Mobile GPS

When Ronald Reagan made GPS satellites available for public use at no cost in the early 1980s, very few companies took advantage of the opportunity. In the last decade, an explosion of GPS technologies and usages has taken place across the USA. Today, you can use GPS to help you track positions during fishing expeditions, rounds of... more »

GPS, officially named NAVSTAR Global Positioning System, was developed by the United States Department of Defense for military applications. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan opened up the usage of GPS satellites for everyone. Today one of the most popular uses of GPS is for mobile applications and navigation. The right mobile GPS... more »

A cell phone with a GPS receiver adds the capability to communicate with satellites to establish the position of the phone. In order to get directions and other information, the phone must have some type of mapping program installed. The GPS receiver locates your position and communicates with the map program to set up directions. The... more »

The Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites determine the longitude and latitude of the GPS receiver once three satellites triangulate the receiver's position. The longitude and latitude can then be transferred to a map on a Mobile GPS device in a car or in a hand. The map program in the mobile GPS device is responsible for... more »

Using Global Positioning Systems can be a fun way to navigate in an unknown area. Emergency rescuers, adventurers and extreme skiers all use this technology to make their way around their hobbies and occupations. Learning this skill is relatively easy and will offer invaluable benefits for many activities. more »