Maps must be more than static reference tools; they must be dynamic platforms that reflect the world as it changes.

Every 19 years, the Global Positioning System resets a measure of time built into its program. The latest rollover is Saturday and NPR's Scott Simon asks cybersecurity expert Frank Cilluffo about it.

In an era of growing demand for real-time precision navigation, researchers have unveiled a powerful leap forward in satellite-based positioning.

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

Thales Launches New Truly Global Positioning System; SkyFix XP Offers Decimetric Levels of Accuracy with No Range Limitations from Reference Stations. May 05, 2003 03:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time.

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

Global Positioning Systems turned 50 years old last year with the 'golden' anniversary of the US Air Force being given approval in 1973 to develop the Navstar GPS.

Originally developed by the U.S. military, the Global Positioning System – now vital to nearly every facet of modern life – is being upgraded to GPS III, whose satellites will be better ...

The NAVSTAR Global Positioning System was first introduced by the US Air Force in the mid1960s, eventually becoming a Department of Defense (DOD) project.

/ The Undependable Global Positioning System does not believe in God, because it believes in satellites and in particle physics and entrepreneurship. / Use at your own risk, you tourists of oblivion.

Many miles above the earth, a satellite is getting signals from a device affixed to a service vehicle; in turn, the satellite is providing driving directions, geographic locations, plotting vehicle ...