Keth of Gspy points us to the Google Business Referral Representative job application page. Your mission? To assemble information on local businesses, and to convince them to add their listing to Google Maps (and to pay for Google AdWords ads). From the program FAQ:

The number of mobile phone subscribers who use mapping and navigation tools could pass 42 million globally by 2012, according to In-Stat’s "Mobile Handset Navigation Applications May Threaten Global Personal Nav Device Market" report.

A new mobile phone application from Ask offers GPS navigation as the centerpiece of the features it can deliver. The big question: will people be willing to pay $9.99 per month for it?

The sun is setting, you’re surrounded by trees, and you just heard a noise that sounded like Jabba the Hut’s rancor monster.  Never fear – Google and Trimble will get you home.  Thanks to a new GPS content layer, they’ll also get you “a wide variety of multimedia data on fitness and outdoor adventures, including routes, points of interest, pictures, video and audio.”

A new GPS manufacturer is the first to add an in-car local search engine to its features, and the umpteenth millionth company to issue a rotten press release. But let’s stick to the good news. Dash Navigation’s soon-to-be-released GPS device will feature Yahoo! Local search.

Telespial Systems is providing government agencies from around the world the tools needed to help manage and deploy asset and geographical data during times of emergency.

Here’s how the application works… The Bluetooth technology-enabled receiver identifies the car’s position using satellites.

Google has invented, innovated on, acquired or purchased a number of technologies over the past two years to bolster its online advertising business. AdWords is arguably the most successful advertising program ever and Google is obviously not content to focus solely on Internet advertising.

By using a compressed air cannon, LAPD can blast a tag onto a suspect’s car, and track it with radio-transmitted GPS from a distance.

Here’s the skinny… using your mobile phone or PDA, along with your GPS receiver, you can record and view your movements in detail on Google Earth or Google Maps.

The Philadelphia Pretrial Service Division will use GPS technology to monitor certain probationers and pretrial defendants.

Okay I admit it. Like a bunch of other media figures who didn’t do enough homework on a story, I bought it hook, line, and sinker. On May 27, 2005, I posted a story about Forget-Me-Not GPS-enabled panties, only to find out later that I was utterly hornswaggled.

From the SW Minneapolis’ Community Newspaper : Fulton resident Pam Ludford is developing a new technology for cell phones equipped with a GPS (global positioning system) device. It’s called PlaceMail, and it’s a sort of wireless, location-sensitive, to-do list.

Is matrimonial bliss tainted by a sneaking suspicion of raunchy infidelity? Have you been in fits since boys started paying attention to your daughter? If you find that heavy chastity belts are difficult to pick up and more difficult lock to around the women in your life, then Japan-based Panchira Corp., has a product for you-GPS enabled Forget-Me-Not Panties.

Garmin announced today that Harley-Davidson will offer Garmin’s Roadtech Quest GPS system for Harley’s Road Glide and Electra Glide model motorcycles. The new options being offered by Harley-Davidson provide motorcyclists with a new toy to make their road experience even more fun.

Management of the Galileo system had been the focus of two opposing groups, but the rivals have ended their battle.

There are many very important aspects in SEO, but few are as essential as proper navigation.

How’s your motor running? Are you powering through your daily tasks and accomplishing all the goals you set for yourself, or are you stuck in life’s slow lane?

Here’s how to boost your performance, using your GPS (Goal Positioning System).

Researchers estimate we only use around two to ten per cent of our brainpower each day.

Researchers estimate we only use around two to ten per cent of our brainpower each day.