Fitness apps and the power of live satellite tracking have allowed runners, cyclists and others to draw hearts, animals, birthday wishes — and even homages to Vermeer — across their local landscapes.

The global positioning system, more commonly referred to as GPS, has been around for just 10 years, yet many of us can’t imagine what life would be without it. Resorting back to the days of reading ...

Getting a solid GPS location in a city can be tough thanks to all the tall buildings. Skyscrapers reflect the GPS signal and can make your location data go crazy, but now, Google says it can correct ...

Over the years, I've had some success forecasting the future of tech. But there is one application I saw in the mid-1990s that I could not wrap my mind around.

The best hiking GPS units will prevent a minor navigational slip from snowballing into potentially dangerous territory. They are available in a wide range of abilities, price points and sizes, from ...

ADZOPÉ, Ivory Coast—In the central clearing of a steep-sloped cocoa plantation, surrounded by trees dripping with fat green pods, Brice-Armel Konan raised his smartphone toward the sky and saved the ...