We all know that our GPS devices work with the help of satellites that orbit the earth, but the technology is far more complex than that. Unless we know exactly where the satellites are, we can’t get an accurate location reading from them. A new effort from NASA aims to coordinate the four different geolocation
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Have you heard of Skobbler? It’s a GPS navigation app designed to turn cell phones and tablets into fully functional GPS devices. Skobbler can be found on Apple’s app store and, up until February, could be found on the Android market. Skobbler pulled the plug on its Android GPS navigating venture, citing, essentially, that free
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Does ITT Exelis sound familiar to you? You may have never heard of them, but they’ve been a part of GPS technology for forty years. A satellite company called ITT Exelis participated in the evolution of GPS nearly from day one. Now, the company is preparing to build part of the satellites to be used
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Garmin, one of the top GPS navigational device manufacturers announced their in-dash technology will be coming to future Suziki models. In the wake of the release of the NHSTA’s Driver Distraction Guidelines for In-Vehicle Electronic Devices, it is unknown whether or not this partnership is the best idea. The system to be installed in most
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The corporation that lends a helping hand is likely to succeed on a local level. Concord, New Hampshire based TomTom, an offshoot of the international consumer GPS manufacturer, has donated almost $2,000 worth of high quality GPS navigation systems to Concord’s Fire Department. The generous move is likely to aid Concord Firefighters in facilitating a
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Lockheed Martin Corp, the company contracted to build new GPS navigational satellites, recently assured the US Air Force Space Command office that everything was “on schedule, on target” according to the department’s head. Air Force General William Shelton also dispelled rumors that the program’s cost had risen 18 percent, as initially laid out in a
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Earlier in the month, the Visual-Manual NHTSA Driver Distraction Guidelines for In-Vehicle Electronic Devices was released by the National Highway Transportation Safety Agency, and it had the GPS world quite flustered. Why, you ask? Namely section V.5.b, stating that “dynamic, continuously moving maps are not recommended”in reference to the GPS navigational device you use when
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The convenience of smart phones with GPS navigation is, to some, almost outdone by the inconsistent signals and frustration common to smart phone navigators. What’s the solution, then? Install larger GPS devices and make the phones even larger? The problem with that idea is that phones simply aren’t GPS devices. They have a number of
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With an estimated 3,000 deaths in the United States attributed to distracted driving each year, it is no wonder technology is evolving to address this issue in a variety of ways. One of the most recent solutions, developed by AT&T Labs, turns directions given by your GPS navigational device into vibrational cues in your steering
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One can hardly imagine traveling in this day and age without the technology of GPS tracking, and consumers eagerly anticipate the next device that will make the trip more predictable and fun. That new device is now here in the form of the CoPilot GPS. ALK, a company known for its leadership in geo-logistics and
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