Once upon a time if you lost your keys, you’d spend minutes, maybe even hours, frantically looking for them. Often, you didn’t even realize they were misplaced until you were headed out the door, and ...

How the global positioning system works.The satellites are positioned so that any ground-based GPS receiver can always “see” — receive data from — at least four of them. A master control ...

The use of an improper datum setting in your GPS receiver can affect the actual position by distances of miles in some cases and distances of over 150 feet between NAD 27 and WGS 84 in our area.

DARPA has unveiled its plan for the future, and it includes a brand new global positioning, navigation, and timing system (GPS) that doesn't depend on satellites.

While a global positioning system (GPS) can’t find a doctor’s suite or help medics locate an apartment inside a building, an indoor positioning system can. To meet this demand and bring new ...

The Indian government wants to reduce dependence on foreign systems, including the widely used U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS), and says NavIC provides more accurate domestic navigation and ...

successfully launched its fourth Global Positioning System replenishment satellite (GPS IIR) on a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla. This spacecraft will join 27 other ...

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BAE Systems, Inc. announced today it has reached definitive agreements for the proposed acquisitions of Collins Aerospace’s military Global Positioning System ...

Analysis of Global Positioning System (GPS) time-series data from nearly 100 large earthquakes worldwide has provided evidence for the existence of a precursory phase of fault slip occurring two ...