SpaceX successfully launched the GPS III SV-08 satellite into orbit on May 30 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

It’s a great time for location applications because technology hardware standards and Android application programming interfaces (APIs) are all evolving simultaneously to enable an improved location ...

The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate has released a tool to help protect critical ...

You’ve probably heard of at least one of those terms in any discussion around GPS anti-jam technology for defense. Because they are all terms that describe essentially the same thing: a specialized ...

Timing from atomic clocks is now an integral part of data-center operations. The atomic clock time transmitted via Global Position System (GPS) and other Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) ...

You may have heard about “NMEA data” with respect to GPS. NMEA is an acronym for the National Marine Electronics Association. NMEA existed well before GPS was invented. According to the NMEA website, ...

My last column, December 2019, highlighted the National Geodetic Survey’s (NGS) new Geoid Monitoring Service (GeMS); and, that NGS’ will be publishing a gridded geoid model GEOID2022 that will contain ...

“Original equipment manufacturer (OEM)” is a widely used but poorly defined term. In general, it refers to a manufacturer that provides components or sub-assemblies to another one for use in the ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become part of the daily lexicon, and an endless stream of media reports assert that AI either has affected or will affect most aspects of human life. What is AI and ...

The automotive navigation of tomorrow is highly connected and capable of dynamically using high-resolution map information and vehicle and environmental data from the cloud. It is an enabler for ...

Every Monday and Wednesday, the team at Ernst Conservation Seeds gathers around maps to discuss which fields to harvest, which fields need treatments, and where to plant new crops. On this 10,000-acre ...