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Drone With No GPS Generates Fastest Path and Avoids Obstacles, Uses Google Maps Algorithm
Drone With No GPS Generates Fastest Path and Avoids Obstacles, Uses Google Maps Algorithm

3 Nov 2021, 16:16 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / This guy built a fully autonomous drone that can generate the fastest path around unknown obstacles detected mid-flight, without using GPS

 
Geotab Implements Real-Time In-Vehicle Driver Coaching Without Any Extra Hardware
Geotab Implements Real-Time In-Vehicle Driver Coaching Without Any Extra Hardware

26 Oct 2021, 15:50 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Operators of GM vehicles from the 2015 model year or newer can now benefit from Geotab's driver coaching system. It needs no extra hardware to implement

 
Truck Driver Who Trusted His GPS Gets Stuck on Railroad Crossing, Crash Unavoidable
Truck Driver Who Trusted His GPS Gets Stuck on Railroad Crossing, Crash Unavoidable

23 Oct 2021, 21:10 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Tractor-trailer driver ignores road signs and trusts his GPS navigation blindly, eventually gets stuck on railroad crossing with an Amtrack train approaching

 
Say Goodbye to Google Maps as Garmin Launches New GPS Units With Large Displays
Say Goodbye to Google Maps as Garmin Launches New GPS Units With Large Displays

13 Oct 2021, 15:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Garmin has announced a new lineup of GPS devices that come with screens up to 8 inches and feature map data provided by HERE

 
Fuel Me Rolls Out Tech at Chicago Venture Summit
Fuel Me Rolls Out Tech at Chicago Venture Summit

8 Oct 2021, 00:34 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / Fuel Me is a, cloud-based technology platform to allow customers in the commercial transportation and construction industries to efficiently fuel up

 
This Anti-Theft Bike System Knows How to Put Up a Fight, Comes With Instant Alerts and GPS
This Anti-Theft Bike System Knows How to Put Up a Fight, Comes With Instant Alerts and GPS

29 Sep 2021, 11:19 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Here's another "world's most advanced" anti-theft bike system, which comes with a durable design, real-time GPS, and instant mobile alerts. Meet the MaxTracker

 
About 10 Percent of Drivers Think It’s Okay to Take a Selfie Behind the Wheel
About 10 Percent of Drivers Think It’s Okay to Take a Selfie Behind the Wheel

20 Sep 2021, 07:15 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Research show drivers don’t necessarily think it’s a problem to interact with electronics even when their cars are in motion

 
U.S. Army to Operate World’s First Cutting-Edge Military Underwater Navigation System
U.S. Army to Operate World’s First Cutting-Edge Military Underwater Navigation System

3 Sep 2021, 05:43 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / U.S. military divers will now benefit from a new asset on their highly-dangerous missions - an underwater navigation system like nothing else out there.

 
Upgraded V-BAT Drone Demonstrates GPS-Denied Navigation Capability for the U.S. Army
Upgraded V-BAT Drone Demonstrates GPS-Denied Navigation Capability for the U.S. Army

2 Sep 2021, 04:18 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On September 1st, Northrop Grumman and Martin UAV announced that they have successfully completed flight testing of the upgraded V-BAT drone.

 
GPS for the Moon Prototype Coming in 2023
GPS for the Moon Prototype Coming in 2023

21 Jul 2021, 09:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Masten Space Systems to develop a surface-based GPS system for the Moon, should have the prototype ready in about two years

 
SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launches With New GPS Satellite for U.S. Space Force
SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launches With New GPS Satellite for U.S. Space Force

18 Jun 2021, 09:39 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On June 17th, SpaceX successfully launched the new GPS III SV05 into orbit to join the U.S. Space Force's GPS satellite constellation

 
Garmin’s New Camper GPS Sat-Nav Launches at the Best Possible Time
Garmin’s New Camper GPS Sat-Nav Launches at the Best Possible Time

9 Jun 2021, 07:24 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Garmin has recently unveiled a new GPS sat-nav device specifically aimed at camper vans at a time when this way of spending the vacation is skyrocketing

 
Driver Struggling with Navigation App Arrested on Public Self-Stimulation Claims
Driver Struggling with Navigation App Arrested on Public Self-Stimulation Claims

23 May 2021, 08:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The man was eventually found not guilty after a judge found that the case fails the “two-person test,” as only one individual witnessed the whole thing

 
Fighter Jets Will Soon Land on Aircraft Carriers Using GPS-Based JPALS
Fighter Jets Will Soon Land on Aircraft Carriers Using GPS-Based JPALS

20 May 2021, 15:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Navy gives the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System initial operational capability, will expand it over the coming years

 
Magnetic Field and Star-Based Navigation Coming to a Military Near You in 2023
Magnetic Field and Star-Based Navigation Coming to a Military Near You in 2023

24 Apr 2021, 07:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Honeywell previews "lineup of alternative navigation solutions” based on magnetic fields and stars, plans to launch them in two years

 
Driver Claims GPS Navigation Sent Him in a Lake, So He Obeyed
Driver Claims GPS Navigation Sent Him in a Lake, So He Obeyed

29 Mar 2021, 09:07 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A driver ended up together with his car in Charlton lake after following the GPS navigation he now blames for the whole thing

 
Truck Driver Spends 7 Days Stuck in Brutal Winter Weather Due to Navigation App
Truck Driver Spends 7 Days Stuck in Brutal Winter Weather Due to Navigation App

5 Feb 2021, 07:16 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A U.S. driver ended up stuck in the snow after being directed to a mountain road by a navigation app; he was saved after seven days

 
How to Improve GPS Accuracy on an iPhone for Smooth Google Maps Navigation
How to Improve GPS Accuracy on an iPhone for Smooth Google Maps Navigation

31 Jan 2021, 16:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Learn why you need to improve GPS accuracy on an iPhone and how this can help refine the experience with navigation apps

 
GPS Problems Breaking Down Google Maps, Waze on Google Pixel Phones
GPS Problems Breaking Down Google Maps, Waze on Google Pixel Phones

4 Oct 2020, 06:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / More users are now reporting GPS struggles after updating to Android 11, and it looks like Google’s very own Pixel phones are affected as well

 
Google Maps Has a Major GPS Problem and Nobody Knows How to Fix It
Google Maps Has a Major GPS Problem and Nobody Knows How to Fix It

22 Sep 2020, 05:26 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The GPS problems that we reported last month are becoming more widespread, and the latest updates only make the whole thing worse