Intelligence & Protocols

Master the technology behind global positioning. Emergency tactics, privacy architecture, and navigation science.

Emergency & Survival

Emergency Offline Survival
Protocol
Emergency GPS Protocol
How to extract and signal your exact coordinates when you have zero cell service in the wilderness.
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Celestial Navigation
Survival
Celestial Navigation Basics
Before satellites, there were stars. Learn how to estimate your latitude using Polaris and the Southern Cross.
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911 Dispatch Center
Action Plan
911 Dispatch Workflows
Exactly what to say to a dispatcher when reading your latitude and longitude coordinates in a crisis.
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Technology & Accuracy

GPS Accuracy Satellites
Hardware
Fixing Location Accuracy
Understanding "Urban Canyons", multipath errors, and why your phone sometimes thinks you are in a lake.
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Physics of GPS and Relativity
Physics
The Physics of GPS
How atomic clocks in space use Einstein's theory of relativity to pinpoint your exact location on Earth.
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GPS vs GLONASS vs Galileo Hologram
Network
GPS vs GLONASS vs Galileo
A technical breakdown of the different global satellite constellations your smartphone talks to.
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Privacy & Architecture

Data Privacy and Cyber Security
Security
Zero-Knowledge Architecture
How TellMyLocation is engineered to process your coordinates without a backend database.
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IP vs Hardware Geolocation Comparison
Networking
IP vs Hardware Geolocation
Why desktop computers show the wrong city, and how Internet Service Providers handle location data.
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