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USA & EU announce final design for GPS-Galileo sat nav signal (PublicTechnology.net)
On 26 July 2007, the United States and the European Union announced their agreement to jointly adopt and provide an improved design for their respective Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals. These signals will be implemented on the Galileo Open Service and the GPS IIIA new civil signal.
'Most GPs lack tinnitus training' (Channel 4)
Less than a third of GPs have any training about a debilitating ear condition which affects one in seven Britons, according to figures released.
Delphi's New GPS Adds Restaurant Reviews (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News)
Delphi on Monday announced its latest portable GPS device, the Nav300, including such features as restaurant ratings for the consumer-about-town.
U.S., E.U. agree on common GPS-Galileo signal design (Microwave Engineering Online)
The United States and the European Union have moved forward on satellite navigation cooperation after reaching agreement on a common civil signal design for their respective satellite navigation systems (GNSS). The U.S. Navstar GPS is the only fully operational GNSS, with the EU's Galileo project in the initial deployment phase.
Galileo, GPS find way to cooperate (Computer Weekly)
Europe has persuaded the US to accept competition for Global Positioning System, the satellite-based geographic place-finder and navigation system. This opens a commercial lifeline to Galileo, the EU's financially-troubled competitor to GPS.
GPS event includes 2 scavenger hunts (Cheboygan Daily Tribune)
BURT LAKE - Global positioning systems are becoming ever more popular with outdoor enthusiasts. Due to the budding popularity of the devices, Burt Lake State Park has teamed up with a GPS industry leader to offer an educational event.
Taiwan-based makers to make up over 73% of global shipments of GPS PNDs in 2007, says MIC (Digi Times)
There will be an estimated 26 million GPS PNDs (portable navigation devices) shipped to the global market in 2007, and Taiwan-based makers will account for 73.5% of the global total, according to projections made by the Market Intelligence Center (MIC) under the Taiwan government-sponsored Institute for Information Industry (III).
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