Parkinson: GPS for Humanity

Through the Stanford Center for Professional Development, Dr. Bradford Parkinson, (chief  Architect of GPS system and Stanford Professor Emeritus of Aeronautics and Astronomics) has been honored and inducted as part of the Stanford Engineering Heroes Hall of Fame. 

Stanford University, recognized as one of the leading universities in the world has recently held a 

Stanford Engineering Hero Lecture, with GPS as the center of the talk. 

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Dr. Parkinson talked about GPS, its origins and applications, and explored its future.

GPS for Humanity is his talk's title. GPS' history and people with significant contribution on its development has been chronologically discussed, considering himself as a predecessor of the technology. His talk included how GPS now serves as a vital tool of the entire population's life. Cell phones, now considered as an important need by most individuals rely on GPS for timing, ships and aircrafts have a lot of GPS receivers to provide positioning information. It is also stated that other applications range from earth movement to disease tracking to search and rescue. 


Importance of GPS is recognized not only in the Americas but also in Asia. Philippines is a country, though small, does recognize and use GPS technology. Research and development about GPS in the Philippines is not in backwards especially if the pioneer architects of the technology is an ally.Mr. Bernardo Abis current Chief Operating Officer and Founding Board Member of WebcastTechnologies, Inc. has a srong alliance with the pioneer researchers and developers of GPS for he took his Master of Science in Engineering-EconomicSystems from Stanford University, U.S.A. He also took up the Executive Course in Program on Investment Appraisal and Management from Harvard University.

Click the link for a preview of Dr. Bradford Parkinson's talk, "GPS for Humanity".