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Some helpful companies helping Katrian victims:

Axonn Brings GPS Logistics Technology Home to New Orleans (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
New Orleans based Axonn L.L.C. www.axonn.com supplies its battery powered GPS telemetry device, the AXTracker, to customers around the world.

NovAtel Inc. Launches New Sub-Branding Program
NovAtel Inc. (NASDAQ:NGPS), a precise positioning technology company, announced today the launch of its NovAtel OnBoard co-operative branding program. Aimed at integrators and dealers, the NovAtel OnBoard logo and word mark will be used to identify end-user products utilizing NovAtel’s GPS and augme

Some current GPS headlines:

Pharos releases their first Windows Mobile GPS (MobileMag)
Pharos has announced a new Windows Mobile powered GPS device today called the Pharos Traveler GPS 505. It is the first device based on Windows Mobile that Pharos has made. The color display measures a healthy 3.5-inches and is touch-sensitive.

Socket Unveils Connect!Agent Software & WM5 Support for GPS Nav Kit (Pocket PC Thoughts)
“Socket Communications, Inc (NASDAQ: SCKT), an innovative provider of mobile productivity products, today announced enhancements to its GPS Nav Kit including: Socket’s patent pending Connect!Agent software, new application features, updated North American and Western European map data and Windows Mobile 5.0 support. With the updated GPS Nav Kit, Socket now provides the best experience possible to

The Quick and Easy Way Pocket PC Users Get the Most from Their Handheld PCs
People considering buying a PDA / Pocket PC need lots of information in order to make an informed decision. After the purchase they need to know how to get the most out of that investment. The secrets of Handheld PC bliss are out there; users just need to know where to look.

Toyota shows off dual-display GPS display (Engadget)
This might actually be illegal in some places , and we don t expect to see it in the U.S. any time soon (so what else is new?), but that doesn t mean we don t like Toyota s AS Limited Dual AVN Special, an angled dual-display (no, not that dual screen , more like that other dual screen ) GPS system being offered to buyer s of the company s Alphard minivan in Japan. The system displays GPS

The Quick and Easy Way Pocket PC Users Get the Most from Their Handheld PCs
People considering buying a PDA / Pocket PC need lots of information in order to make an informed decision. After the purchase they need to know how to get the most out of that investment. The secrets of Handheld PC bliss are out there; users just need to know where to look.

Fastrax Announces Availability of iTrax130 Development Kit for iSuite 3 SDK, Supporting Selected Sony Chipsets
Fastrax Ltd., a leading provider of open and portable OEM GPS Software Development Kit environments and programmable OEM GPS receivers, today announced the availability of the iTrax130 Development Kit for the iSuite 3 SDK. The new iTrax130 Development Kit adds support for selected Sony GPS chipsets

NovAtel Inc. Demonstrates First North American Dual Mode GPS & Galileo Receiver to CSA
NovAtel Inc. (NASDAQ: NGPS), a precise positioning technology company, announced today that it has successfully demonstrated the performance of a dual mode GPS and Galileo L1/E5A dual frequency prototype receiver to the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), developed under a contract awarded in September 200

Here’s a future trend in the making: more GPS usage in phones. Garmin has been helping Sprint with technology to further integrate GPS in their phones.

The primary feature Sprint is after is turn-by-turn directions like stand-alone receivers.

Developments like this will certainly benefit consumers.

Full article here.

Intel has claimed to have developed a technology similiar to GPS for devices that connect to the Internet via WiFi.

It’s a more advanced form of triangulation similiar to what can be used to track cell phones.

The new technology, rather than relying on signal strength from three towers, sends data packets to the device from a few locations and records the time it takes for the data to get there and back.

Evidentally, this is a much more reliable measure.

While it doesn’t have the capabilities to replace GPS, which is still far superior, it should help in cases where GPS chips aren’t installed in the hardware.