Like Dustin Hoffman's character in "Rain Man," I like to think that I'm an excellent driver—but that wasn't always true. In my first decade behind the wheel I drove much too fast, and I racked up a ...

The GPS in Global Positioning System ought to stand for Geographically Pretty Stupid. Relying on GPS, even with its indisputable benefits, is making us a nation of geographic illiterates. Not that ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Used to be, Dad would stuff a half-dozen maps in the glove box before setting out with the family on a road trip to see the waterfalls at Yosemite or the granite faces of Mount ...

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

Driving without GPS seems unthinkable, but a new Surrey AI system could spell its end. Researchers at the University of Surrey have developed an artificial intelligence tool that pinpoints a device’s ...

However, GPS positions create their own base map, in the sense that they are plotted to a mathematically defined reference system that has an existence independent of any pre-existing map. What to ...

Ever wonder how that GPS chip in your cell phone or personal navigation device or some other gizmo used by your field workers actually knows how to find the orbiting satellites and grab their ...

The latest GPS satellite is in trouble, which has triggered another round of the "Satnav is going to die!" rumours we had a couple of weeks ago. But it turns out that the satellite - GPS IIR-20(M) - ...

(TNS) — Most St. Louis police patrol vehicles have outdated technology that interferes with the department’s ability to track their exact locations. An estimated 280 of the department’s 297 marked ...

As recently published by the German (not BBC) magazine Focus, Apple will be making an in-car system for Mercedes. This mystery unit will tackle “maintenance entertainment, communication and navigation ...

Imagine a world where your solar panel, GPS tracker, or flight monitor earns passive income 24/7 — feeding valuable data to AI giants and global businesses. That’s the world IoTeX is building.