GPS

March, the 5 th 2024, the last two satellites launched during the 12th Galileo launch on 28 th, were officially integrated into the Galileo constellation, thus ensuring the sustainability of all services in orbit. Now Galileo has 25 Read more …

The GNS 3000 from Global Navigation Systems has been available since November 2022 (¹). It replaces the GNS 2000 Plus. Now equipped with a Bluetooth transmitter 5.0, it has an SD Card connector to record position data continuously. Compatible with Read more …

Global navigation satellite systems GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System), have become the primary source of Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT1) for ships and marine operations. GNSS is also used for the system Read more …

The arrival of Macs with Apple M1 processors and macOS systems 11 “Big Sur” and macOS 12 “Monterey” caused disappointment among GPS users connected via USB and/or Bluetooth for their navigation applications. In USB, Read more …

I'm always being asked - and have been for ages - how much confidence we can put in the GPS on our tablets and smartphones. Probably at the risk of repeating myself, I persist in asserting that our mobile devices are equipped with GPS receivers Read more …

Good news, a year after its appearance on the first smartphones (¹), Apple finally integrates a GNSS receiver chipset compatible GALILEO. iPhones 8/8+ and soon iPhone Read more …

To date, the constellation of Chinese BeiDou-2 GPS satellites only covers part of East Asia and the West Pacific. With the commissioning of GALILEO European GPS late 2016, the planned replacement of the 2nd generation GPSII Read more …

Less than a month before the launch by Ariane 5 of four new satellites carrying the GALILEO constellation to 18 satellites, manufacturers of tracking components have already presented their new tracking chips supporting European GNSS. This has Read more …

Early January 2011 I wrote that I started the year in a bad mood (¹) After finding repeated incompetence of Apple sellers, during the Christmas holidays, concerning devices they sold, mainly iPad and iPhone. Unfortunately, I note that 5 years old Read more …

Since my first post on GALILEO end 2011 (¹), space Europe has made significant progress. Despite economic uncertainties and numerous budgetary restrictions, Course and schedule have been maintained thanks to a community political flawless. That Read more …

With the GPS2IP application, we can use (temporaly) the GPS of an iPhone to transmit the position to a Wi-Fi iPad that does not have GPS. But this method should only be seen as a temporary fix for the reasons that will be Read more …

As the number of GPS receiver devices increases significantly, so does our dependency on the GPS, but satellites are subject to wear out and age. THE U.S. Air Force has since launched 2010 the second constellation of GPS satellites, named GPS Block IIF, Read more …

The iTabNav company sent me information regarding all current owners of a GPS Bluetooth-powered for iPad Wi-Fi, like the GNS2000 or the BadElf. Currently Apple iOS 8.3 no longer works with Read more …

For those who do are not yet fully convinced, despite my assertions in many posts (¹), Here's another example of the accuracy of iPad GPS, cut off from any cellular or terrestrial Wi-Fi network. Already lived in 2011 Read more …

China launched the 16th satellite of its BeiDou-2 satellite positioning system. Like all other Chinese satellites, it was put into orbit by their own rocket Long March 3. This is the sixth satellite launched this Read more …

With iPad 3, Apple has discontinued Broadcom's BCM475x series A-GPS chipsets that powered iPads 1 and 2 and iPhones 4. From iPhone 4S and iPad 3, says New iPad (¹), it is now Read more …

Barely published, the 20 October, my previous post about iPhone 4S new GPS chipset – allowing you to receive signals from the Russian GLONASS system – in which I inserted a skeptical comment about the future of Galileo, only Read more …

iFixit et Chipworks, the two major U.S. websites about dismantling of electronic devices of all kinds, both recently dissected the iPhone 4S without mentioning its GPS chipset. Yet, in a new page on its site concerning technical specifications Read more …

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You have certainly heard the song by Helmut Fritz “It annoys me” ? She will make a good number of holidaymakers dance this summer in campsites and on the beaches. Well me, what annoys me, it is the disbelief of one Read more …

This article was originally published on Macworld.com by Glenn Fleishman. It explains in a very precise and educational manner how the location services of Apple's iPhone and iPad devices work and sheds light on the data that Apple recovers. Read more …

I'm starting the year in a bad mood ! Unfortunately, I was able to see, through the experiences of many of you, ignorance, not to mention incompetence, many iPad sellers. Not only specializes supermarkets, but also in some Read more …

The German company Bad Elf has been offering for sale since 28 October, on Amazon and on eBay, the first external GPS approved by Apple. The Bad Elf GPS fits the Dock connector of Apple devices that are not Read more …

With the iPhone 4, Apple Delivers Significantly Improved Device for Using Marine or Land Navigation Apps, as iNavX. Our friends at iFixit dissected the first device in their hands as usual. Here are the results of their Read more …