News tagged with using global positioning system

New Madrid fault system may be shutting down

Mar 13, 2009 | 4 / 5 (8) | 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- The New Madrid fault system does not behave as earthquake hazard models assume and may be in the process of shutting down, a new study shows.

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China launches gps satellite: report

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Apr 15, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

China launched a navigational satellite, the nation's space administration reported, the second in a series of up to 30 orbiters to comprise a global positioning network.

Canadian police consider GPS for people with Alzheimer's

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Dec 23, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 1

Police in Montreal are studying the possibility of offering GPS bracelets to people suffering from Alzheimer's disease, an official told AFP.

Next-Generation Air Transportation System to Ultimately Succeed, Computer Scientist Predicts

Technology / Other

Dec 16, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Next Generation Air Transportation System, known as NextGen, is due for national implementation in stages between now and 2018. "I am predicting ultimate success and a system that will provide a much ...

Workmen prepare the Galilieo satellite of the European Space Agency

Norway joins EU's Galileo satnav project

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Apr 03, 2009 | 2.3 / 5 (3) | 1

Norway said Friday it will stump up close to 70 million euros in funding for the European Union's satellite navigation project Galileo.

GPS System Could Start Failing by Next Year

Technology / Telecom

May 20, 2009 | 3.9 / 5 (13) | 11

(PhysOrg.com) -- A federal watchdog agency has warned the U.S. Congress that the GPS system could start failing in 2010 and beyond. Due to delays in launching replacement satellites and other circumstances, ...

One of the last remaining images of Angola's elusive giant sable antelope

Rare Angolan antelope tracked by research team

Biology / Plants & Animals

Jul 27, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

A rare Angolan antelope feared to have been killed off during a 27-year civil war has been located, giving hope for the future preservation of the species, a government official said Monday.

Interfering with the Global Positioning System

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jun 09, 2008 | 3.9 / 5 (10) | 0

You can't always trust your GPS gadget. As scientists have long known, perplexing electrical activity in the upper atmospheric zone called the ionosphere can tamper with signals from GPS satellites.

Safely on the move

Technology / Engineering

Jul 14, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

How can rescue units be better protected during disaster operations or avalanche victims be found quicker? A new localization system connects satellite-based positioning systems with terrestrial locating aids and situation-dependent ...

Residents search among the rubble of a collapsed building in Dujiangyan southwest China Sichuan province

Sichuan quake was once-in-4,000-year event: scientists

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Sep 27, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (5) | 3

People who were killed, injured or bereaved in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake had the cruel misfortune to be victims of an event that probably occurs just once in four millennia, seismologists said on Sunday.