Tyring to figure out where you are and where you are going is one of the oldest and most confusing pastimes in the history of man. Over the years, all kinds of technologies have attempted simplifying the task but alas, every one has had at least some horrible disadvantage attached to it.

Then at long last, the U.S. Department of Defense decided that the military has to have a precise form of worldwide positioning. Luckily, they had the $12 billion it took to make it worthwhile. Their result?

The Global Positioning System, also known as *drumroll please*

GPS

The GPS consists of a constellation of 24 satellites and their ground stations. Shizzy, huh?