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- Official U.S. government information about the Global Positioning System (GPS) https://www.gps.gov/ 131 comments
- A Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) system for Mars... http://www.nbcnews.com/id/5387135/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/gps-system-mars/ 4 comments space
- GPS III: How the Global Positioning System's next generation of satellites are being developed https://www.cbsnews.com/news/global-positioning-system-preparing-the-next-generation-of-gps/ 6 comments technology
- A Global Positioning System can tell a driver a lot of things — but apparently not when a train is coming: man using GPS drives into path of train http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22493399/ 2 comments reddit.com
- Now, spy in the sky to track Delhi cops: "walkie-talkies fitted with GPS (global positioning system) to turn every policeman into a blimp on the computer screen back in the office" http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/newdelhi/now-spy-in-the-sky-to-track-delhi-cops/article1-971607.aspx 4 comments india
- A future Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force decided to become an aviation engineer when as a boy admired the American planes dropping sweets to him and other kids during the Berlin Airlift. Dr. Yarymovych is also credited for initiation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) https://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/how-to-win-enemies-and-influence-policy-1509569/ 49 comments space
- China has launched the final satellite in its Beidou constellation that emulates the US Global Positioning System (GPS), marking a further step in the country’s advance as a major space power. https://amp.theguardian.com/global/2020/jun/23/china-launches-final-satellite-in-beidou-navigation-system-to-rival-gps 72 comments worldnews
- Europe launches new Galileo satellites: Europe has launched the next two satellites in the Galileo network - its version of the American Global Positioning System (GPS). http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28860851 39 comments europe
- Multiple flaws in MiCODUS MV720 Global Positioning System (GPS) trackers shipped with over 1.5 million vehicles can allow hackers to remotely hack them. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/133445/hacking/micodus-tracker-flaws.html 4 comments worldnews
- EVERY day for up to ten minutes near the London Stock Exchange, someone blocks signals from the global positioning system (GPS) network of satellites. http://www.economist.com/news/international/21582288-satellite-positioning-data-are-vitalbut-signal-surprisingly-easy-disrupt-out?fsrc=scn/tw/te/pe/outofsight 1259 comments technology
- GPS Solution Provides 3-Minute Tsunami Alerts: Researchers have shown that, by using global positioning systems (GPS) to measure ground deformation caused by a large underwater earthquake, they can provide accurate warning of the resulting tsunami in just a few minutes after the earthquake onset. http://phys.org/news/2013-05-gps-solution-minute-tsunami.html 3 comments science
- Russia’s Ambassador to Finland Pavel Kuznetsov has been summoned to a meeting on Monday with Finnish state secretary Matti Anttonen over the disruption of Finland’s global positioning system (GPS) signal during recent NATO war games https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-finland-defense/russian-ambassador-to-finland-summoned-over-gps-disruption-iduskcn1nl2mh 4 comments worldnews
- Google Earth typhoid maps reveal secrets of disease outbreaks: scientists working in Nepal, have combined the latest in gene sequencing technology and global positioning system (GPS) case localisation to map the spread of typhoid and trace its source. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-google-earth-typhoid-reveal-secrets.html 6 comments science