global positioning system

Students learn an inquiry-based approach to studying road maps and using global positioning systems, or GPS.

Explores the history of the global positioning system (GPS) and the extraordinary shared utility it provides on a daily basis.

Readers discover the history of navigation, from using the sun or stars to help find the way to advanced technology like GPS.

Explains what road maps and GPS are and how to make use of them.

Military drones are often in the news. Readers will enhance their knowledge of this current topic as they discover the kinds of drones used as weapons in conflicts around the world. Detailed main text is presented alongside additional fact boxes and photographs to give readers a clear picture of the origins of military drones, as well as the technology used to develop these weapons and the ethical debates surrounding them. Examples of the way drones are used by the military are included, along with information about the ways militaries around the world are working to intercept these weapons.

Cool Maps and Geocaching makes the great outdoors fun and exciting. Learn the fun of geocaching. What to put in a secret cache, where to hide it. Create your own compass to find a cache and write in an adventure journal. This book is full of easy-to-follow steps and bright photography for every activity. Plus, it's written just for kids! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Even in such a tech-savvy culture as ours, understanding latitude and longitude coordinates has many uses. Coordinates can help hikers find their way when lost on a difficult trail and geocache enthusiasts locate their treasure. Even more importantly, they can help communicate location no matter what language is being spoken.

Tap the screen of your smartphone to open an app, or swipe your finger across the screen to make the smartphone do something else. However, that touch screen has been years in the making and is a complex piece of what is now essential technology. Readers will find out how layers of glass, metal, and LEDs work together to make a touch screen work.

An overview of cartography that describes various technologies such as GPS, GIS and databases that geographers use to study the regular and recurring patterns in the Earth's physical and human systems.

Explores the use of Global Positioning System (GPS) and discusses whether the technology is improving our lives or invading our privacy.