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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.

 FAA WAAS Background

 

GPS Receiver Companies

 
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.