Augmented Reality and Computer Vision in Navigation
The use and field of AR and computer vision are rapidly changing in how these technologies are being used in navigation.
Updated World Magnetic Model To Be Released
An acceleration in the Earth’s magnetic field has triggered an early update to the World Magnetic Model.
How Does GPS Technology Affect Our Understanding of Place?
How is an over reliance on GPS technology affecting our understanding and experience of place?
OpenRouteService’s ‘Quiet Routing’ Creates a Less Stressful Route for Pedestrians
Prof. Dr. Alexander Zipf introduces OpenRouteService’s experimental routing option ‘Quiet Routing’ which guides pedestrian travel around noisy urban areas.
Spatial Orientation and the Brain: The Effects of Map Reading and Navigation
Map reading and orienteering are becoming lost arts in the world of global positioning systems (GPS) and other geospatial technologies. What are the effects of navigation and map reading on the brain?
Waze: Crowdsourcing traffic and roads
Waze has a free social mobile application that uses real-time input from local drivers to update traffic conditions for other users. Currently, those with iPhone … Read more
Your Brain on Maps
What do some recent studies that look at the brain and navigation suggest? Read on to find out.
Navigation by Google for the Rest of the World
Google firmly set its foot into the navigation world when it announced free Google Maps Navigation for the Android 2.0 at the end of October. … Read more
Maps aren’t just for humans
According to a short item in the Smithsonian’s January magazine, white-crowned sparrows map their navigation routes to their wintering grounds in Mexico and the Southwestern … Read more