2.02.2005
GPS for dummies (like, lawyers)
Some folks know everything there is to know about the wide, wireless world of the Global Positioning System and GPS satellites.
For the rest of us, there's a GPS Primer, courtesy of The Aerospace Corporation.
Then, a legal backgrounder from Thelen Reid & Priest LLP covers GPS/Wireless: Legal Issues Related to Wireless Navigation and Location Systems (which appears to be from 2000, but still a useful overview).
And for an interesting (and somewhat scary) rundown on GPS-related privacy, surveillance and other issues, including GPS chips embedded in cellphones (uh oh), listen in on Your Cellphone is a Homing Device, from Legal Affairs. Now we know.
For the rest of us, there's a GPS Primer, courtesy of The Aerospace Corporation.
Then, a legal backgrounder from Thelen Reid & Priest LLP covers GPS/Wireless: Legal Issues Related to Wireless Navigation and Location Systems (which appears to be from 2000, but still a useful overview).
And for an interesting (and somewhat scary) rundown on GPS-related privacy, surveillance and other issues, including GPS chips embedded in cellphones (uh oh), listen in on Your Cellphone is a Homing Device, from Legal Affairs. Now we know.
