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Munich Satellite Navigation Summit 2015
Munich Satellite Navigation Summit will be held from 24 to 26 March 2015. The theme of the summit ...
Digital cartography and GPS navigation 2014-10-04

28th September, 1542 Juan Cabrillo sail along the coast of California
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (approx. 1499 - January 3, 1543) - conquistador and explorer of ...
This Day in History 2014-09-28

24th September, 1664 British expedition invaded the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam is the original name of New York in the 1626-1664s. In 1602, ...
This Day in History 2014-09-24

23th September, 1913 the French pilot Roland Garros first ever flew over the Mediterranean Sea
Roland Garros (October 6, 1888 - October 5, 1918) - French ...
This Day in History 2014-09-23

September, 1871 Miklouho-Maclay landed on the coast of New Guinea
Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay - Russian ethnographer, anthropologist, biologist and traveler, ...
This Day in History 2014-09-17

15th September, 1835 Charles Darwin on board the brig "Beagle" arrived on the Galapagos Islands
Charles Robert Darwin - English naturalist and explorer, one of ...
This Day in History 2014-09-15

GPS for the first aid
The first minutes of an emergency are the most important, but sometimes lifeguards and ambulance are unable to get ...
Digital cartography and GPS navigation 2014-09-10

September, 1856 Semenov-Tyan-Shan reached Tien Shan
Peter Petorovich Semenov-Tyan-Shan graduated from the University of St. Petersburg in 1849. He was ...
This Day in History 2014-09-05

The most accurate natural pulse generator can become a galactic GPS
After studying unknown high-energy sources detected by cosmic gamma-ray ...
Digital cartography and GPS navigation 2014-09-04

22d August, 1812 were discovered the ruins of Petra
On the 22d of August, 1812 Swiss Johann Burkhardt found the ruins of the ancient city of Petra . ...
This Day in History 2014-08-22