You've probably tapped into the Global Positioning System to improve your hunting, fishing, or camping experience. But how does GPS work?

Explore the world of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, from its military origins to everyday use. Learn how GPS Services work.

Making it easy to find your wallet when it’s missing, GPS wallet trackers have also ruled out the lost and found headaches.

GPS is more than the blinking dot on a moving map. It will steer headlamps, improve self-driving, wring more miles out of a hybrid's battery. Accuracy will improve from several car lengths to ...

A group of service providers are using different techniques to augment the basic GPS satellite system.

The summer holidays are ending, which for many concludes with a long drive home and reliance on GPS devices to get safely home. But every now and then, GPS devices can suggest strange directions ...

In space, especially beyond Earth’s orbit, GPS signals become unreliable or simply vanish. The same applies underwater, where submarines cannot access GPS at all. And even on Earth, GPS signals can be ...

I just upgraded from an original iPhone to the new 3G S, so this is the first time I've had GPS. I'm trying to figure out how I can tell if it's working? It doesn't appear to be working, because ...