Geospatial Technology and Challenges of Contemporary Agriculture
Farmers have greater access to geospatial tools that can help mitigate some agricultural challenges.
Can GPS Work on the Moon?
Scientists at NASA wanted to learn if global positioning systems could be used on the moon.
Tracking Ocean Currents With Seabirds
A group of researchers wanted to test if drifting seabirds could offer a novel way of collecting data about sea current velocity and direction.
The Prime Meridian isn’t Where You Think it is
The true Prime Meridian is located about 334 feet east of the current Airy Transit Circle at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England.
Why Do We Blindly Follow Our GPS?
Stories abound of people blindly following GPS directions, leading to the term “death by GPS”. Why do people put so much faith in digital directions?