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| GPS Technology Background | |
| IEEE Virtual Museum | - General background |
| HowStuffWorks.com | - Nice, basic explanation |
| Raytheon - Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) | - Background on GPS technology addition. |
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GPS Receiver Companies |
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| DeLorme | - Produces the "Earthmate" receiver for attachment to Laptops and Pocket PC PDA's. |
| Garmin | - Full range of GPS products, including integrated PDA and GPS product "iQue".. |
| GPWare | - GPS Navigation for the car via cell phone. |
| Magellan | - Full range of form factors, including Palm and Handspring companion modules. |
| Navman | - Various OEM and consumer use receivers. |
| Royaltek | - Various GPS receiver form factors. |
| Satellite Imagery Resources | |
| U.S Census Bureau Maps | - Detailed maps of US streets |
| University of Texas Worldwide Maps | - Maps of various parts of the world |
| Digital Globe | - Provides custom satellite of the entire world. |
| Microsoft Terra Server | - Free satellite imagery of the entire United States of America. |
| GPS Technical Resources | |
| NMEA Communications Protocol Manual | - Provides specifications for GPS receiver communications. |
| GPX | - XML data format for GPS receiver data. |
| NMEA Sentences | - Description of various NMEA sentence meanings. |
| DeLorme File Format Converter | - Site to transform and manipulate the proprietary DeLorme "*.gpl" file format for saved trail logs. |
| Application Development Technical Resources | |
| Microsoft Developer's Network - Smart Device Programming | - Core reference for Pocket PC development |
| Pocket PC Developer's Network | - Another site which provides core support for Pocket PC programming. |