Map making has been around for as long as there have been explorers. For more accurate maps and the safety of explorers, a coordinate system was first proposed by the Greek astronomer, Hipparchus ...

Question: I have a new dash cam for my car and it adds GPS information to the video footage. Problem is, that’s shown in some cryptic latitude/longitude notation. How can I convert it to locations on ...

Think back to your childhood at the beach or playing in a sandbox and you likely wondered "What if I kept digging through the entire world, where would I end up?" I recall as a kid my dad telling me ...

This Wednesday, Google launched its much-anticipated location-tracking service, Latitude, which uses the GPS hardware found in smart phones (such as Google Android phones and BlackBerry and Windows ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. We live in a world divided by a coordinate grid, which means data ...

I’ve been asked to deliver this parcel to my cousin but he lives on an island and doesn’t have an address to send things to, like you or me. It’s not a problem though, because I know a good way to ...