GPS works better with common sense
The Engadget blog has a collection of stories about drivers who put more stock into the directions given by their GPS car navigation systems than … Read more
The Engadget blog has a collection of stories about drivers who put more stock into the directions given by their GPS car navigation systems than … Read more
The use of GPS technology is being used by some to try and beat their speeding tickets.
A new, $75 million satellite was launched yesterday as part of a series of eight launches to improve the GPS network.
Oakland Crimespotting is a dazzling interactive mapping application built on Microsoft’s Virtual Earth. Crime incidents for the City of Oakland in California can be viewed over … Read more
UPDATE: Google has formally announced the availability of embedded Google Maps. Read about it and get instructions on using this new functionality from Google’s Lat Long … Read more
There are several ways in which to bring spatial data into a GIS. This article provides a brief overview of some of the more common methods for creating vector GIS data.
Earlier this month, a network of research stations located across Southern California and Baja California was dedicated in order to detect minute movements of the … Read more
The White House announced May 1 the United States will discontinue “selective availability” of the global positioning system signals available to the public. SA is … Read more
The beginning of the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System was in 1973, a program that has revolutionized the way the U.S. military operates.