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You are here : from the compass to GPS, the history and future of how we find ourselves / Hiawatha Bray ; design by Trish Wilkinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bray, Hiawatha, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geographic information systems--History.
- Geographic information systems.
- Electronics in navigation--History.
- Electronics in navigation.
- Geospatial data.
- Global Positioning System.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (384 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Basic Books, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The story of the rise of modern navigation technology, from radio location to GPS?and the consequent decline of privacyWhat does it mean to never get lost? You Are Here examines the rise of our technologically aided era of navigational omniscience?or how we came to know exactly where we are at all times. In a sweeping history of the development of location technology in the past century, Bray shows how radio signals created to carry telegraph messages were transformed into invisible beacons to guide ships and how a set of rapidly-spinning wheels steered submarines be
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Hard Way; Chapter 2: The New Wave; Chapter 3: Out for a Spin; Chapter 4: In Transit; Chapter 5: Found in Space; Chapter 6: The Accidental Navigators; Chapter 7: Long Shots; Chapter 8: A Map of One's Own; Chapter 9: Checking In; Chapter 10: On the Spot; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-465-08098-7
- OCLC:
- 870994505
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