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New navigation system uses cellphone signals to fly a plane in case GPS fails
A safety net of balloon-mounted sensors listening for satellites and cell towers could save lives if an airplane's GPS ...
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Millions of phones create most complete map ever of the ionosphere
Researchers mapped Earth’s ionosphere, part of the upper atmosphere, using signal data from 40 million phones – a method that ...
Oregon S&R team rescues over 20 cars after GPS app leads them to snow-covered road
More than 20 vehicles had to be rescued by a Union County Search and Rescue Team on Wednesday, Nov. 20, after being led ...
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Google used millions of Android phones to map the worst enemy of GPS
In a paper published this week in Nature, Google researchers demonstrated they were able to use GPS signal measurements pulled from millions of anonymous Android mobile devices to map the ionosphere.
Scientists Test Mobile Tower-Based GPS Signals That Could Help Pilots in Emergency Situations
A new navigation system is exploring mobile signals to assist pilots during GPS failures, offering enhanced flight safety.
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Talking Points: Should parents be allowed to track their children’s whereabouts using the GPS on their mobile phones
Tracking someone’s location using GPS is an invasion of privacy ... allowed to track their children’s whereabouts via their mobile phones, because it robs young people of their freedom ...