Smartphones have GPS to get you where you need to go, and most vehicles offer a built-in navigation system as standard or optional equipment. But plenty of older or entry-level cars on the road lack ...

The Australia-based startup has successfully tested quantum-based tools that avoid the pitfalls of both GPS and traditional ...

The US military’s X-37B space plane will test a quantum inertial sensor for navigation, moving beyond GPS reliance. The technology, based on ultracold atoms, offers precise positioning in deep space, ...

The phone in your pocket and the smartwatch on your wrist are often the first devices you turn to for navigation, but neither one matches the abilities of the best handheld GPS. Providing precise ...

The rise of mobile navigation apps, including Google Maps, Apple Maps, and Waze, made it extremely convenient for any driver to get turn-by-turn directions to a configured destination. Most ...

A GPS - or global positioning system - is a handy tool for hillwalkers. We examine how to use GPS for hiking navigation ...

Satellite navigation device maker TomTom International has made an offer to acquire Tele Atlas in a move to gain more control over the main supplier of its digital maps. The deal, valued at around ...

Everyday air passengers have no need to worry about jamming or spoofing. For one thing, it’s very rare – especially outside ...

— -- Like millions of motorists, Eric Hanson used a GPS unit in his Chevrolet TrailBlazer to find his way around. He probably didn't expect that prosecutors would eventually use it too — to help ...

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Bulgarian PM Zhelyazkov, and Borissov, leader of GERB party, visit VMZ-Sopot BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The GPS system of European Commission President Ursula ...

Maxar’s Raptor is a vision-based software suite that enables autonomous drones to navigate and extract accurate ground coordinates in the absence of GPS. It provides a terrain-based positioning system ...