• Recent Comments

  • Disclaimers

  • Tags

  • « Previous Entries

    New GPS signal an improvement over current standard - UNB

    Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

    Researchers at the University of New Brunswick were among a few scientists worldwide to pick up a new GPS signal last week.

    Local briefs: GPS found Huron shooting suspect

    Thursday, May 20th, 2010

    A GPS signal in a cell phone helped law-enforcement officers arrest a 24-year-old man who is a suspect in a gang-related shooting in Huron in March.

    GPS Turns Ten: The Best Is Yet to Come

    Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

    In the 10 years since President Clinton ordered the military to unscramble the GPS signal, the big benefit has been to increase accuracy from about 100 yards to just a few feet. But with that increased accuracy brings with it some secondary benefits, too.

    GPS Leads Police To Taxi Carjacking Suspect

    Monday, April 26th, 2010

    Bond was set at $150,000 Monday for a man charged with robbery and hijacking after police found him at a Northwest Side gas station by following a stolen taxi cab’s GPS signal.

    $150K bond for man tracked by GPS in stolen taxi

    Monday, April 26th, 2010

    Bond was set at $150,000 Monday for a man charged with robbery and hijacking after police found him at a Northwest Side gas station by following a stolen taxi cab’s GPS signal. Travis E. Conner III, 18, of the 2900 block of West Fulton Street is charged with one count of robbery and aggravated vehicular hijacking, according to police News Affairs. Conner was ordered held on $150,000 Monday and a …

    « Previous Entries