Perhaps you’re occasionally checking your smartphone’s built-in mapping software while driving to a remote trout stream, or using Google Earth on a home computer to scout out new hunting and fishing ...

Knock Knock! Someone's at the door. We automatically go and open the door maneuvering through the obstructions in the path. How did we do that? How did we know where and how to go? How does the brain ...

GPS is an acronym for Global Positioning System. It is a satellite navigation system providing distance, time, and position measurements in the world coordinate system. To put it simply, it is a ...

GPS technology works by using radio signals from 24 satellites orbiting at an altitude of 10,900 nautical miles above the earth. Each satellite calculates how long it takes a radio signal from the ...

You’re laced up and ready to go but your GPS watch has you impatiently jogging in place while it searches for a signal. Or, perhaps you’re celebrating after a race and notice your buddies’ watches ...

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was flying into Bulgaria when her plane's GPS system was jammed in a suspected Russian operation, forcing pilots to rely on backup navigation and old ...

When the next generation of crews lands on the moon's surface — possibly as early as 2024 — NASA plans to use a lunar Global Positioning System (GPS) to help astronauts find their way. Such a system ...

or dog collar to keep track of whereabouts afield. Regardless of how you enjoy the outdoors, like most hunters and anglers these days, you’ve probably tapped into the Global Positioning System in one ...

Getting lost while driving is close to a a lost art. With GPS in your car's navigation system, in the portable navigation device on your dashboard, or in your smartphone, it's easy to pull up a map ...

This video explores the technicalities of how Marine GPS units can calculate position wherever you are in the world. In this ...