For years, the portable receivers that use Global Positioning System satellite signals for navigation have been niche products. They have been favored by hikers and other outdoors enthusiasts, by ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. New cutting-edge science into how lightning affects Earth’s ...

This paper provides an example of the implicit function theorem to the accuracy of global positioning system (GPS) navigation. The implicit function theorem allows one to approximate the timing ...

No, datum in this case it is not the singular form of data; it is the geodetic term for the measurement of the curvature surface of the earth with a specific center point. It is the basis for making ...

Thanks to GPS, your car, your phone, even your watch knows exactly where you are on the planet, by listening to a satellite signal from 12,000 miles over your head. GPS is always on, you don't pay ...

Quantum properties may improve precision of object locators while adding security. Laser-based position location systems are entering a new era that is based on quantum mechanics. The research could ...

The developer of quantum sensing technologies SandboxAQ today announced a breakthrough navigational platform designed as a backup when the global positioning system is jammed or otherwise not ...

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.

Human-Wildlife Interactions, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Winter 2018), pp. 387-395 (9 pages) Managing human—bear (Ursus spp.) incidents is a top management priority in national parks inhabited by bears. Yosemite ...

You report ships suffering a Global Positioning System spoofing attack (19 August, p 6). This triggered a memory of sailing into Salcombe in Devon, UK, about two years ago. As I know the channel well, ...

Jericho, NY — May 31, 2005 — GPS Tracks, LLC today announced the availability of the first patented Global Positioning System (GPS) location device for pets, GlobalPetFinder. The device provides pet ...