From smartphones to action cameras, all manner of devices pack GPS these days. And while you might think it’s a newer innovation, GPS has actually been around since the 1970s, when it was ...

GPS stands for Global Positioning System. We use this technology every day but how does it work and why was it invented? Here we explore this vital technology.

Sunday Times News: The basic principle of a GPS operation is that any point on Earth can be located if it is monitored from four different locations.

They contain highly precise atomic clocks which generates some code which it keeps transmitting to the earth. The GPS receiver is only a receiver, without any transmitting capability. The ...

But, with the introduction of GPS (Global Positioning System) and cheap consumer receiver chips in the past few decades, knowing exactly where you are has become a simple fact of life.

How the global positioning system works. Like many people, I’ve come to take for granted the availability of navigation systems in cars and handheld devices based on the Global Positioning System.

GPS means Global Positioning System, and it uses a constellation of satellites to help you locate where you are. The U.S. military developed a satellite-based navigation system called Transit in ...

Every 19 years, the Global Positioning System resets a measure of time built into its program. The latest rollover is Saturday and NPR's Scott Simon asks cybersecurity expert Frank Cilluffo about it.

Few everyday technologies have had the kind of revolutionary impact that the Global Positioning System (GPS) has. From civilians to the military, from precision scientific studies to urban ...

The Global Positioning System runs the modern world. But it is under daily attack. This year alone, researchers say, more than 60,000 commercial flights have been hit by bogus GPS signals, which ...