Field Mobility News Weekly – Week of December 16, 2012

The Field Mobility News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to field mobility that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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Maryland’s Baltimore County has installed GPS technology in over 900 of its government vehicles.  Officials expect to save close to $100,000 per year in taxpayer dollars for fuel costs in addition to saving employees’ time.  Read Original Content

Raytheon UK has been awarded a contract by the UK Ministry of Defense for a new GPS Anti-Jam Antenna System for use by land vehicles.  Read Original Content

Milan’s Ambrosiana Art Gallery provides RFID-enabled smartphones to enable guests to learn about the works of art and save a list of pieces they like, to use at the museum store to purchase prints.  Read Original Content

ILS Technology provides ready-to-use cloud based platforms to implement and manage M2M (machine to machine) and embedded wireless devices that connect to SAP.  ILS Technology simplifies deployments and offers unparalleled security to protect company and customer data and to ensure regulatory compliance. This newsletter is sponsored in part by ILS Technology.

The Vatican will use new ID cards with RFID technology for clergy and employees beginning in the new year.  Read Original Content

The Transfusion Medicine RFID Consortium reported the results of an RFID pilot, finding the use of RFID resulted in a 33 percent reduction of issues or misplaced products at blood-donation points, and final inventory check-in efficiency increased by 63 percent.  Read Original Content

GIS technology can be the basis for revolutionizing how government processes work through its ability for accessing and producing maps, leveraging database information and automating work processes.  Read Original Content

A group of four students from Tennessee’s Austin Peay State University conducted a research study comparing the accuracy of GPS enabled devices, including smartphones and tablets, for field use.  The results were presented at the Geological Society of America’s national conference in Charlotte, NC.  Read Original Content

Edgetech America’s GIS spell-checker MapSpeller has been updated.  The new version 4.0 includes support for 11 languages and the extended ability to correct maps and GIS data geographically.  Read Original Content

GISUser.com provides a list of upcoming GIS and GeoTech industry online webinars.  Read Original Content

Finland’s Helsinki Region Transport conducted a six-month pilot using RFID technology for customers to pay for tickets and post messages to other passengers and the transit authority.  Read Original Content

The GeoGathering 2013 conference will be held August 21-22, 2013, in Colorado Springs.  Recommended topics include developing a data sharing strategy, GIS as an enterprise, and organizing data for decision makers.  Read Original Content

Research from Ohio State University shows that nuclear testing can cause GPS errors due to disturbances it causes in the upper atmosphere.  Read Original Content

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, supplier of data on GPS satellite orbits to the Department of Defense and the scientific community, is planning to use data collected from a wider range of GPS reference stations including those operated by private companies and other institutions to provide more accurate calculations of GPS data. Read Original Content

ClickSoftware is an SAP mobility partner and the leading provider of automated workforce management and optimization solutions for every size of service business.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by ClickSoftware.

Berlin's Bergische Security Co. utilizes NFC, RFID and mobile phones to track the movements of its security officers at clients’ sites.  The officers tap a smartphone against tags installed throughout the buildings they monitor, creating a digital record of their locations and times.  Read Original Content

The U.S. military has ordered over 900 iX104C5M rugged Windows tablets from Xplore Technologies.  Read Original Content

Ontario, Canada’s McMaster University and Bombardier have developed TrackSafe, a safety system using RFID technology to warn subway track workers when trains approach.  A warning is also sent to the train operator.  Read Original Content

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Full Disclosure: These are my personal opinions. No company is silly enough to claim them. I am a mobility and SMAC analyst, consultant and writer. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.