GPS Declassified
Subtitle: From Smart Bombs to Smartphones
Publisher: Potomac Books, Incorporated
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781612344089
Subjects: Global positioning system
Description: "GPS Declassified examines the development of GPS from its secret, Cold War military roots to its emergence as a worldwide consumer industry. Drawing on previously unexplored documents, the authors examine how military rivalries influenced the creation of GPS and shaped public perceptions about its origin."--book jacket.