gps Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 20:03:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Can Smarter GPS Reduce Emissions? https://www.greenoptimistic.com/can-smarter-gps-reduce-emissions-20140123/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/can-smarter-gps-reduce-emissions-20140123/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2014 20:03:17 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=45405 Civilian access to the military’s global positioning system (GPS) satellites has been all kinds of wonderful for backwoods trekkers and getting around an unfamiliar town, but can it be smarter, and how could it reduce emissions? First, GPS is actually useless without a up-to-date map and a magnetic compass. Modern GPS units include these functions […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/can-smarter-gps-reduce-emissions-20140123/feed/ 0 45405 Natural Hazard Early Warning Systems Improved Using GPS Data https://www.greenoptimistic.com/natural-hazard-early-warning-systems-improved-using-gps-data-20130521/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/natural-hazard-early-warning-systems-improved-using-gps-data-20130521/#respond Tue, 21 May 2013 13:55:07 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=37464 Scientists claim that the Global Positioning System (GPS) could save millions of lives by providing detailed information about upcoming natural hazards before they have occurred. As the effects of climate change are continuously accelerating, ice sheets are melting, sea level is rising and atmospheric currents are changing, we keep hearing about more and more cases […]

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