Oct. 1995 Level of Government: State Function: Disaster Management Problem/situation: When earthquakes or other disasters strike, it's difficult to give a location for features without addresses.

A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Coast Guard Station Seattle and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles conduct night hoisting training on April 4, 2016. (U.S. Coast ...

On June 30, 2020 the Coast Guard switched off the last Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) signals after more than 25 years of service. With the improved accuracy and integrity of ...

The U.S. Coast Guard announced today it will discontinue broadcasts from its remaining 38 Differential GPS (DGPS) sites over the next three years, completing system reductions that began in 2016. The ...

The rise of open source hardware has seen a wide variety of laborious tasks become successfully automated, saving us humans a great deal of hassle. Suffice to say, some chores are easier to automate ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Crewmembers from the Aids to Navigation Team in St. Petersburg, Fla., maintain a buoy in Tampa Bay with help from a 55-foot Aids to Navigation Boat (ANB). Twenty-six 55's were ...

"DGPS jamming from nearby cliffs, for instance, could seriously affect shipping traffic going through the narrow straits and fjord networks. Affected vessels could take a long time to correct their ...

A system that improves the accuracy of the GPS satellite navigation system. A satellite's positioning accuracy is impeded by errors in its clock and signal delays caused by atmospheric conditions.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A recent upgrade of the United States' global positioning system (GPS) will do little to assist farmers in their fields, says a Purdue University expert. Mark Morgan, assistant ...

Researchers are investigating how to prevent shipping Global Positioning Signals (GPS) being jammed in potential cyberattacks that may cause vessels to go off course and collide or run aground. The ...