Most advances in technology have been for the good and occasionally are even transformative. Being able to travel long distances by plane rather than trains or cars was a big one. And then came the ...

Mobile navigation apps such as Google Maps and Waze have become incredibly popular, and almost everybody uses them. There's a good explanation for this. Everybody owns a phone, and running them behind ...

If you have a driver’s license, chances are you also have an amusing story about GPS directions. Here is mine: A few weeks ago, my family and I were driving from Cayucos, Calif., to Prescott, Ariz., ...

On a trip to Oregon's Willamette Valley in the spring of 2010, I was using the Google-powered Maps app on an iPhone 3GS to hunt down wineries while my friend drove. That's farm country, and driving on ...

The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) is now developing the 2022 transformation model. Once again, NGS requests the assistance of the surveying and mapping community. This column provides examples to ...

There’s no secret that GPS devices met an impressive growth in popularity in the last few years, more and more car manufacturers signing major deals with GPS companies for exclusive and high-end tools ...