Old GPS units were good at the time, but smartphone navigation is leaps and bounds ahead of what we used to have in terms of ...

a delightful web app that overlays your GPS location onto georeferenced historical maps. Take Antwerp’s 1565 city map by Virgilius Bononiensis, a massive 120×265 cm woodcut. With Allmaps Here ...

It can all look quite confusing, so we’re going to demystify the art of how to navigate using a map and compass and let you go old school, ditch the GPS, and get to know your surroundings ...

Google Maps does a lot more than just get you where you're going. Now's a good time to rediscover its most popular features and helpful hidden gems.

Google shares some data on Google Maps' adoption as part of its 20th anniversary; Google Maps is the number one mobile navigation app ...

A reliable terrestrial complement and backup to GPS is one critical solution to help meet the national security, economic and ...

Signals from the global navigation satellite system can be jammed and spoofed, so a Google spinout is working on an alternative positioning and navigation system that uses the Earth’s magnetic field.

Year 1994. A husband-wife duo. An impossible dream: to digitally map all 3,287,263 square kilometers of India. The result? A Delhi-based GPS navigation company called MapmyIndia. In 1993 ...

A really good running watch can also provide GPS features, such as preventing you from getting lost, mapping your previous routes, or messaging emergency contacts with your location. If you’re a ...

Here’s how it works. The best GPS bike computers allow you to easily tackle unfamiliar routes and monitor essential ride stats from your handlebars. As their name implies, these mountable ...