You are here : from the compass to GPS, the history and future of how we find ourselves

"The story of the rise of modern navigation technology, from radio location to GPS -- and the consequent decline of privacy. What 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 tele...