[GeoStL] Re: cool online scavanger hunt
- From: "Libby Morehead" <gmalibby@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:55:05 -0500
So how about this one
http://www.lowrance.com/en/About/History/
(We must not have enough to do.)
Libby
----- Original Message -----
From: Kat
To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 12:41 PM
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: cool online scavanger hunt
Yeah but
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thales_Navigation
1989 Magellan NAV 1000 introduced as the world's first commercial handheld
GPS receiver.
And I can't get either to work
Stew E
Libby Morehead wrote:
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http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Garmin-Ltd-Company-History.html
Key Dates:
1990: Garmin Corporation is formed in Taiwan.
1991: The company's first product, GPS 100AVD, debuts.
1996: Garmin moves to new headquarters building.
1997: GPS III, Garmin's first automotive product, is introduced.
1998: StreetPilot, an auto navigation product, is introduced.
2000: The company goes public, and Garmin Ltd. is formed.
2003: Palm OS-based iQue 3600 is unveiled.Aviation products accounted for
20 percent of revenues. Garmin continued to bring forth innovations, combining
several flight instruments in its integrated avionics systems, which were
selected for use in Cessna Aircraft Co. business jets and piston-engine
aircraft from Diamond Aircraft Co.
Garmin International acquired UPS Aviation Technologies, Inc. from United
Parcel Service, Inc. in August 2003 for $38 million. The unit, which employed
150 people producing general aviation and air cargo products, was renamed
Garmin AT, Inc.
A mandate from the FCC for mobile phone companies to offer enhanced 911
service to help dispatchers locate callers--along with penetration of GPS
technology into new fields, such as golf--suggested the market for GPS-related
devices was still relatively untapped. The Kansas facility was slated for
another expansion to be completed in 2004.
Company History:
Garmin Ltd. is a leader in Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation
products. Once found mostly in specialized equipment for aircraft and boats,
GPS technology has been adapted for use in a variety of handheld and wristwatch
units for users such as hikers, athletes, sportsmen, and automobile drivers.
Garmin has sold five million units in its first dozen years. Its product line
has proliferated into 50 different items marketed through a network of 2,500
dealers, distributors, and partners in 100 countries around the world. While
the parent company is registered in the Cayman Islands, Garmin has
manufacturing and sales operations in the United States (Kansas) and Taiwan and
a marketing office in the United Kingdom.
Origins
The U.S. Department of Defense began developing the Global Positioning
System (GPS) in the mid-1970s, eventually spending $15 billion to put two dozen
satellites into orbit. GPS receivers could determine their coordinates by
comparing signals from different satellites. Like the first computers, the
first commercially available GPS units were large and expensive, costing up to
$10,000.
Garmin Corporation was formed in Taiwan in January 1990 by two electrical
engineers, Gary Burrell and Dr. Min Kao. (The company's name is derived from
the first names of the founders.) Burrell and Kao had been employed by
Kansas-based King Radio Corporation, a maker of radios and aircraft navigation
equipment, which was acquired by Allied Corp. (later Allied Signal) in 1985.
Burrell displayed in interest in integration early on and is credited with
designing the first combination navigation/communications radio for general
aviation while at King Radio.
Garmin introduced its first product, the GPS 100AVD, in January 1991. Aimed
at boaters and pilots of small planes, it was about the size of a paperback
book and sold for about $1,000. By 1992, GPS devices were a $100 million-a-year
market.
Garmin subsequently introduced another GPS unit for pilots called the GPS
95. This one, which sold for $1,795, incorporated a display of the plane's
position on a moving map, as well as nearby airports and radio beacons. It
could also backup the aircraft's built-in instrumentation with groundspeed,
heading, and altitude readings.
Sales reached $102 million in 1995, producing net income of $23 million.
Garmin International, the U.S. unit, moved to a new $8 million,
100,000-square-foot headquarters in early 1996. Its offices had previously been
housed in four separate buildings.
Locating Drivers in the Late 1990s
Garmin turned its attention to the automotive market in the late 1990s with
two hand-held units. GPS III, introduced in late 1997, incorporated a map of
major roads in the Americas. This device displayed the position of the driver
and destination on the map. Garmin brought out the StreetPilot in March 1998.
It retailed for $700 and replaced more detailed mapping programs requiring a
laptop computer.
Garmin's next project was a waterproof mobile phone with a GPS receiver and
map display built in called NavTalk. The company also expanded beyond GPS
products in its aviation-related products, introducing a Mode C transponder (a
device for communicating a plane's position to air traffic controllers) and an
intercom. Sales were $232.6 million in 1999. The company soon doubled the size
of its Kansas plant to 240,000 square feet. It also had manufacturing
operations in Taiwan and a sales office in England.
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