When dedicated GPS units replaced paper maps, it felt revolutionary. Now, there's no shortage of vastly superior smartphone navigation apps. Here's how modern apps outshine the GPS units of yesteryear ...

Imagine a world without toll cameras and giant metal gantries above the road. No, tolls aren’t going away, but some of your privacy could be. The Washington State Transportation Commission completed ...

NEW DELHI, Sept 26 (Reuters) - India is pushing tech giants to make smartphones compatible with its home-grown navigation system within months, worrying the likes of Samsung, Xiaomi and Apple who fear ...

Nokia's free navigation services via Ovi Maps come just months after Google launched its latest version of Maps Navigation for the Google Android platform. Maps Navigation takes elements from the ...

Most modern technology, including smartphones, runs on GPS. But the system might be more vulnerable to failures than you think. The U.S. lacks backup geolocation technology, meaning outages or ...

Standalone GPS units were once must-have upgrades for road warriors seeking to master complicated city streets and discover new offroading paths through the wilderness. Seemingly overnight, GPS ...

No audio available for this content. The Google Smartphone Decimeter Challenge (SDC) competition, co-sponsored by the Institute of Navigation (ION), took place this summer. For the competition, teams ...