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To: Jamse who wrote (2455)	4/22/1998 12:12:00 AM
From: David	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3506

My understanding is that Trimble is going after both E911 possibilities -- both the triangulation solution (via Thunderbolt and TruePosition) and GPS in cell phones (via their recent work on a GPS/cell phone combination). I recall seeing somewhere a review of Trimble stating that they were good at location of moving objects. To this point, the field is so undeveloped that everyone seems to be struggling with the best way to handle the issue. Your link was pretty helpful in pointing that out. Once again, I call on the thread's engineers for enlightenment.

To: Jamse who wrote (2455)	4/23/1998 5:58:00 PM
From: David	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 3506

Trade news from April 22 GP & NN . . . . * SnapTrack, a 20 employee startup, has an E911 system being looked at by AirTouch Communications, GTE Wireless, Bell Mobility, Sprint PCS, Ameritech Cellular, PrimeCo Personal Communications and US West Wireless. It is handset-based GPS, but seems to avoid a "cold start" situation by having the handset communicate with the base site and back to determine "warm start" preliminary location for first fix. SnapTrack claims low cost of $5-10 per handset. Says TDOA systems are at least $30-50K per cell site and overstate accuracy. * NovAtel predicts the high-end GPS market will grow at an annual rate of 25-30%, based on GIS infrastructure growth. (Trimble also predicts this growth rate for itself.) * Orbi's Magellan has come out with a $999 two-way global pager, using text only, that is keyed into the Orbcomm satellite system. The product is called the "GSC-100." No new Trimble news.