Startup Civil Maps today announced an augmented-reality component to its 3D mapping technology, overlaying street signs and other traffic infrastructure with identifying tags generated by its deep ...

A particle-filter-based positioning method using a 3D map to rectify the errors created by multipath and non-line-of-sight signals on the positioning result delivered by a low-cost single-frequency ...

Most advances in technology have been for the good and occasionally are even transformative. Being able to travel long distances by plane rather than trains or cars was a big one. And then came the ...

Editorial Note: Talk Android may contain affiliate links on some articles. If you make a purchase through these links, we will earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Learn more. A few weeks ago, I ...

The oft-quoted saying “all models are wrong, but some are useful” is a tounge-in-cheek way of saying that at some level, tools we use to predict how the world behaves will differ from reality in some ...

Smartphones today have lots of integrated utilities, and GPS is one of the most used ones. This feature allows the phone to know your location, which can come in handy in a number of situations. First ...

Fake Android GPS apps that just show an ad and run Google Maps are running amok in the Play Store. In total, 19 apps have been found to exhibit this behavior. They have accumulated more than 50 ...