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
March 15, 2018
Published by GPS Technologies Team Viral social media challenges have become especially popular among teens. Many of these trends are harmless, other than the potential embarrassment they cause in hindsight years down the road. The Ice Bucket Challenge actually ended up raising millions of dollars for ALS research. Others, such as the Mannequin Challenge or the Harlem Shake, were based in good fun. However, not all of these viral challenges are so innocent. Consider, for example, the “Tide Pod Challenge,” which began in December as a Twitter meme involving dares to eat the pods, and then a challenge that became popular on Twitter and Facebook,... View Article
March 8, 2018
Published by GPS Technologies Team If you somehow didn’t already know or suspect it, let’s just put this right out in the open—your cell phone provider is selling as much information about you as it can, including your vehicle location information. If you take a close look at your cell phone contract, you’ll likely find some language that says something like, “We do not sell your personal information.” This is in just about every Terms of Service provided to cellular customers, but this is a misleading statement. The company will not sell information determined by law to be “personal information,” such as phone numbers, addresses... View Article
