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The Automated Personal Location System (APLS) would use police radios to pin-point the exact location of officers on duty in London...]]></description>				<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Partnership poised to perfect pedestrian monitoring</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.kingston.ac.uk/pressoffice/bridgemagazine/documents/winter08.pdf]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ A company that has played a key role in crowd control projects for the Olympic Games is tapping in to the knowledge and experience of staff from Kingston University's Digital Imaging Research Centre to improve its software.

See page 5 in link below.]]></description>				<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>British space policy gets revamp</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7347561.stm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ UK space policy faces a major revamp with civil servants being moved out of London and stripped of some of their responsibilities...]]></description>				<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Atomic rhythms give precise fix</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7360762.stm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The beating heart of Giove-B, the second test spacecraft for Europe's Galileo global satellite-navigation system, is a hydrogen maser atomic clock. 

Following its launch from the Baikonaur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, it will become the most precise time piece to orbit the Earth. It will be accurate to one billionth of a second per day, or one second in three million years. ]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Europe launches sat-nav tester</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7369460.stm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ A demonstrator spacecraft for Europe's proposed Galileo satellite navigation system has launched from Kazakhstan. 

The Giove-B satellite was taken into space atop a Soyuz rocket which left Earth at 2216 GMT, Saturday. 

The demonstrator will test the key technologies which will eventually be built into the 30 operational platforms that form the Galileo network. ]]></description>				<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>UK Launch of the 2008 UK SatNav Challenge - London</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.uksatnavchallenge.co.uk]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ HBIC - UK Space Innovation Centre invites potential participants, innovators, entrepreneurs, investors, business angels and corporates to the launch of the UK's 2008 SatNav Challenge (European Satellite Navigation Competition), better known as 'Galileo Masters'.]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>EU's sat-nav pioneer calls home</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7388289.stm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Giove-B, a test satellite for Europe's Galileo system, has sent its first navigation signals back to Earth. ]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Technology Strategy Board launch strategic innovation plan</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.innovateuk.org/ourstrategy.ashx]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ With over 1 billion GBP to invest over 3 years the Technology Strategy Board have the opportunity to start to make a difference in changing the innovation environment in the UK. ]]></description>				<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>DfT publishes In-vehicle Information Systems Consultation: Summary of Responses</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/archive/2007/ivisconsultationdocument/invehicleresponse]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The aim of this report is to present and analyse the consultation responses and other information, which will, together, inform the process of determining the most effective way to ensure the safety and accuracy of IVIS devices. 

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Berlin buses were used to demonstrate the technology, which included on-board environmental sensors, cameras and GPS. 

The buses transmitted data wirelessly, over mobile phone networks, wi-fi and Wimax, to traffic control centres. ]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Radio wrist tags that make for smoother operations</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f03a5b1c-2de2-11dd-b92a-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Article about Birmingham Heartland Hospital's use of radio frequency identification tags to avoid patient mix-ups. Includes quotes from Location &amp; Timing KTN director, Bob Cockshott.]]></description>				<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title> Mobile phones expose human habits</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7433128.stm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The whereabouts of more than 100,000 mobile phone users have been tracked in an attempt to build a comprehensive picture of human movements.

The study concludes that humans are creatures of habit, mostly visiting the same few spots time and time again. ]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Manchester C-charge 'to go ahead'</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7442725.stm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The government looks set to allow congestion charging for drivers entering and leaving Manchester. 

Plans for a two-ring scheme, charging up to Â£5 at busy times from 2013, are expected to be set out later. 
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Alongside you are top names like Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen. The cars' engines are screaming and everyone is poised to go. For any Formula One fan the chance to race against their heroes would be a dream come true. 

Sadly, the closest most of us have ever got is watching the Grand Prix on television. But that could soon change if a company from the Netherlands has its way...]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Laser maps flood-prone areas</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7447073.stm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ In a cloudless sky, above the market towns and green and pleasant fields of Warwickshire, it is hard to believe that it is worth the effort of the Environment Agency to map in painstaking detail every bump and dip of the terrain down below. 

But the project - to plot the topography of England and Wales to within six inches of accuracy - is seen as a vital first step in preparing the country to face the emerging threat of flash flooding from tropical-style downpours. ]]></description>				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Insurer stops 'pay as you drive'</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/moneybox/7453546.stm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Britain's biggest insurer has suspended a flagship car insurance scheme less than two years after its roll out.]]></description>				<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>MPs warned of GPS jamming risks</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7459213.stm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The government is being urged to invest in a radio system developed during the Second World War, as a back-up to GPS satellite navigation. 

Loran is less vulnerable to jamming than GPS and could protect vital infrastructure after a terror attack, a committee of MPs was told.]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Mall tracks customer phones</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7460270.stm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ A Portsmouth shopping centre which has been tracking its customers by monitoring their mobile phones has been criticised. ]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Online maps to show local crime</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7460134.stm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Online maps with crimes plotted on them every month are set to be introduced in England and Wales, Gordon Brown says. ]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>GPS failing? Blame the Northern Lights</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2171606/GPS-failing-Blame-the-Northern-Lights.html]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Scientists have discovered that the natural light shows of the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis interfere with the signals from global positioning satellites, which are used by 
sat-navs to pinpoint the locations of vehicles, boats and aircraft. ]]></description>				<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Procurement of full Galileo system begins</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.esa.int/esaNA/SEM3ODSHKHF_index_0.html]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The European Commission - with the support of ESA - has launched the procurement of Galileo, a global navigation system composed of 30 dedicated navigation satellites and a ground infrastructure with the main control centres in Europe and a network of dedicated stations deployed around the world.


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RapidEye plans to operate the mission to deliver agricultural land information products and services such as crop monitoring and mapping, yield prediction and natural disaster assessment.
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Technology Partner Alliance to create a global positioning system (GPS) solution to bring photo
geotagging to low-cost, mass-market digital cameras. With geotagging, camera users can automatically add geographical identification to their photos using GPS data.]]></description>				<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Three satellites added to the GLONASS constellation</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=4279]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Three more GLONASS-M satellites were launched into orbit on Thursday, 25th September 2008 and were functioning properly, according to the Federal Space Agency.]]></description>				<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>1st privately developed liquid fuel rocket orbits Earth</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.spacex.com/press.php?page=20080928]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ SpaceX announces that Falcon 1 has successfully launched and achieved Earth orbit. ]]></description>				<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>iPhone used to measure automobile performance</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.macworld.com/article/135774/2008/09/iphoneauto.html]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The iPhone 3G, with its accelerometers and GPS chip, has spawned a unique category of programs: automobile performance measurement tools. These programs use the iPhone's GPS chip to measure your vehicle's acceleration and speed, and the accelerometers to measure the g-forces applied while turning and braking or accelerating.]]></description>				<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>GPS enabled mobiles to measure your carbon footprint</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/sep/29/carbonfootprints.travelandtransport]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Keeping track of your carbon footprint could become as simple as slipping a mobile phone in your pocket: a London-based start-up company has developed software for mobile phones that uses global positioning satellites to work out automatically whether you are walking, driving or flying and then calculate your impact on the environment.
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Location &amp; Timing KTN member Mike Short (Vice President of Research &amp; Development at O2) is on the executive board ]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Galileo satellite knocked offline</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7646234.stm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ A test spacecraft for Europe's future satellite-navigation system has been disrupted by a surge of space radiation.
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]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>GPS &amp; Regime Change</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://lat.globalwatchonline.com/epicentric_portal/binary/com.epicentric.contentmanagement.servlet.ContentDeliveryServlet/LAT/GPS%2520and%2520regime%2520change.pdf]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ This feature article looks back over the past 8 years of the Bush administration in the USA and the changes that occurred to GPS in that time. ]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Discounted Ordnance Survey mapping data for the public sector</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&amp;name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=18240]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ A collaborative project will make a wide range of Ordnance Survey mapping data available to the public sector at a substantially discounted price, via OGCbuying.solutions.]]></description>				<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>New technology to monitor Global Navigation Satellite Systems</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_8-12-2008-13-34-8?newsid=51634]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ In a new &amp;pound2.2 milion project, researchers from Imperial College London and partners will develop a system to monitor Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), enabling users to detect signal problems.

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Nasa's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) will pinpoint the key locations on the Earth's surface where CO2 is being emitted and absorbed.
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(After clicking on the link below, click on item &quot;Proton-M/3 Glonass-M Roll-Out&quot;)]]></description>				<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Successful GLONASS launch</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.insidegnss.com/node/982]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) successfully launched a Proton-M rocket and three GLONASS-M satellites at 10:53 a.m. (GMT) on 25th December 2008 from the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan. ]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Crime maps published</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://nds.coi.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=388910&amp;NewsAreaID=2]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ You can now access crime maps on the websites of all 43 police forces in England and Wales to see volume of crime, as well as crime trends, and comparisons with the rest of the country.
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The dynamic 3D computer visualisation, commissioned by Devon County Council, has been designed to support a public consultation for a new park and ride scheme.  Combining highly accurate 3D representations of every building in the locality with detailed aerial photography the Bluesky model is being used to illustrate the effect of the scheme on the local environment, providing residents with a view of the scheme.]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>GBP10.5m for ambulance location technologies</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://new.wales.gov.uk/news/latest/2960072/;jsessionid=dlMXJdgQy00wJZZqL55pPVdCDn8JDczvvGxb4QLvDnFpywgL4yPb!-1527509374?lang=en]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ New satellite navigation, vehicle location systems and mobile data terminals will be installed in all emergency ambulances thanks to GBP10.5 million Welsh Assembly Government funding.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Galileo gets military clearance</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/02/20/234941/galileo-gets-military-clearance.htm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The European Parliament have opened the way for the civilian Galileo satellite system to be used for military and security purposes as part of a plan to improve the efficiency of defence communications.]]></description>				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>iPhones's &gt;1,000 location applications</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.skyhookwireless.com/locationapps/]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Did you know that there are over 1000 iPhone Apps that use location? Skyhook Wireless monitors every single location-enabled application as they are released in the iPhone App Store and Android Challenge.]]></description>				<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Britain's best geocache trails</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.walkmag.co.uk/features/if-you-hide-it-they-will-come/]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Walk magazine features an article about 'geocaching' in the UK.]]></description>				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Altimeter 'had role' in air crash</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7923782.stm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Investigators have said a faulty altimeter played a role in the plane crash near Amsterdam's Schiphol airport last week that killed nine people.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>A DIY transport system</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/features/A-DIY-transport-system.5028306.jp]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Fellowtravellers' alternative transport system puts control of public transport in the hands of the people who use it - by enabling users to create new bus, minibus and shared-taxi routes which meet real need; and by raising efficiency, economy, and reliability across the board.]]></description>				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>GPS jamming exercise 6th-16th July 2009</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/subscribe/select_list.htm.]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The MoD has informed Ofcom of the following GPS jamming exercise:

Dates: 6 July to 16 July 2009
Times: limited periods between 11:00 and 15:00 hrs
Location: To sea westwards from N58&amp;deg; 57.4&amp;rsquo; W003&amp;deg; 13.9&amp;rsquo; (60 nautical miles west of Kirkwall). 
Contact: Duty Officer on 01309 617857 or 01343 817428

To receive e-mail alerts of future GPS jamming exercises, please follow the link above.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:33:04 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Navteq reports continued growth for in-vehicle navigation</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://lbs.gpsworld.com/gpslbs/LBS+News/Navteq-Reports-Continued-Growth-for-In-Vehicle-Nav/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/585239?contextCategoryId=1385]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ According to Navteq, 2008 was a year of continued growth for the in-vehicle navigation industry, with the introduction of navigation as a new option on 26 North American car models across 15 automotive brands.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:35:49 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Bringing GNSS-based road pricing a step closer to maturity</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://lat.globalwatchonline.com/epicentric_portal/binary/com.epicentric.contentmanagement.servlet.ContentDeliveryServlet/LAT/20090311_gina.pdf]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Following an in-depth and market-oriented analysis of the national context, GINA (GNSS for INnovative road Applications) project will see the implementation of a nation-wide GNSS-based road pricing and VAS demonstration in the Netherlands.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:29:16 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>What's the future of map design?</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/mar/15/sxswi-events1]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ &quot;Are online maps getting a little boring, and too dominated by Google?&quot; asks The Guardian]]></description>				<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:19:52 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Skyhook Wireless gets new patent for Wi-Fi positioning</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/Skyhook-Wireless-gets-new-patent-for-Wi-Fi-positioning_a1403.html]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Skyhook Wireless, a provider of Wi-Fi and hybrid positioning services have announced that the U.S. Patent Office awarded it USPN 7,493,127: Continuous Data Optimization of New Access Points in Positioning Systems.]]></description>				<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:08:22 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>GPS hat game</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzCegzeQWiU]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The Hat Game, a pervasive game at South by Southwest Interactive, has taken the delegates by storm.
The game, presented in association with Chinwag and UKTI, challenges players to track down a GPS-enabled hat, and abscond with it for hours at a time.
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Lift-off from Launch Complex 17A at Cape Canaveral was on time, at the start of a window running from 08:34 to 08:49 GMT (04:34-04:49 EDT).]]></description>				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:52:37 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Privacy International's Street View complaint in full</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd[347]=x-347-564039]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:45:00 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Lib Dems call on Government to take action on sat nav dangers</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/baker-sat-nav-dangers-must-be-tackled-204636298;show]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ A list of some of the most dangerous routes used by Heavy Goods Vehicles being directed by satellite navigation devices across the country was released today by the Liberal Democrats.]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:26:26 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Space telecoms joins Technology Strategy Board portfolio</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.innovateuk.org/content/news/space-telecoms-joins-technology-strategy-board-por.ashx]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The Technology Strategy Board is now the British National Space Centre partner responsible for promoting innovation in satellite telecommunications and navigation in the UK.]]></description>				<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:07:49 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>European Court of Auditors lambastes Galileo satellite navigation program</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.insidegnss.com/node/1426]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ 'Inside GNSS' article summarising the recent ECA report.]]></description>				<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:46:41 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>KTN member wins Knowledge Transfer Partnership award</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.ktponline.org.uk/content/awards_2009/KTP_awards_Approved_020309.doc]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Location &amp;amp; Timing KTN member Sarantel Ltd, and Sheffield University have won an award for the Best Knowledge Transfer Partnership building on EPSRC funded research.]]></description>				<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:05:33 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title> UK SatNav Challenge Launch: 28th Apr 2009</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.galileomasters.co.uk/]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The UK Satellite Navigation Challenge is brought to you by HBIC for the 6th year. The competition is to be launched on 28th April 2008 at the London Science Museum. You can submit your ideas between&amp;nbsp;1st May and 31st July 2009 and turn your ideas into commercial success. For further details see link below or contact Bill Collins by e-mail billc@hertsbic.co.uk or telephone 01438 310072.]]></description>				<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:40:00 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>AutoAlert announces launch of its iPhone Group Application</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://lat.globalwatchonline.com/epicentric_portal/binary/com.epicentric.contentmanagement.servlet.ContentDeliveryServlet/LAT/20090331_autoalert.pdf]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ AutoAlert have announced the launch of its iPhone Group Application which provides vehicle tracking technology for less than &amp;pound;5.
The application is available for download through iTunes and allows companies&amp;nbsp;to benefit from vehicle tracking technology without having to install expensive and complicated hardware and then pay substantial ongoing charges.]]></description>				<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:02:55 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Surveillance box to track drivers is backed</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/mar/31/surveillance-transport-communication-box]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ This week The Guardian reported on the Cooperative Vehicle-Infrastructure Systems (CVIS) project. The Location &amp;amp; Timing KTN were involved at the inception of this project, to help identify suitable UK partners.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:09:07 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>EGNOS: EC takes major step forward in European satellite navigation</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/522&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The EC has today become the owner of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) infrastructure.]]></description>				<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:15:50 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Norway joins EU's Galileo satnav project</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.spacedaily.com/2006/090403151033.5keu7z8k.html]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Norway said it will stump up close to 70 million euros in funding for the European Union's satellite navigation project Galileo.
The Norwegian government will give a boost by providing 68.9 million euros (92.5 million dollars) towards the 3.4 billion euro project.
While Norway is not a member of the 27-member bloc, the country's economy and business minister Sylvia Brustad said it was important that Oslo took part in Galileo's development.
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The first (M1) satellite was launched into a Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)&amp;nbsp;in 2007, the new&amp;nbsp;satellite (G2) will be placed into a geo-stationary orbit. The final system is planned to have 30 MEO and 5 geo-stationary satellites by 2015.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:53:53 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Ordnance Survey future begins to emerge...</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.edparsons.com/2009/04/os-future-begins-to-emerge/]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Excerpt from Treasury Operational Efficiency Programme report.]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:34:25 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>All clear for Google Street View</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8014178.stm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Google's Street View technology carries a small risk of privacy invasion but should not be stopped, the UK's Information Commissioner has ruled.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:32:07 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>All London buses now fitted with iBus Automatic Vehicle Location system</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/11573.aspx]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ iBus, the state-of-the-art system which provides passengers with useful information about their bus service, has now been fitted on all 8,000 London buses.]]></description>				<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:26:27 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Ordnance Survey invite feedback on strategy</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://strategy.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/goal-1-promote-innovation/]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Ordnance Survey's new strategy will be developed further and implemented over the coming 12 months but the work that has been undertaken so far is being opened up for views, comments and input.]]></description>				<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:30:59 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Galileo Masters Launched!</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.galileomasters.co.uk/]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Yesterday, saw the UK launch of the 2009 European Satellite Navigation Competition at the Science Museum, in London.Also known as The Galileo Masters competition, this is the chance to kick-start innovative business solutions using satellite navigation, location or timing.As well as the first prize of EUR20,000 and help with business development, there are various special topic prizes from the likes of T-Systems, Navteq, ESA etc..Over the last 4 years, 296 ideas have been submitted from the UK; and last year's overall winners (Sci-Tech Systems) are from the UK and are well on the way to commercialising their maritime rescue system.As well as the material benefit from winning, entrants gain significant exposure to investors, potential partners and the press.Entries open on 1st May&amp;nbsp;2009 and close on 31st July 2009.For more details see: http://www.galileomasters.co.uk/&amp;nbsp;or http://www.galileo-masters.eu/]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:54:32 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Elderly shoppers to get 'sat nav' gadget to find their way around supermarkets</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/technologynews/5241034/Elderly-shoppers-to-get-sat-nav-gadget-to-find-their-way-around-supermarkets.html]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Scientists are working on a device which works like a car navigation system to help elderly shoppers baffled by changing layouts in aisles.
It is part of government-funded research at three centres - Newcastle, Aberdeen and Nottingham universities - into new ways of using digital technology to help the elderly and disabled.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:18:16 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Meet our 1,000th member!</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://lat.globalwatchonline.com/epicentric_portal/site/lat/news/]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Malcolm Roberts of Guidance Monitoring has become the Location &amp;amp; Timing KTN's 1,000th member.
Guidance Monitoring Ltd (GML) designs and manufactures position measurement and tracking systems. They specialise in electronic tagging systems for asset protection and personnel monitoring. GML entered the electronic tagging market nine years ago, and is now a primary supplier of electronic tagging technology to the UK Ministry of Justice programme, and currently has over 9,000 systems operating daily in the field.
www.gcsltd.co.uk]]></description>				<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 13:29:00 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Experts urge US to share data on satellite orbits</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17045-experts-urge-us-to-share-data-on-satellite-orbits.html]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The US government's reluctance thus far to release precise data about the satellites it is tracking is hampering efforts to prevent collisions in space, a satellite industry executive told a congressional committee on Tuesday.]]></description>				<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 16:53:53 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Speed limit device tested on bus</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8042749.stm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ A London bus is taking to the streets equipped with technology which automatically keeps its speed to local limits.
Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) is being developed by Transport for London (TfL) and uses a newly-introduced digital speed limit map of the city.
]]></description>				<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 16:47:55 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>GPS &amp; Space Weather Policy Study</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.ametsoc.org/atmospolicy/spacewxGPS.html]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The American Meteorological Society Policy Program is undertaking a study to develop recommendations to increase the reliability and accuracy of GPS, and thereby the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), through more effective use of space weather forecasts and information.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 16:27:41 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>US Government Accountability Office report warns GPS constellation could fall below 24 satellites</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09670t.pdf]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 16:31:04 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>KTN update from last week's European Navigation Conference</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://lat.globalwatchonline.com/epicentric_portal/site/lat/news/]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ by Peter Lancaster (Location &amp;amp; Timing KTN Technology Translator)
At last week's European Navigation Conference in Naples; Lt Col David Goldstein, chief engineer for the US Air Force GPS Wing, told the plenary session; that they are experiencing some 'out of family' measurements from the latest GPS satellite and so it still had not been set active. They are working around the clock to resolve the issue and are close to identifying the cause of the problem, but a final resolution may be several months off.Significant emphasis was placed on the role of eLoran as a potential back-up to GNSS. The prospect of the introduction of widespread, GNSS-based, road-user-charging gave added incentive to thoughts of reducing the potential for spoofing related fraud. Rein van Gooswilligen, President of the European Group of Institutes of Navigation (EUGIN), announced that they would endeavour to ensure that eLoran was included in the proposed European Radio-Navigation Plan.
This position has been reinforced by the release of the US Institute of Defense Analyses - eLoran Independent Assessment, which 'unanimously recommends that the U.S. Government complete the eLoran upgrade and commit to eLoran as the national backup to GPS for 20 years'.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 16:36:15 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Herschel &amp; Planck launched.</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMK2AZVNUF_index_0.html]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ On May 14th,&amp;nbsp;Ariane 5 rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana; successfully launched the Herschel space telescope with the largest ever space mirror aboard, towards its orbit around the second Lagrangian point, L2.On the same launch vehicle was the Planck background radiation mapper, which will probe radiation left over from light emitted shortly after the Big Bang]]></description>				<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 10:49:41 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>FIDIS urges mobile users to be aware of data disclosure</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.fidis.net/home/single-news/article/press-release-fidis-urges-mobile-users-to-be-aware-of-data-disclosure/back/4/]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Research from Future of Identity in the Information Society highlights the information many of us may unknowingly give away on a day-to-day basis.]]></description>				<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 17:34:20 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>The Guardian blog: Is GPS really 'too big to fail'?</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/may/19/gps-satnav-breakdown]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Blog from Bobbie Johnson, The Guardian's technology correspondent about the future of GPS. You can add your comments at the end of the article.]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 12:09:04 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>More on GPS from The Guardian: Air Force speaks out over the future of GPS... on Twitter</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/may/22/gps-air-force-twitter]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Bobbie Johnson&amp;nbsp;comments for The Guardian on the US Air Force using Twitter to&amp;nbsp;issue statements on the reliability of the&amp;nbsp;GPS constellation.]]></description>				<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 10:45:28 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Ordnance Survey Business Strategy launch event on YouTube</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_n6O2J1ZWc]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>				<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 10:51:51 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>GPS jamming exercise - September 2009</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://lat.globalwatchonline.com/epicentric_portal/site/lat/news/]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The MoD has informed Ofcom of the following GPS jamming exercise:
Dates: 7-11 September and 14-18 September 2009.
Times: limited periods between 09:00 and 17:00 hrs
Location: Within 5km of N52&amp;deg; 00.881' and W003&amp;deg; 38.518' (Sennybridge Training Area, Mid-Wales).
Contact: Trial Manager (during the trial) on 07766 134520 or the 24hr Sennybridge Operations point on 01874 635461.&amp;nbsp;
]]></description>				<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 11:07:36 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>LBS Entrepreneur joins board of TSB</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.dius.gov.uk/news_and_speeches/press_releases/tsb_members.aspx]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ One of the three new members of the Governing Board of the Technology Strategy Board is Sara Murray (M.A. Oxon), a serial entrepreneur. Amongst her other achievements, Sara founded and now runs buddi, a GPS personal tracker which locates people instantly.]]></description>				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:22:46 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Cellphone Locator System Needs No Satellite</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/technology/start-ups/01locate.html?_r=1]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ New York Times article about Skyhook's use of WiFi for location based services.]]></description>				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:33:59 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Say hello to Mapumental</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.mysociety.org/2009/06/01/say-hello-to-mapumental/]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Mapumental is the culmination of an ambition mySociety has had for some time - to take the nation's bus, train, tram, tube and boat timetables and turn them into a service that does vastly more than imagined by traditional journey planners.]]></description>				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:20:40 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>British Antarctic Survey maps penguins from space</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/press/press_releases/press_release.php?id=883]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Penguin poo (guano) stains, visible from space, have helped British scientists locate emperor penguin breeding colonies in Antarctica. Knowing their location provides a baseline for monitoring their response to environmental change.]]></description>				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:56:20 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Twitter's Next Project: Location</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.businessinsider.com/one-of-twitters-next-projects-location-2009-6]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Twitter has already built a service that track what people are saying in real-time. But knowing where they're saying it could be even more valuable.
(Location &amp;amp; Timing KTN are on Twitter - come follow us)]]></description>				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:00:53 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Why satellites failed to find missing plane</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/03/db.plane.nav.tracking/]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ CNN article about tracking aeroplanes, in light of the recent Air France accident over the Atlantic.]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:48:18 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Satnav searches for integrated solution</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jun/04/satnav-travel-device-gps]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Guardian article about designing a universal travel gadget.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:52:33 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Mobile phones - sensors and sensitivity</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13725679&amp;subjectID=894408&amp;fsrc=nwl]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Economist article about using mobiles for mass data collection.]]></description>				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:13:30 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Turn green at the next corner</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://kn.theiet.org/magazine/issues/0910/turn-green-next-corner-0910.cfm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ IET article about whether satellite navigation systems, car-to-car and car-to-road communications can help reduce carbon emissions.]]></description>				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:07:18 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Information Commissioner launches new privacy assessment handbook</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.ico.gov.uk/Home/for_organisations/topic_specific_guides/pia_handbook.aspx]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The ICO launched its Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) handbook (Version 2) in June 2009.
The handbook is designed to be a practical and comprehensive guide, aimed at organisations who are developing projects that might have implications for people's privacy. It will help organisations assess and identify any privacy concerns (a Privacy Impact Assessment) and address them at an early stage, rather than leaving the solutions to bolt on as an expensive afterthought.
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Dates: 6th-16th July 2009 Times: limited periods between 11:00 and 15:00 hrs Location: To sea westwards from N58&amp;deg; 57.4' W003&amp;deg; 13.9' (60 nautical miles west of Kirkwall). Contact: Duty Officer on 01309 617857 or 01343 817428
Sign up to&amp;nbsp;Ofcom's GPS jamming mailing list to be notified of future exercises.
]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:12:57 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>US Coast Guard directed to maintain and upgrade Loran</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=604089]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ GPS World article about US plans to&amp;nbsp;maintain the current Loran-C navigation system and prepare for modernisation to eLoran.]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:28:11 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Air Force reviews reliability of GPS satellite models .</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124543128766431947.html]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Wall Street Jornal article relating to recent Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) media teleconference.
You can read a partial transcript of the interview with Col. Dave Madden and Col. Dave Buckman, via The Nog (Navigation Developer Blog).]]></description>				<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:27:44 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Labour scraps road-pricing plans</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/5625034/Road-pricing-killed-off-by-Transport-Secretary-Lord-Adonis.html]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Plans to impose pay as you drive charges on every motorist in the country have been shelved by Lord Adonis, the new Transport Secretary.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:47:58 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Sea rescue 'hampered by beacons'</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/8119433.stm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Workers who survived a North Sea helicopter ditching did not know they needed to extend aerials on personal locator beacons, a report has revealed.
&amp;nbsp;
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(Read the KTN's own coverage of this project in Pinpoint - page 6-7)]]></description>				<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:17:46 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Puffins to be fitted with 'sat nav' to monitor decline</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/5697862/Puffins-to-be-fitted-with-sat-nav-to-monitor-decline.html]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Puffins are to be fitted with &quot;sat nav&quot; devices for the first time in an effort to understand a worrying decline in their numbers.]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:37:08 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>European Court of Auditors publishes report on the management of the Galileo programme's development</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.eca.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eca_main_pages/home]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The&amp;nbsp;European Court of Auditors has published its report on the management of the Galileo programme's development and validation phase.]]></description>				<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:16:43 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>GPS jamming exercise, 14th and 15th Oct, Nr Bexhill</title>				<link><![CDATA[ ]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The MoD has informed Ofcom of the following GPS jamming exercise:
Dates: 14th and 15th October 2009. Times: Maximum of two hours between the times of 08:00-12:00 and 13:30&amp;ndash;15:30 each day.Location: Within 1km of N50&amp;deg; 53.0&amp;rsquo; and E000&amp;deg; 27.0&amp;rsquo; (Bexhill, East Sussex). Contact: Trial Manager (during the trial) on 07776 484226. Sign up to&amp;nbsp;Ofcom's GPS jamming mailing list to be notified of future exercises.
&amp;nbsp;]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:59:22 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Research shows people avoid too much automatic location information in mobile services</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.hiit.fi/node/954]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ People shun fully automatic location information web and mobile services if users cannot control them easily. Researchers at Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT found out in their study that people start using automatic location information services only if the services are clearly useful to users and if the users can easily control the information flow.]]></description>				<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:01:52 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>NXP wraps key functions for vehicle telematics in MCM</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.edn-europe.com/nxpwrapskeyfunctionsforvehicletelematicsinmcm+article+3223+Europe.html]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ 4-chip module provides heart of road-pricing-trial-transponder.&amp;nbsp;NXP semiconductors has created a multi-chip module that lies at the heart of a trial in road-pricing that was launched&amp;nbsp;in June&amp;nbsp;in the region surrounding Eindhoven, in the Netherlands.]]></description>				<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:24:20 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Tagging technology to track trash</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8149183.stm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The ebb and flow of thousands of pieces of household rubbish are to be tracked using sophisticated mobile tags.
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The Location Based Services Market Map is now available for download from the FirstPartner Website.
The Map explains the structure of the Location Based Services industry, measuring sector performance, highlighting opportunities and recent developments, and outlines the key relationships within this evolving industry.
]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:43:16 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>How technology will ease our traffic woes</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327176.400-how-new-technologies-will-ease-our-traffic-woes.html]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Recent New Scientist feature article explores how location &amp;amp; timing sensor technology will shape the roads of the future.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:52:09 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>CSR debuts breakthrough SiRFstarIV location-aware architecture</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.csr.com/pr/show_pr.php?prID=CSR090728&amp;lang=English]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ CSR plc have&amp;nbsp;launched its breakthrough SiRFstarIV location-aware architecture with SiRFaware self-assisted, micro-power GPS technology that enables consumer devices to always be location aware - without draining batteries and without requiring network aiding.]]></description>				<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:27:06 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Looking for funding? EC have just launched 53 calls for proposals...</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://cordis.europa.eu/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=tenders.document&amp;TEN_LANG=EN&amp;TEN_RCN=31090]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The European Commission has published several calls for proposals in various thematic areas of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).
A number of these will have relevance to Location &amp;amp; Timing KTN members, and we will post details on our funding pages once we've identified them.]]></description>				<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:31:01 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Royal Society award Location &amp; Timing KTN member</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.bath.ac.uk/news/2009/07/30/wolfson/]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Location &amp;amp; Timing KTN member; Professor Cathryn Mitchell, from the University of Bath, Department of Electronic &amp;amp; Electrical Engineering, has been awarded a Royal Society-Wolfson Research Merit Award which is given to individuals of proven outstanding ability to undertake independent, original research.]]></description>				<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:12:58 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Last of the current series of GPS satellites was launched on Monday.</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.ulalaunch.com/]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ On Monday Sept 17, at 11:35 UK time, the last in the current series of modernised&amp;nbsp;GPS Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellites was launched on a Delta II rocket&amp;nbsp;from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The spacecraft, GPS IIR-21(M), completes the IIR and IIR-M series of satellites.
Lockheed Martin,&amp;nbsp;ITT Corporation and General Dynamics are on-schedule in the Critical Design Review (CDR) phase of the next generation of global positioning satellites (GPS III), due to&amp;nbsp;start launching from&amp;nbsp;2014.]]></description>				<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:56:20 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Visual time machine offers tourists a glimpse of the past</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://cordis.europa.eu/ictresults/index.cfm?section=news&amp;tpl=article&amp;BrowsingType=Features&amp;ID=90808]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Augmented reality, combined with location awareness on mobile devices gives visitors to Winchester Castle&amp;nbsp;a deeper, richer and more enjoyable experience.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:33:57 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Door to Door unmanned public transport systems</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://cordis.europa.eu/ictresults/index.cfm?section=news&amp;tpl=article&amp;BrowsingType=Features&amp;ID=90845]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA) successfully tests&amp;nbsp;a fleet of six driverless cybercars (electric Fiat Pandas and a Citroen Berlingo van) and three unmanned buggies, on a figure-of-eight circuit in a special test zone in the French city of La Rochelle]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:49:08 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Autonomous Systems: social, legal and ethical issues</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=511]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The Royal Academy of Engineering has published&amp;nbsp;a report on the social, legal and ethical issues surrounding autonomous systems with a focus on two emerging areas of technology that will have potential benefit to society - transport, in terms of autonomous road vehicles; and personal care and support, in the form of artificial companions and &quot;smart homes&quot;.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:51:12 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>10th September: MSF 60 kHz Time and Frequency Signal outage</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://image.npl-networks.co.uk/lib/ff051772746606/m/1/MSF+Outage+September+2009.pdf]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The MSF 60 kHz time and frequency signal broadcast from Anthorn Radio Station will be shut down over the period: 10 September 2009 from 10:00 BST until 14:00 BST&amp;nbsp;
The interruption to the transmission is required to allow scheduled maintenance work to be carried out in safety.]]></description>				<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:05:06 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Presentations available from UN GNSS workshop</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/SAP/gnss/icg/wg/wga02/pres.html]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Updates on the status of the world's GNSS from the UN International Committee on GNSS (ICG) Working Group A - Compatibility and Interoperability. Presentations available on: GLONASS, Galileo, GPS, QZSS and Compass.]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:11:42 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Ofcom announce GPS jamming exercise - September 2009</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://lat.globalwatchonline.com/epicentric_portal/site/lat/news/]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ GPS jamming exercise - September 2009The MoD has informed Ofcom of the following GPS jamming exercise: Dates: 7-11 September and 14-18 September 2009. Times: limited periods between 09:00 and 17:00 hrs Location: Within 5km of N52&amp;deg; 00.881' and W003&amp;deg; 38.518' (Sennybridge Training Area, Mid-Wales). Contact: Trial Manager (during the trial) on 07766 134520 or the 24hr Sennybridge Operations point on 01874 635461.
You can subscribe to Ofcom's GPS jamming mailing list here.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:22:55 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Lunar clock to be built for 2012</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8226735.stm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Scientists and artists plan to build a 40m-wide lunar clock by the River Thames by 2012.
The aim is to create a new London landmark close to the proposed Olympic stadium as a monument to a more natural way of marking time.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:57:27 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Mobile app sees science go global</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_16-9-2009-10-59-9]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ A mobile phone application will help professional and &quot;citizen&quot; scientists collect and analyse data from &quot;in the field&quot;, anywhere in the world.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:33:13 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Europe officially launches open and free EGNOS service</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.gsa.europa.eu/go/news/europe-officially-launches-egnos-as-open-and-free-service]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ On October 1st, The European Commission declared the official start of operations by EGNOS, the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service, with its Open Service now available for free to businesses and citizens. EGNOS is Europe's first contribution to satellite navigation and a precursor of Galileo, the global satellite navigation system that the European Union is developing.
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If you have any comments please contact editor@locationktn.com]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:52:08 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Digital Systems KTN launched</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://snurl.com/sgw2e]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ A new Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) known as Digital Systems launches on 13th October 2009 at Innovate &amp;rsquo;09.
Digital Systems KTN combines the activities of the following three KTNs: Location &amp;amp; Timing, Cyber Security, and Grid Computing Now!.&amp;nbsp;
Combining innovation and knowledge transfer in these areas creates a critical resource for a converged world where services are accessed anytime, anywhere.
Digital Systems KTN is managed by Intellect, the National Physical Laboratory, and QinetiQ, who are jointly responsible for three distinct programmes of work in scalable computing, location &amp;amp; timing, and cyber security, respectively.]]></description>				<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:25:55 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Technology Strategy Board announce informed logistics competition</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.innovateuk.org/content/news/using-technology-to-keep-goods-on-the-move-.ashx]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The Technology Strategy Board is offering investment of up to &amp;pound;10 million to support research and development leading to the introduction of innovative systems and services to help goods move around the country more effectively. This will help enable the UK to support more freight traffic as the economy grows, whilst decreasing the associated road congestion.]]></description>				<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:26:15 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Ofcom announce GPS jamming exercise in Nov / Dec 2009</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://lat.globalwatchonline.com/epicentric_portal/site/lat/news/]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The MoD has informed Ofcom of the following GPS jamming exercise:
Dates: 30 November to 4 December 2009.
Times: Up to two one-hour slots per day between 10:00hrs and 16:00hrs.
Location: Within an irregular pentagon formed from the following coordinates: 55.150&amp;deg;N 1.142&amp;deg;W; 55.000&amp;deg;N 1.008&amp;deg;W; 54.967&amp;deg;N 1.167&amp;deg;W; 55.017&amp;deg;N 1.217&amp;deg;W; 55.133&amp;deg;N 1.217&amp;deg; W (at sea about 10 miles from South Shields).
Contact: Trial Manager (during the trial) on 07766 1347586
You can subscribe to Ofcom's GPS jamming mailing list here.
]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:10:29 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Launch of Galileo IOV satellites delayed</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.gpsworld.com/gnss-system/galileo/news/launch-galileo-iov-satellites-delayed-9032]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Four Galileo in-orbit validation (IOV) satellites scheduled to launch in 2010 have already missed their first pad date. The European version of Russia's Soyuz rocket is now scheduled to carry the four IOV satellites into orbit in two launches in November 2010 and early 2011, as announced by European Space Agency (ESA) Director-General Jean-Jacques Dordain on 9th October.]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:17:41 +0200</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>US city to start giant 'mapathon'</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8305924.stm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Atlanta, the capital of the US state of Georgia will soon be the world's most digitally mapped city, according to organisers of a massive &quot;mapathon&quot;.
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Backed by UK mapping agency Ordnance Survey, the GeoVation competition aims to find new ways for geography to empower citizens.
&amp;nbsp;
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&amp;nbsp;
]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:05:13 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Obama signs Loran-C termination</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.gpsworld.com/gnss-system/news/administration-ax-falls-pnt-backup-loran-c-9087]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ On 28th October President Obama signed the Department of Homeland Defense (DHS) appropriations bill that allows for termination of the LORAN-C signal on January 4, 2010, after certification from the Commandant of the Coast Guard that it is not needed for navigation, and from the Secretary of DHS that it is not needed as a backup for GPS.In addition, a revised version of the Coast Guard authorization bill replaces the mandate to convert Loran-C into eLoran with a call for its termination, in line with the DHS appropriations bill, and adding an amendment that requires a study into whether there is a continued need for a supplemental air and maritime navigation system as a backup to GPS.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:14:13 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Google buys AdMob for US$750m</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://social.thewherebusiness.com/content/google-buys-admob-us750m]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Google has signed a definitive agreement to acquire mobile display ad technology provider, AdMob, for US$750 million in stock.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:47:30 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Use Augmented Reality to find your car</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/03/use-augmented-reality-to-find-your-car/]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ There have been more than a few iPhone apps to help you find your car, but Car Finder&amp;nbsp;uses augmented reality to get you pointed in the right direction.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:00:32 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Galileo 'pathfinders' take shape</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8351457.stm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ After all the wrangling, the delays and the furore over cost, Europe's version of GPS is finally starting to take shape.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:38:52 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Agant wins UK IT award for 'Best Mobile Product of 2009'</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.ukitindustryawards.co.uk/2009winners.asp]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Location &amp;amp; Timing&amp;nbsp;member Agant&amp;nbsp;wins Best Mobile Product of 2009 at the UK IT awards, for the &quot;National Rail Enquiries for iPhone&quot; application.
Follow Agant's Dave Addey on Twitter here.
&amp;nbsp;]]></description>				<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:05:53 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Entrepreneur of the Year Award for founder of buddi GPS personal tracker</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.innovateuk.org/content/news/entrepreneur-of-the-year-award-goes-to-member-of-t.ashx]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The Location and Timing programme of the Digital Systems KTN is pleased to congratulate Sara Murray, founder of Buddi - a Location &amp;amp; Timing member, on winning the Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the annual National Business Awards sponsored by Orange.
Sara says: &quot;I'm delighted and proud to have won this award.&amp;nbsp; I hope that it will help to raise the profile of buddi as a business and our work in supporting people living with dementia.&quot;]]></description>				<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:05:51 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Dutch drivers to pay tax on road time, not on car</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2009/11/cabinet_finalises_road_pricing.php]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Dutch Cabinet one step closer to replacing existing car tax with system based on road use, based upon GNSS tracking.]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:36:07 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Ordnance Survey to open up data</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page21343]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Gordon Brown&amp;nbsp;has announced that the public will have more access to Ordnance Survey maps from next year, as part of a government drive to open up data to improve transparency.]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:39:55 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Notice of Interruption to MSF 60 kHz Time and Frequency Signal on 10th December</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://snurl.com/tbcv8]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:26:54 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>First Eight Galileo Spacecraft Said to Go to Germany's OHB Technology</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.spacenews.com/contracts/091104-ohb-picked-galileo-satellites.html]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The European Commission has selected OHB Technology of Germany to build at least eight Galileo navigation and positioning satellites for about 350 million euros ($525 million) in a decision that postpones any award to competitor Astrium Satellites pending further negotiations with Astrium, industry officials said.]]></description>				<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:55:13 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>SSTL delivers GPS receivers for ORBCOMM's new OG2 satellites</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.sstl.co.uk/News_and_Events/Latest_News/?story=1498]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has delivered eighteen SGR-10 GPS receivers to Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) of the USA to provide on-board orbit determination for the ORBCOMM Generation 2 (OG2) satellites.]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:48:04 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>UK to have its own dedicated space agency</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://nds.coi.gov.uk/clientmicrosite/content/Detail.aspx?ReleaseID=409485&amp;NewsAreaID=2&amp;ClientID=431]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ A new executive agency will be created to take the UK&amp;rsquo;s recession-busting space and satellite sector into a new space age, Science and Innovation Minister Lord Drayson said today.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:55:39 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Proton launches three Russian navigation satellites</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0912/14glonass/]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ 3 more Glonass navigation satellites launched on Dec 14th]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:56:10 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Twitter buys location tracker start-up, Mixer Labs</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8429397.stm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Twitter (http://twitter.com/), the micro-blogging social-networking website, is buying the location tracking start-up, Mixer Labs (http://geoapi.com/)&amp;nbsp;, for an undisclosed sum.
Mixer Labs was&amp;nbsp;started by two former Google employees and&amp;nbsp;makes an application for Twitter called GeoAPI.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:15:42 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>NORAD has started tracking Santa</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.noradsanta.org]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Santa's journey has begun! Follow along at www.noradsanta.org, or m.noradsanta.org on your mobile phone.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:01:47 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Google unveils Nexus One phone</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8442205.stm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Google has unveiled an own-brand smartphone called the Nexus One.
The Nexus One is a slim, touchscreen phone built in partnership with Taiwanese manufacturer HTC and runs Google's Android operating system.]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:31:29 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>EU awards major contracts to make Galileo operational early 2014</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/10/7&amp;type=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The European Commission announced today the award of three of the six contracts for the procurement of Galileo&amp;rsquo;s initial operational capability. The contract for the system support services is awarded to ThalesAleniaSpace of Italy; that for a first order of 14 satellites to OHB System AG of Germany and that for the launch services to Arianespace of France. This will allow the initial deployment and service provision of Europe&amp;rsquo;s satellite navigation system as of early 2014.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:44:36 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Ch 4 Innovation for the Public (4iP) Â£200k fund to use new free data</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.4ip.org.uk/]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ 4iP announce fund of up to &amp;pound;200,000 to help developers and entrepreneurs realise big ideas that use data sets from new free data initiative.]]></description>				<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:18:19 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Shutdown of US Loran-C stations will start from Feb 8th 2010</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/loran/default.htm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ On October 28, 2009, President Obama signed into law the 2010 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act. The Act allows for the termination of the Loran-C system subject to the Coast Guard certifying that termination of the Loran-C signal will not adversely impact the safety of maritime navigation and the Department of Homeland Security certifying that the Loran-C system infrastructure is not needed as a backup to the GPS system or to meet any other Federal navigation requirement. Those certifications were made; and the U.S. Coast Guard will, commencing on or about February 8, 2010, implement plans to terminate the transmission of the Loran-C signal and commence a phased decommissioning of the Loran-C infrastructure. These plans include ending transmissions at 18 Loran stations located in the contiguous United States and 6 Loran stations in Alaska.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:49:24 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>China launches a third Compass navigation satellite</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.china-defense-mashup.com/?p=5741]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>				<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:35:14 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>UK Govt launches open data website, data.gov.uk</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://nds.coi.gov.uk/content/detail.aspx?NewsAreaId=2&amp;ReleaseID=410458&amp;SubjectId=2]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The UK Government has started the process of making public sector data available for reuse. www.data.gov.uk&amp;nbsp;was launched on Jan 21st and provides a searchable database of a vast number of public data sets together with examples of applications that reference these, development guidlines, ideas and collaboration tools.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:34:08 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Boris Johnson launches London Datastore</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://data.london.gov.uk/datastore/about]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The London Datastore has been created by the Greater London Authority (GLA) as a first step towards freeing London&amp;rsquo;s data. We want everyone to be able access the data that the GLA and other public sector organisations hold, and to use that data however they see fit &amp;ndash; for free. The GLA is committed to using its connections and influence to request and cajole other public sector organisations into releasing their data here too, and it&amp;rsquo;s an objective backed strongly by Boris Johnson, Mayor of London]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:32:29 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Council showing HGVs where to go</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/surrey/8478325.stm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Lorry drivers will be able to find their way across Surrey using only major routes thanks to a new scheme.
A network of preferred routes, with the aim of reducing the number of heavy goods vehicles on country lanes, is being developed on the council website.
Surrey County Council said it would include maps for each of the county's 11 boroughs and districts.
They will include roads suitable for through and local freight traffic, and weight, width and height restrictions.

The first map, aimed at through traffic with journeys starting and ending outside Surrey, is already on the council website and has been given to the freight industry and to satellite navigation companies.]]></description>				<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:12:35 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>u-blox acquires Air Semiconductor patents for low-power real-time GPS</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.u-blox.com/en/press-and-events/press-release-archive/889.html]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:23:56 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Major Galileo contracts signing ceremony</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.esa.int/esaNA/SEMPX0SJR4G_galileo_0.html]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Mr Ren&amp;eacute; Oosterlinck, ESA&amp;rsquo;s Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation-related Activities, signed the first three contracts for the Galileo full operational capability phase. This event marks the start of building the Galileo operational infrastructure.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:27:02 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>GLONASS light entertainment for any Russian speakers (2.5 min video)</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XqSfAnlDNc]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:33:50 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>New Ovi Maps a success</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.nokia.com/press/press-releases/showpressrelease?newsid=1380128]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:03:24 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Space IGT sets out plan to create Â£40bn space industry and 100,000 new jobs</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.intellectuk.org/content/view/5770/433/]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:10:53 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Sat-nav devices face big errors as solar activity rises</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8494225.stm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Researchers say the Sun is awakening after a period of low activity, which does not bode well for a world ever more dependent on satellite navigation.
The Sun's irregular activity can wreak havoc with the weak sat-nav signals we use.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:03:05 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Mobile Commerce partners with AA to deliver AA Best of Britain iPhone App</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.mobilecommerce.co.uk/corporate/Modules/News/News.aspx?pid=11&amp;newscat=1]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Location &amp;amp; Timing member Mobile Commerce, has partnered with the AA, the UK&amp;rsquo;s leading motoring organisation and travel publisher, to deliver the AA &amp;lsquo;Best of Britain&amp;rsquo; iPhone application. The application provides all the information the user needs to find and book a weekend, or week, away in Britain and acts as a guide locating local entertainment and points of interest.]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:22:25 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Mobile firms unite to offer applications</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8515813.stm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Twenty-four of the largest phone operators have banded together to challenge the dominance of mobile app stores, such as that operated by Apple.]]></description>				<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:10:15 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Space industry key to UK economy</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.theengineer.co.uk/news/news-analysis/space-industry-key-to-uk-economy/1000907.article]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ The UK economy risks losing more manufacturing business overseas if it does not seize opportunities in the space industry.
Location &amp;amp; Timing Programme Director, Bob Cockshott is quoted in this article discussing Earth observation.]]></description>				<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:26:33 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Growing threat to Sat-nav systems from jammers</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8533157.stm]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>				<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:07:55 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Jamming of GPS signals threatens vital services</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4fa1c68a-2094-11df-9775-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Critical infrastructure, including air traffic communications, electricity transmission, telecoms networks and emergency services are all under threat from the increasing availability of &amp;ldquo;GPS jammers&amp;rdquo;, technology experts are warning.]]></description>				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:11:26 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>First Windows 7 location sensor released, GPS without the hardware</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.neowin.net/news/first-windows-7-location-sensor-released-gps-without-the-hardware]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ A software based GPS for use in Windows 7 has been developed and released by Rafael Rivera and Long Zheng today.]]></description>				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:16:47 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>Three more Glonass-M Russian navigation satellites launched</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.gpsworld.com/gnss-system/glonass/news/previously-delayed-glonass-satellites-launched-9627]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:48:40 +0100</pubDate>			</item>      		<item>				<title>UK Focuses on GPS Jamming &amp; Interference</title>				<link><![CDATA[ http://www.insidegnss.com/node/1934#Baseband_Technologies_Inc_]]></link>				<description><![CDATA[ Digital Systems Knowledge Transfer Network (DSKTN) in partnership with the Royal Institute of Navigation organized a symposium on the subject, &amp;ldquo;GPS Jamming &amp;amp; Interference &amp;mdash; A Clear and Present Danger.&amp;rdquo;]]></description>				<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:41:59 +0100</pubDate>			</item></channel></rss>