Global positioning systems

China celebrates completion of rival sat navigation system

July 31, 2020 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — China is celebrating the completion of its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System that could rival the U...

China launches final satellite in GPS-like Beidou system

June 23, 2020 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — China on Tuesday launched the final satellite in its Beidou constellation that emulates and may seek to compete with the U...

Court: GPS placed on Vt. suspect’s car legally

By LARRY NEUMEISTERDecember 13, 2013 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York federal appeals court added its voice Friday to a growing chorus of rulings defining when a GPS device can be used to track a criminal suspect, refusing to toss out evidence gathered without a warrant in a Vermont drug case.