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20 stories about GPS
איור מפה פנאי

From Waze to paper: How GPS failures are reviving printed maps in Israel

04.09.24|Shiri Lev-Ari
Wartime disruptions force drivers to rediscover the reliability of traditional road atlases.
שיבושים ב ווייז WAZE 4.4.24

GPS disruptions hit central Israel as country braces for potential Iranian retaliation

04.04.24|Elihay Vidal
Residents of central Israel have reported that navigation apps like Waze, Google Maps, and Apple Maps are mistakenly locating them in the Beirut area
מגדל פיקוח שדה תעופה בלגיה  מטוס GPS

Global aviation faces challenges amid surges in electronic warfare in the Middle East

23.11.23|Elihay Vidal
European and American aviation regulators have warned that deliberate interference with navigation systems leads to flights being diverted to alternative routes and pilots receiving inaccurate reports of their location
Oded Fossfeld Placer.ai BiblioTech

CTech’s Book Review: A journey into the history of GPS

25.05.22|Oded Fossfeld
Oded Fossfeld, Co-Founder and CTO of Placer.ai, shares insights after reading “Chasing Venus” by Andrea Wulf
Matrix Sightec רחפן

Israeli drone passes test in GPS-denied environments, speeding up drone-based delivery goals

10.02.21|James Spiro
The test demonstrates how threats against drones can be prevented in the future
עמית שקד COO Trackimo

The UAE is a gateway for Israeli tech companies to expand to the Middle East, says Trackimo COO

26.11.20|CTech
Trackimo is one of the leading companies providing GPS tracking solutions for different purposes, personal safety and asset tracking
משלוח פיצה באמצעות רחפן

Delivery drones edging closer to becoming a reality in Israel

03.11.20|Udi Etsion
Drones are now being used at the Ziv Medical Center in Safed to deliver medicine and test kits within its complex
מערכת ניווט חסינת שיבושים צה"ל רפאל

Rafael develops new navigation system that is immune to GPS jamming

20.10.20|Udi Etsion
The new system, to be used when satellite communications are down, relies on 3D imaging analysis originally developed for guided missiles
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Solar-powered transmitters to warn Israeli drivers of camels on the road

13.07.20|Itamar Zeligman
As soon as a camel comes within 100 meters of a road or rail track, GPS users will receive an automatic notification, for example via the Waze application
הפגנת חקלאים חקלאות

Who is Jamming Israeli Farmers' Autonomous Tractors' GPS Systems?

20.05.20|Udi Etsion
Farmers in the vicinity of Israel’s borders have been experiencing disruptions in their GPS planting systems for the past few weeks, likely caused by military and militant activity in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, and the Gaza Strip
קורונה ירושלים קניות בשעת חירום

Israeli Health Ministry Launches Voluntary Covid-19 Tracking App

23.03.20|Raphael Kahan
The app uses the phones’ location history and cross-references it with data from the epidemiological investigations of existing cases to determine if close contact was made
קורונה ירושלים קניות בשעת חירום

Israeli Ministry of Health Partners With GlobeKeeper for Voluntary Civilian Monitoring App

22.03.20|Meir Orbach
On Thursday, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled against emergency regulations letting the police and Shin Bet obtain information on coronavirus patients without a warrant
קונים ב שוק בעידן ה קורונה

Israel's Health Ministry Orders 400 People Into Quarantine Via SMS Texts

19.03.20|Amir Kurz, Tomer Ganon, and Omer Kabir
The texts were sent according to phone location signals, collected through hasty emergency legislation, showing these people were in close contact with confirmed coronavirus cases
ועידת התחזיות 2019 בצלאל מכליס נשיא ו מנכ"ל אלביט

Elbit, Finland’s DA-Group Partner to Manufacture and Market Secure GPS System

29.04.19|CTech
Called iSNS, the system is compatible with land, sea, and airborne applications and can be installed as an add-on kit
קניון בבודפשט זירת הנדל"ן

Indoor GPS Developer Oriient Raises $4 Million

28.04.19|CTech
The Tel Aviv-based company develops an indoor GPS app intended to provide real-time location services and motion analytics with an accuracy of just under one meter
אייסייט טכנולוגיות EyeSight

China’s GPS Company Exsun Partners With Israeli Startup EyeSight

02.12.18|CTech
Eyesight develops driver monitoring technology that tracks the driver’s gaze direction, pupil dilation, and head position
פקק מ כיוון אם המושבות פתח תקווה ל כיוון תל אביב

Google’s Waze Partners With Mapping Company Esri to Help City Planners Shape Traffic

11.07.18|Tofi Stoler
In its geographic information system, Esri will offer a live feed of mapped traffic data and alerts based on information crowdsourced from Waze users
אופניים שיתופיים ofo אופו מימין ראש עיריית רמת גן ישראל זינגר מנכ"ל ofo ישראל

Ofo Bikes Used Over 1,000 Times a Day in This Israeli Town

28.06.18|Tomer Hadar and Tofi Stoler
In April, the Beijing-based bike sharing company launched two pilot programs in Israel—one in Ramat Gan, a town in the Tel Aviv area, and one at a research university campus, which was canceled earlier this week
יוסי וייס מנכ"ל התעשייה האוירית

Honeywell Enters Partnership With Israeli Defense Contractor IAI

29.05.18|Yoav Stoller
The two companies agreed to collaborate on the development of a turnkey GPS anti-jam navigation system