Many drivers still swear by a dedicated portable GPS navigation system, and for good reason. A portable GPS, or portable navigation device (PND), leaves your phone free for other uses. Portable GPS ...

GPS is the best technology for tracking the location and movement of any object anywhere in the world. GPS stands for “Global Positioning System,” and refers to a worldwide network of satellites, ...

CR's experts share the pros and cons of built-in navigation systems, stand-alone GPS devices, and navigation apps By Benjamin ...

GPS is an acronym for Global Positioning System. It is a satellite navigation system providing distance, time, and position measurements in the world coordinate system. To put it simply, it is a ...

The country’s GPS systems might be more vulnerable than you think — and the stakes are high. A Global Positioning System failure could affect transportation, banking and emergency operations. But ...

The network of satellites and incredibly sophisticated mobile technologies that power GPS navigation has become a ubiquitous ...

The omnipresent system that people use for navigation and positioning is increasingly vulnerable. Can it be improved?

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 not ...

Even as quantum navigation emerges as a legitimate alternative to satellite-based navigation, the satellites themselves are ...

THE PHRASE “critical infrastructure” conjures up solidly earthbound images: road and rail networks, water and sewage pipes, electricity grids, the internet, and so on. Such stuff is so wound into the ...

Avionics like those equipping Bombardier's Global 7500 business jet and other commercial aircraft are being "captured" by false GPS broadcasts in the Middle East. “What we’ve seen since late September ...