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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SuperGeo Technologies has announced plans to launch mobile survey GIS SuperSurv 3.1 at the end of 2012.  SuperSurv integrates GIS and GPS technologies to enable Android users to collect spatial data.  Read Original Content

Honeywell Scanning & Mobility has unveiled the Dolphin 70e Black, a rugged hybrid device designed for fieldwork.  Read Original Content

Arlington Cemetery has released a new geospatial interactive map available as a free smartphone app and on the Arlington Cemetery website.  Read Original Content

Antenna Software provides a complete cloud-based enterprise mobility suite that enables both IT pros and business executives alike to create and manage mobile apps, websites and content across the entire business.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Antenna Software.

Community Transit in Washington State is planning an upgrade to its bus system, equipping its buses with a GPS system that will provide information for riders and help buses run more efficiently.  Read Original Content

According to reports, the new iPad Mini device’s Wi-Fi version does not include built-in GPS.  Read Original Content

Motion Computing will host a series of webinars during the month of November discussing field mobility and point-of-service trends.  Read Original Content


The commercial geospatial market is delivering technologies to mobile users in numerous industries quicker and more efficiently.  The Frost & Sullivan report “Analysis of the U.S. Defense Geospatial Market - Focus Shifts from Products to Tools and Services” explores the U.S. defense geospatial market from 2011 to 2017.  Read Original Content

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has implemented a new GIS data integration solution that will automatically integrate and update data from multiple sources and produce interactive, portable and intelligent maps and imagery.  Read Original Content

Cummings Engineering Consultants and Ascent Rugged Mobile have developed the SAIFE Defender, a rugged mobile Android device with interoperable secure communications capabilities.  Read Original Content

It’s been discovered that the barcodes printed on airlines’ boarding passes can be read by smartphones, exposing security information that is intended only for Transportation Security Administration officers.  Read Original Content

Palm Beach County in Florida is undergoing GPS mapping of fire hydrants in the county so emergency crews will be more prepared when arriving on a fire scene.  Read Original Content

The Barcode News presents two infographics; one illustrating how RFID toll collection works, and the other detailing how barcode scanners work.  Read Original Content

RFID technology was utilized in this year’s North American Orienteering Championships, with participants issued RFID tags and RFID readers placed at various points along the course enabling announcers to update the audience of participants’ progress.  Read Original Content

Local governments have utilized GIS web mapping to improve communications and services by informing citizens through interactive web maps and tracking and dealing with problems.  Businesses have the opportunity to use GIS and web mapping tools to communicate with their customers, suppliers and personnel.  Read Original Content

Appcelerator and Scandit have teamed up to create a barcode scanner module for the mobile app development platform.  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.

A YMCA in Tennessee is curbing the loss of its towels with the use of RFID technology to indicate if a towel is leaving the building.  Read Original Content

Southwest Airlines Cargo has tested and approved an RFID-enabled temperature-tracking device built into a shipping container, which provides data regarding the environmental conditions within the container.  Read Original Content

Businesses implement GPS fleet tracking technology to reduce service response times, reduce operating costs, increase productivity, and extend the life of their commercial vehicles in addition to improving their customer service.  Read Original Content

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