integration of sophisticated, scalable location capability straightforward for mobile GPS software application developers.
deCarta Mobile consists of a scalable client/server architecture. deCarta Mobile Server leverages the performance of the company's high-performance geospatial GPS software platform, Drill Down Server which has been proven in use as the most prolific, scalable location platform on the market. deCarta Mobile Server can be deployed at a customer's facility or accessed as a hosted service from deCarta. deCarta Mobile Client is a comprehensive API that supports the functionality needed for most location-enabled applications used for mobile search, routing and mobile tracking.
uLocate Communications, Inc. announced support for GeoRSS and KML to bring worldwide content to the WHERE mobile application. WHERE now provides easy tools to add KML and GeoRSS from Mapufacture to the phone. Mobile phone users will be able to view thousands of location feeds including local news wire stories, user-generated travel guides, local blogs, restaurant reviews, and virtual location notes.
GeoRSS and KML content is available from thousands of websites and content providers. By creating interoperability with these existing formats, WHERE continues to lower the complexity and time associated with launching GPS-based mobile applications. Developers interested in building GPS software applications with GeoRSS or KML support can easily create them using the developer tools, documentation and samples available through the WHERE Developer Program at www.where.com/create.
GeoRSS is a format for geographic information that helps convert local information on Internet websites into useful local content on the phone. For example, a breaking news story in a local town can be displayed on a map according to the location where the event occurred, allowing people to keep a finger on the pulse of what’s happening in their neighborhood from their phone. The Mapufacture GeoRSS widget allows WHERE users to access the location information from thousands of websites across the Internet in real-time.
Keyhole Markup Language (KML) is a geographic format for location content that is widely used by geographic tools such as Google Earth and Google MyMaps. WHERE KML widgets allow mobile phone users to easily view the location content from the large and growing KML community, as well as build their own customized maps for viewing on the phone. For example, WHERE KML widget users can access the physical locations for major league and minor league baseball fields, allowing baseball enthusiasts to easily identify and map the nearest ballpark when traveling.
The AtlasMobile API from AtlasCT is designed for fast development of location-based GPS software applications in Java ME. The new version of AtlasMobile API is the most advanced in the market and most unique by its small footprint, high performance and low memory usage. It is compatible with low-end to high-end mobile devices either equipped with GPS or not.
AtlasMobile API is modular and composed of three packages:
- Maps
- Worldwide street maps, satellite imagery and hybrid maps
- Interactive map allowing zooming, panning and dragging
- Search addresses, points-of-Interest (POIs) and driving directions
- Custom layers and dynamic content display
- Keypad and touch screen support
- Extendable Plug-ins and Widgets based framework
- Positioning
- Acquiring real time location and displaying it on the map
- Supports both internal and external GPS receivers
- Rich Multimedia
- Ability to play sounds and voices within the application
- Taking snapshots from phone camera
- Sending location or other information via SMS or MMS
AtlasMobile API is compatible with Java ME (J2ME) mobile phones and smartphones on 2G-3.5G and has a long track record of success running on Nokia, Samsung, Sony-Ericsson, Motorola, LG and more devices.
Fastrax launched the Fastrax Track & Trace platform, integrating all software and hardware components needed for fast and cost-efficient development of tracking applications. The new Fastrax Track & Trace Platform is designed for telematics device manufacturers and asset tracking service providers. It is suited for both professional fleet management applications and a wide range of GPS-enabled consumer devices and services. Fastrax Track & Trace Platform provides an ideal basis for development of GPS software applications to track and trace for example cars, trucks, trailers, motorbikes, boats and rental equipment.
With Fastrax Track & Trace Software common tracking functionality is embedded in the hardware. The default software includes functions like GPS navigation, database for points of interest coupled to route adherence and 4D-geofencing capabilities as well as embedded file system for storing navigation and event logs. The GPS software also handles GSM/GPRS communication, log export, an interface to Fastrax Track & Trace Server for real-time tracking, and power save schemes for different power starved environments. The web-based Fastrax Track & Trace Server, a demonstration service for tracking assets, is offered free of charge to facilitate testing in real application environment.
TeleType has released an SDK which offers APIs for developers wishing to have their programs interact directly with the TeleType WorldNav navigation program for WinCE based portable navigation devices. In addition, TeleType offers map conversion tools and utilities for GPS software developers wishing to implement their own maps on portable navigation devices. The tools allow the popular ESRI shape file formatted maps to be converted to the TeleType Map (TTM) format.
The navigation software is based on TeleType’s award-winning GPS product line. The company offers it's own navigation solution on the WorldNav product line.
Socialight has opened its application programming interface (API) to external developers, leveraging the power of open source collaboration to build upon its powerful platform for location-based content. Accelerating sales growth of GPS-enabled mobile handsets and the increasing availability of inexpensive, fast wireless data are enabling entirely new kinds of services that take GPS beyond navigation and deeper into the realm of content.
Now, with Socialight's API, any person or company can build their own location-based content application by leveraging Socialight to do the hard work of capturing, managing, and distributing local content. This is a key milestone in realizing Socialight's goal to create and facilitate a new kind of media channel -- a conduit for recommendations, information, video, music, and more, tied to specific places.
With the release of its API, developers can create interfaces onto Socialight for all of the mobile platforms that continue to flood the marketplace, including Apple iPhone and Google's Android. In addition, Garmin, TomTom, BugLabs, Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, LG, and Sony Ericsson all have location-aware devices that will benefit from well-designed local content applications.
Idevio announced the public launch of Locago, a free mobile map browser with an open interface to third party content and services. The simple and intuitive interface, much like a web browser, presents a clear picture of your surroundings, automatically activating the GPS and directions when needed.
Locago supplies a content-filled experience of your surroundings and allows you to search, explore and navigate on your mobile map. With Locago, you can browse your favorite content on the map; Wikipedia articles, Flickr images, Yellow pages and much more. Locago and its basic content is a free service for mobile consumers, ideal for GPS software applications such as real estate listings, travel guides, friend tracking and local news services.
Locago is both an end-application and a developer tool that enables mobile mash-ups. The open API allows developers to publish and share valuable content. With Locago, developers can rapidly create and deploy advanced location-based services on a wide range of mobile devices.
Locago is based on advanced, patented geospatial technology that enables an extraordinary user experience on limited devices. In order to increase performance and minimize data costs for the user, the map data is highly compressed and streamed to the device. The technology enables pre-loading of maps over vast areas into the memory card. In Locago, third party content and services are presented in separate layers that are dynamically loaded and configured, so that new sources and information can be provided without a need for software updates.
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