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Here's an update of our appearances in the news...

May 2007
Navigation Expo - CEBIT - Darling Harbour

Thanks to all who visited our stand and for the hundreds of business cards and fridge magnets that went flying off the table!

November 2006
Classic Adelaide Tarmac Rally

A fantastic result with first in class in the 1988 Porsche 911 Clubsport (Car #708) using a rally version of our GPS based in-car tracking package!

August 2003 - page 124-125.
Australian Personal Computer

Article "wireless networks" about FindMap and NodeDB showing how to find and connect to your local node in the free wireless network.


November 2002
- LBS - Location Based Services - "A comprehensive directory of software, services, and solution providers for location-centric applications."

19th November 2002.
Article FindMap locates success with Ericsson.

15th October 2002.
FindMap selected as finalist in consumer category for the Ericsson Frontiers Developer competition.

3rd September 2002.
Wireless Developer Network - Developer of the week.

Alex McNaught, Founder and Managing Director, FindMap receives this week's WDN developer spotlight for his company's efforts in developing Location Enabled Applications "down under". FindMap is available in a number of flavors including WAP, SMS, Java, and MMS with responses returned to clients in text, colorful maps, or images. FindMap is a strategic developer partner with Nokia, and an alliance partner with Ericsson. For further information we encourage you to contact them at info@findmap.com.au - Note: Alex and his company we recently recognized in the Sydney Morning Herald - see article Mapping out the next 'must-have' mobile feature... kudos to Alex from the WDN!


  25th August 2002.
Sunday Telegraph.

20th August 2002.
Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
Mapping out the next 'must-have' mobile feature

Geophysicist Alex McNaught has spent years locating things for others - making maps for mining companies, charting software solutions and most recently designing a unique directory service for mobile phones. Full report (Local copy is here.)


  17-18th August 2002.
Sydney Morning Herald - ICON

Our suburb and postcode search facility featured in LaunchPad column.


Issue 53 August - September 2002.
GIS User

"Mobile Mapping" - The Future is here. Page 22-25.

Alex McNaught, the founder of the Berrima, NSW-based software developer FindMap...

FindMap produces a range of navigation and location products to underpin route guidance systems...

The system was licensed to Optus in 2000. The company is also a partner of Nokia in the Asia-Pacific region and a developer partner with Ericsson...


25th July 2002 - Sydney, Australia.
Ericsson Mobility World - Accelerate 2002

A showcase of applications taking full advantage of the increased bandwidth that GPRS networks offer over GSM. For us GPRS provides the first practical means of transmitting usefully sized maps and colour images for minimum user cost.


June 2002 - Singapore.
Nokia Connection 2002 - Featuring 16 Mobile Developers

18-19th June 2002 - Singapore.
2nd Forum Nokia Developer Conference

We launched our 5 new generation mobile applications which gives users the benefits of smart content searching, getting directions and finding other people using WAP and MMS.Our applications are designed to, and have worked in, a demanding range of network scenarios ranging from no network integration right up to user identification and active position polling.


March 2002 - Forum Nokia.
On Spotlight - FindMap
 
   

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