This extends up to 30GHz and encompasses all our radio, TV, military, satellite radar and GPS services. The addition of GPS to mobile devices will also be profound. The question is: what happens next and can we predict the future with any greater...
For GPS, phone companies must be able to pinpoint a caller's location within 50m to 150m and, for network techniques such as triangulation of cellular towers, between 100m and 300m. GPS, another popular location technology, does not work well indoors.
A Boston, Massachusetts-based start-up says it has developed software that uses Wi-Fi signals to pinpoint locations better than satellite-based global positioning systems can. GPS was designed by the military for guiding missiles," he said.
However, GPS, which has been around for years, can actually pinpoint a person with more accuracy at the moment than Wi-Fi or cellular networks. GPS often fails in downtown crystal canyons where tall buildings can block signals.
Galileo is the European rival to the US military Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation. Whereas GPS is funded by US taxpayers, the European project is expected to be monetised through charging for encrypted, precision signal services, with...
A European satellite navigation service could provide the platform for thousands of new applications based on the pinpoint location information it will be able to provide. On top of this, Galileo promises to be more accurate and provide services...