Spatial Dynamics

Two weeks ago on the BBC, there was an article about a study that was published by the journal Nature that tracked the movements of 100,000 mobile phone users in an undisclosed industrialized country outside the United States. Researchers used cellular towers to track individuals’ locations whenever they received or made phone calls or [...]

Last week, the BBC reported the first of 30 satellites of the Galileo satellite navigation system was launched from Kazakhstan. While remnants of GLONASS exist,  the United States’ NAVSTAR Global Positioning System is the only fully operational Global Navigation Satellite System. Galileo is designed to be technologically complementary to NAVSTAR and will enhance location-based technology.
Using [...]