West's work on modeling the Earth's shape assisted with the development of GPS, today used by an estimated 4 billion people.

Gladys Mae West died at 95 after pioneering mathematical models critical to GPS technology, used by billions across the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Screenshot: Virginia Tech The Virginia native is credited with her work at the Naval Proving Ground, where she calculated ways to ...

"I wanted to create a way to boldly display GPS directions on the front windshield while driving," said an inventor, from ...