Global Positioning System (GPS) Quotes

My first occupation was to map the country.

I wanted to be a topographer when I was young.

Google Earth is an incredible resource because from hundreds of miles in space, we can zoom in, and we can find things. Everyone always looks for their house first. That is the tip of the iceberg with remote sensing.

We know that, relative to GPS, radar is not as accurate - we'd be seeing our planes' precise positions in 3-D, not just approximate locations every eight seconds.

Google Earth has become a little bit of an icon in our society. You get on maps and you wanna see what the quality of the road's like, you go on Google Maps.

There's Frog Jump on my GPS, so it's there. It's a real place.

Geography is everywhere

All of us know today the value of communications satellites, weather satellites, resources satellites, etc.

In this new age of GPS, Google Earth and multidimensional digital maps, mapping is suddenly hugely relevant again.

We're literally just beginning to learn how to use satellites to find sites. More and more people are realizing there's this incredible tool.

Many people may not recognize that the development of space exploration technologies has already helped benefit Earth in many ways, especially when it comes to communications, Earth observation and even fostering economic growth. Space technologies are surprisingly critical in impacting government, industry and personal daily decision-making.