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January 04, 2013

New location system could compete with GPS
Sydney (UPI) Jan 4, 2012
A positioning technology that could compete with satellite-based global positioning systems can work indoors as well as out, its Australian developers say. Instead of satellites, the Locata system uses ground-based equipment to broadcast a radio signal over a localized area that is a million times stronger on arrival than GPS. "This is one of the most important technology developments for the future of the positioning industry," Nunzio Gambale, chief executive officer and co-founder of L ... read more

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