New Scientist3d
Millions of phones create most complete map ever of the ionosphere
Researchers mapped Earth’s ionosphere, part of the upper atmosphere, using signal data from 40 million phones – a method that ...
Google used millions of Android phones to map the worst enemy of GPS
In a paper published this week in Nature, Google researchers demonstrated they were able to use GPS signal measurements ...
Mapping changes in the ionosphere with smartphones
Aggregated measurements from millions of smartphones could be used to create a comprehensive map of the Earth's ionosphere, ...
New Scientist on MSN4d
Migratory birds can use Earth's magnetic field like a GPS
Eurasian reed warblers don’t just get a sense of direction from Earth’s magnetic field – they can also calculate their ...
The Irish Times4d
We have entered a no man’s land, an age of dizzying transitions
The undead roamed the Earth on November 5th instead of October ... the left at giving voters the illusion that it has an accurate map of the no man’s land that stretches across all these liminal ...
The Hans India4d
NASA and ISRO's New NISAR Satellite to Track Changes on Earth's Surface
The Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) is about to launch a satellite which will allow us to get even better ...
Nature4d
Google uses millions of phones to map Earth’s ionosphere and improve GPS
When the air is partly ionized, freely moving electrons slightly slow down the radio signals travelling to Earth from GPS and ...
Electronic Design2d
How RTK Can Help Autonomous Vehicles See the World
Autonomous vehicles can’t become fully reliable until they precisely know their location. Here’s how real-time kinematic ...
New Atlas6d
Bacterial ‘sat nav’ tracks where you’ve been with surprising accuracy
We naturally pick up microorganisms as we move about the world. Now, researchers have developed an AI tool that accurately ...
Tech Xplore on MSN2d
Accurate road surface data for transportation, safety, and economic development
Researchers at HeiGIT (Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology) have publicly released a first of its kind ...
USA Today5d
Oklahoma election map meme goes viral: What's an all-red state? Is it an accurate picture?
Even Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt reposted a map on Facebook that shows the Sooner State completely filled with red. The image is motivating for Republicans and Democrats alike, but does the map ...