THE founder of a pioneering technology company that started life on the kitchen table of a Kelso farmhouse more than a decade ago is now leading the field in satellite tracking for lone workers and others operating in isolated rural areas. (08/07/2010)

(PhysOrg.com) -- GPS may no longer have to be about following audio directions only, and looking at maps on your screen. Wikitude Drive for Android offers an augmented reality feature that lets you actually see the road ahead.

When I heard that Google was turning GPS up a notch, I thought they’d mean they’d use Google Maps and their driving direction technology. But then I saw this dude search for a location based on something you’d find at that location. That’s a real game changer. That makes me think that searches for “navigate to breakfast burrito in Minneapolis” would come up with suggestions, which absolutely crushes current GPS navigation technology. This solves the problem that yellow pages have never been

Investors fled GPS-makers' shares today after Google announced it would offer free turn-by-turn GPS directions in its Android phones and as a service for other mobile phones, like Apple's iPhone. Garmin shares dropped 17% and TomTom shares dropped 21%. What about Google's shortcomings, like its inability to store maps locally on devices? Daring Fireball's John Gruber has a nice rebuttal . The biggest objection is that the dedicated devices store all the map data locally. That’s great, a

GPS cell phone requires a GPS receiver and the signals received from different satellites point out the location of the receiver. Recently, more cell phones are being manufactured with GPS receivers as a built-in feature. GPS offer instructions turn-by-turn and often comes with illustrated maps and voice that also shows the location on the screen of the cell phone. The GPS built-in receiver method is very comfortable as there is no special device or wires required to connect or nothing is requir