Intelligence & Protocols
Master the technology behind global positioning. Emergency tactics, privacy architecture, and navigation science.
Emergency & Survival
Protocol
Emergency GPS Protocol
How to extract and signal your exact coordinates when you have zero cell service in the wilderness.
Survival
Celestial Navigation Basics
Before satellites, there were stars. Learn how to estimate your latitude using Polaris and the Southern Cross.
Action Plan
911 Dispatch Workflows
Exactly what to say to a dispatcher when reading your latitude and longitude coordinates in a crisis.
Technology & Accuracy
Hardware
Fixing Location Accuracy
Understanding "Urban Canyons", multipath errors, and why your phone sometimes thinks you are in a lake.
Physics
The Physics of GPS
How atomic clocks in space use Einstein's theory of relativity to pinpoint your exact location on Earth.
Network
GPS vs GLONASS vs Galileo
A technical breakdown of the different global satellite constellations your smartphone talks to.
