GPS stands for Global Positioning System. We use this technology every day but how does it work and why was it invented? Here we explore this vital technology.

The Global Positioning System, usually called GPS, is the Earth's only fully-functional satellite navigation system. A constellation of more than two dozen GPS satellites broadcasts precise timing ...

Few everyday technologies have had the kind of revolutionary impact that the Global Positioning System (GPS) has. From civilians to the military, from precision scientific studies to urban ...

News about Global Positioning System, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

A surge in spoofing attacks linked to conflict zones is rattling the systems that run the global economy — and experts say it’s only the beginning ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- "GPS (Global Positioning System) Tracking System Market" is the title of a new report from Data Bridge Market Research. Key growth strategies, drivers ...

For years, Iranian planners lived with the uncomfortable reality that GPS was ultimately controlled by the Pentagon ...

China’s BeiDou system, which is similar to the US’ Global Positioning System (GPS), has been recognised by the International Civil Aviation Organisation.

September marks the 50th anniversary of the Global Positioning System, a U.S.-owned free utility that offers positioning, navigation, and timing services to users all over the world. It changed ...