Oct. 1995 Level of Government: State Function: Disaster Management Problem/situation: When earthquakes or other disasters strike, it's difficult to give a location for features without addresses.

No audio available for this content. Twenty-two NDGPS sites that serve coastal areas would remain operational under the proposal. An Aug. 18 Federal Register notice proposes shutting down the ...

On June 30, 2020 the Coast Guard switched off the last Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) signals after more than 25 years of service. With the improved accuracy and integrity of ...

The U.S. Coast Guard announced today it will discontinue broadcasts from its remaining 38 Differential GPS (DGPS) sites over the next three years, completing system reductions that began in 2016. The ...

No audio available for this content. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), in partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard, is seeking public ...

The rise of open source hardware has seen a wide variety of laborious tasks become successfully automated, saving us humans a great deal of hassle. Suffice to say, some chores are easier to automate ...

"DGPS jamming from nearby cliffs, for instance, could seriously affect shipping traffic going through the narrow straits and fjord networks. Affected vessels could take a long time to correct their ...

The Global Positioning System, or GPS, has -- somewhat surprisingly -- found itself at the heart of modern civilization. There is no doubt that the ubiquity of GPS across all areas of civilian, ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A recent upgrade of the United States' global positioning system (GPS) will do little to assist farmers in their fields, says a Purdue University expert. Mark Morgan, assistant ...