The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) is now developing the 2022 transformation model. Once again, NGS requests the assistance of the surveying and mapping community. This column provides examples to ...

(Source: GPS World 2018 State of the GNSS Industry survey) New sensing and software tech spurs growth While UAVs are an exciting new technology for mapping, most respondents to our survey recognize ...

From Ptolemy to GPS, the Brief History of Maps ... Three thousand years ago, our ancestors began a long experiment in figuring out how they fit into the world, by inventing a bold new tool: the map.

The global navigation satellite system, of which GPS is the most famous example, is a crucial aspect of modern life. From planes to cargo ships, to simply finding your way around a new city or ...

GPS Art pioneer Jeremy Wood set out to create the world's largest GPS drawing in a Vauxhall Corsa. The result was 6,050 miles in length, a new world record.

In today’s world, GPS is a single point of failure. Without it, planes can get lost, military operations can falter, and critical logistics can grind to a halt.

Google’s new navigation service is free and seems to provide all the features I’d want in a GPS, provided I have a data connection on the handset. That is a major limitation, as I will explain.