Abstract: GPS is the most popular sensor for outdoor localization. GPS-only localization is the simplest and initial setting, thus it has been employed in many applications. This paper presents more ...

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Jan. 27, 2026 at 11:53 p.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The vehicle deployed a Lockheed Martin-built ...

SpaceX has launched an advanced GPS satellite from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The launch occurred just before midnight on Tuesday. SpaceX originally targeted Monday for the launch. BREVARD ...

The Falcon 9 rocket sent up GPS III-9 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 11:53 p.m. ET, stated SpaceX. The launch window opened at 11:38 p.m. ET Tuesday, and ...

GPS III Space Vehicle SV09 is being prepped for launch from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The launch, delayed from Jan.

As a Navy mathematician in the 1950s and beyond, she played an unheralded but foundational role in making possible the global satellite-based mapping system. Dr. Gladys West spent her career in ...

Groundbreaking Black mathematician Gladys West, who helped develop the algorithms behind GPS, died Jan. 17 at age 95. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Marvin Jackson, who co-wrote West's memoir. Next time ...

She navigated segregation to become an esteemed mathematician — and today, her work helps billions of people navigate the world. Gladys West, whose pioneering career contributed key elements to what ...

This blueprint is a high level guide to feature extraction and preparation of data in OpenStreetMap compatible formats; designed to improve the accessibility of computer vision tooling to mapping ...

Global Positioning System technology has become so embedded in daily life that most people rarely think about how it works. From navigation apps and delivery tracking to fleet management and precision ...