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To say a lot has changed in the 36 years GPS World has been bringing you news on the development and deployment of GPS, GNSS and other positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) solutions is an understatement.
Longtime readers are well aware of how the technology they used back in 1991 has evolved. Of course, the same will happen 36 years from now with the technology they use today.
It’s hard to fathom the changes coming our way.
As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, which was adopted unanimously by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, imagine what the Founding Fathers would think of the technology that makes work — and life — easier, every day.
For example, many of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence were surveyors. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Clark, Roger Sherman, John Morton, Stephen Hopkins, Robert Erskine and Andrew Ellicott would marvel at the ways in which surveying and mapping have evolved.
From the start, GPS World has been a champion of the companies, engineers, researchers and developers who create innovative new products that make it possible to accomplish what was once unimaginable. They are leading the way in the development of new solutions for the GPS, GNSS and PNT sectors. We’re here to make sure you don’t miss out on any of it.
Technology is a powerful tool on which we have come to rely. But in 1976, the last time America celebrated the milestone anniversary of its independence, no one could have imagined that a pocket-sized computer would change our lives in so many ways.
There’s no telling how different life will be in 2076, during the nation’s tricentennial. What technological advancements will the next 50 years bring?
