News tagged with navigation data

Women navigate more efficiently than men

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from the National Autonomous University of Mexico suggests women navigate more efficiently than men in some circumstances, even though previous studies have shown that in general ...

Biology / Evolution

created May 05, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (14) | comments 13 | with audio podcast report

Google unveils free GPS navigation for mobile phones

Google unveiled a free navigation system for mobile phones on Wednesday in a move seen as a potential challenge to the makers of GPS navigation devices.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Factfile on Galileo, Europe's rival to GPS

Following is a snapshot of Europe's Galileo space-based navigation system, the first satellites of which are scheduled to be launched on Thursday from Kourou, French Guiana.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 16, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 4

McAfee warns of hacker threat to autos

Cars made smarter with Internet technology are zooming into perilous hacker territory, according to a report by US computer security giant McAfee.

Technology / Other

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 5

More accurate than Santa Claus: First Galileo satellite orbit determination with high precision

Every year for Christmas, the North American Air Defence Command NORAD posts an animation on their website, in which the exact flight path of Santa Claus' sled led by reindeer Rudolf is precisely located (http://www.noradsanta.org/en/). The path of navigation satellites, however, ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NASA questions Apollo 13 commander's sale of list

NASA is questioning whether Apollo 13 commander James Lovell has the right to sell a 70-page checklist from the flight that includes his handwritten calculations that were crucial in guiding the damaged spacecraft ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 15

Better weather forecasts with a map showing atmospheric vapour

Weather forecasts, satellite navigation in cars and the inspection of dikes or natural gas fields: these applications using satellite data would all be even more accurate if we knew more about the distribution of water vapour ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0