GPS is key to the global economy. It’s also surprisingly easy to attack

Global Positioning System jamming is on the rise, highlighting risks to the U.S. economy from financial systems to civilian ...
Hackaday

Hacking Global Positioning Systems Onto 16th-Century Maps

What if GPS had existed in 1565? No satellites or microelectronics, sure—but let’s play along. Imagine the bustling streets of Antwerp, where merchants navigated the sprawling city with woodcut maps.

Turning noisy city signals into reliable smartphone positioning

Accurate smartphone positioning in dense urban environments remains challenging due to signal blockage, multipath effects, and unreliable satellite visibility. This study presents a new positioning ...
Nature

Global Navigation Satellite Systems and Positioning Techniques

Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) underpin modern positioning and navigation, integrating signals from multiple satellite constellations such as GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou. Recent ...
CU Boulder News & Events

Seminar: Cybersecurity for the Global Positioning System (GPS) - Nov. 15

Abstract: GPS has evolved into a vital component of our critical infrastructure. Originally developed over 50 years ago as a military navigation system, it has since been transformed into an ...
GPS World

Who runs GPS?

No audio available for this content. Nearly 50 years ago, in December 1973, the Defense Systems Acquisition Review Council approved the Navstar Global Positioning System for entry into Phase I of ...