Signals from the global navigation satellite system can be jammed and spoofed, so a Google spinout is working on an ...

The sailors of old typically used flat maps to find their position, so three reference points would suffice. Since GPS devices move in three dimensions, you need a fourth satellite so that you can ...

Surprisingly, MapQuest remains an ... illuminates a rocky shoreline, GPS satellites would help navigators on land, in the air, and at sea understand their position relative to their surroundings.

However, recent reports and analysis suggest that Moscow is progressing in drone navigation and guidance, potentially with ...

At CES 2025, Amazfit has announced the Amazfit Active 2, the company’s latest smartwatch with improved health-tracking ...

allowing the system to calculate the vehicle's position. A CRT display would work in tandem with a transparent map overlay. However, this inertial navigation was less accurate than GPS.

The updated version of the World Magnetic Model was released on Dec. 17, with a new prediction of how the magnetic north pole will shift over the next five years. Here's why it was changed.

A world-first study of birds migrating across Bass Strait has shown they traveled directly through zones earmarked for the ...

SandboxAQ today announced a series of scientific and technical milestone publications on magnetic anomaly-based navigation (MagNav), collectively marking a set of significant advances in the company's ...

plays an integral role in satellite and aircraft navigation and helps smartphone users orient themselves using services like Google Maps. The update has been planned for years, and most users won ...