GPS: How Does the US Satellite System Run the World? The Global Race to Geolocate

This documentary explores how the American-run Global Positioning System quietly runs the modern world, guiding everything from navigation to finance and sea-level measurement. It asks who provides the signal, how it works and what it costs to depend on it. The film examines the global race to geolocate and the power that comes with it. Informative and thought-provoking, it reveals the invisible technology we all rely on. Free to watch in HD on Dr Documentary.

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