Magnetic fields are all around us, from deep underground mineral deposits to man-made electrical appliances. But current devices, such as GPS satellites, cannot utilise the useful information that ...

One expert says the federal government needs to develop a secondary system to avoid a disaster in the event the GPS system goes down. It would affect transportation, banking and emergency ...

Two lost hikers were rescued from a closed-off and “rugged, overgrown” trail in the Columbia River Gorge overnight, authorities said. “The hikers were ...

The Met Office has new technology which can forecast how space weather will impact conditions in the ionosphere and thermosphere ...

While there are benefits to these tools such as freeing up time to focus on other tasks and seeing more patients, there are factors that need to be taken into consideration suc ...

Self-driving cars need to know exactly where on the road they are located at all times. A new invention could revolutionize the development of driverless vehicles—and give us more accurate GPS on our ...

The writer Tristan Gooley describes how a pair of familiar constellations can help a person navigate in darkness when other methods fail.

Laws are racing to catch up with technology as phones lead to more and more auto accidents, but does that mean you're not able to use your phone's map function?

In 2022, the crew of USS Essex turned off all their navigation electronics and crossed the Pacific the old-fashioned way—using charts, sextants, and raw skill. It was a proof-of-concept for a future ...

Whether you're using the speedometer in your car or using the speed display in Google Maps, you might wonder which is more accurate. Here's what we know.

Toyota, the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland (RACQ), and Queensland’s Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) have begun field tests of an Australian-developed navigation system designed to ...