April 26, 2018
Published by GPS Technologies Team
For better or worse, GPS technology has become a constant in American life; something once designed for and regulated to military use is now as common to our day to day as a cup of coffee. From asking Siri to lead us home to using Google to find the Walmart closest to us, the technology has come a long way since NASA’s first satellite was sent up. So, where do we go from here? Even if it has become a ubiquitous feature of any and all smartphones, there’s still plenty of... View Article
April 19, 2018
Published by GPS Technologies Team
The Global Positioning System (GPS) has gone from a Cold War era used to track the Soviet satellite, Sputnik to a navigation system for the military to what Nasa refers to as “a multi-use, space-based radio-navigation system owned by the US Government and operated by the United States Air Force to meet national defense, homeland security, civil, commercial, and scientific needs.” There are 2 levels of GPS service provided by this system. The military and other government agencies have access to the Precise Positioning Service (PPS). While the Standard Positioning Service (SPS) is available to everybody anywhere in the world.... View Article
April 5, 2018
Published by GPS Technologies Team
GPS technology has evolved a great deal since the U.S. Department of Defence officially launched the program in 1973, and has as a result greatly expanded beyond its original purpose. Once meant only for military use, the system has grown to become an everyday tool in both personal and professional circles for anyone with a smartphone and any number of other devices. As systems improve, data becomes more accurate, and technology becomes increasingly accessible, its potential for abuse and previously unforeseen consequences grow. And one such concern has made itself more obvious than others in recent years: the better... View Article
December 5, 2017
Published by GPS Technologies Team We recently devoted a post to summarizing the history of the Global Positioning System, beginning with an examination of Sputnik in 1957 and concluding in 2005, when the current generation of Block II satellite was launched at Cape Canaveral. Now, with a new era of spacecraft on the horizon and set to take to the stars next year, the limitations of GPS capabilities are on the verge of expanding once more. With that in mind, we come to you this week with a more specialized (and probably more pertinent) history: this one on how the technology has been used in... View Article
August 24, 2017
Published by GPS Technologies Team GPS tracking technology is amazing and advances in technology, including the size of tracking devices and the expanded, uses that tracking allows means that use of GPS has become part of many people’s lives, especially if they own any type of smartphone or tablet. But with all of these advances including in your ability to track your employees using GPS tracking, questions of privacy continue to crop up. So as an employer or business owner what are the limits if any on your ability to use GPS tracking when it comes to employees and what does the law allow you... View Article
