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Russia to place GLONASS monitoring stations in Kazakhstan Russia plans to set up two station of the System of Differential Correction and Monitoring (SDCM) for GLONASS in Kazakhstan.

16 September 2014

US, Philippines vow freedom of navigation amid Asia sea rows The United States and the Philippines have vowed to maintain freedom of navigation in a Southeast Asia increasingly beset by maritime territorial rows.

24 August 2013

Google to buy Israeli GPS app Waze for $1 bln: reports Google is in talks on a deal worth at least $1 billion to buy the Israel-based GPS mobile navigation app Waze.

10 June 2013

ERA-GLONASS prototype to be compulsory in Kazakhstan by 2017 ERA-GLONASS system will become compulsory for new cars starting from January 1, 2017 in Kazakhstan.

03 April 2013

Shipwreck find could be legendary 'sunstone' An oblong crystal found in the wreck of a 16th-century English warship is a sunstone, a near-mythical navigational aid said to have been used by Viking mariners.

07 March 2013

China launches rival GPS satellite system China has launched commercial and public services across the Asia-Pacific region on its domestic satellite navigation network built to rival the US global positioning system.

29 December 2012