GPS

Good History of GPS and Related Technologies I started this book looking to learn more about GPS worked, particularly with smartphones. I got more history and less technology than I was looking for, but the book was still well worth reading. It clearly explains GPS development in the context of the d......more

More than a book about the GPS system, this book gives a history of navigation systems. The book deals with the Korean airliner shut down by Russia, and discusses initial navigation versus land based systems. Covered is the history of all the players involved in bringing the first GPS system into ex......more

I had never given much thought about GPS before reading this book. All I knew about GPS was that it gave you your location. I was surprised to learn that other countries also have there own GPS systems. I thought the U.S gps was the only game in town. It was exciting to learn about the systems that......more

A somewhat dry history of GPS and the navigation systems that came before it. It does describe roughly how GPS works, but without any details. The author is an historian of science and computing, and writes as a historian -- ie, there are footnotes, but they are to (mostly secondary) sources, and no......more

Readable and informative overview but frequently irritatingly fuzzy and inconsistent about critical details, both technical (which may be excusable) and historical (e.g. sometimes it seems like name dropping and sometimes it's just some anonymous researcher or committee).......more