Yellowstone gorges on magma November 2007 By: Jeff Chappell

GPS and other satellite technologies enable University of Utah researchers to keep tabs on the giant volcanic crater at the heart of Yellowstone National Park, and find that it is growing at an unprecedented rate since 2004.

Carnegie Mellon wins Urban Challenge November 2007 By: Jeff Chappell

GPS, digital cameras, laser-based sensor and the software that ties them all together are bringing the robotic car from science fiction to science fact, as DARPA's Urban Challenge competitors proved this past weekend in California.

Yo chief! Come visit da Joisey shoah! October 2007 By: Jeff Chappell

Nearly everyone's got a GPS unit in their car these days, or at least knows someone who does. The Garden State is banking on that with its new GPS-themed advertising campaign to encourage visitors to take a trip down the The Turnpike.

And GPS shall set them free ... maybe October 2007 By: Jeff Chappell

Hoping to follow in the successful footsteps of accused Aussie speeders, a California teen and his stepfather are offering up GPS track logs as evidence that the kid wasn't speeding when a police officer's radar gun said he was.

D'oh! GPS foils crime once again October 2007 By: Jeff Chappell

A Cincinnati suspect fleeing from Johnny Law demonstrates that climbing a tree won't hide you from the electric eye in the sky. And in his offer up the first of what will likely be many GPS Maniac D'oh! Awards to our free-soloing tree climber.

Congo pygmies mark turf with GPS October 2007 By: Jeff Chappell

We're pretty jaded, but this story warmed the cockles of even our hardened hearts. It seems a logging company is working with an ecology-minded group and Congo pygmies to lessen the impact of logging on the pygmies' way of life.

Farmer uses GPS to pop the question October 2007 By: Jeff Chappell

Planning on surprising your sweetie with an engagement ring in a geocache? Yawn ... anybody can do that. But a Canadian farmer used GPS and his tractor/cultivator to up the ante and carve out a 500 meter by 300 meter marriage proposal.

QVC peeps love them Garmin Nuvis October 2007 By: Jeff Chappell

The television shopping network sold some 51,000 Garmin Nuvi 250W units in a 16-hour period. Now impulse buyers across the nation will be able to easier find their way to retail outlets with their new PNDs--everybody wins.

Braintree GPS thieves anything but brainy October 2007 By: Jeff Chappell

If you're going to run around a neighborhood repeatedly stealing GPS units out of cars, and get caught by the cops with a GPS unit on the dash and a bunch more in the car besides--think of a better excuse for your presence than "we're lost."