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GPS IS UBIQUITOUS IN EVERYDAY LIFE. GPS MAPPING IS STANDARD EQUIPMENT IN MANY NEW CARS AND GEOLOCATION SERVICES ARE EMBEDDED IN SMART PHONES. GPS MAKES UBER AND LYFT POSSIBLE; DRIVERLESS CARS WON'T BE ABLE TO DRIVE WITHOUT IT. IN THIS VOLUME IN THE MIT PRESS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE SERIES, PAUL CERUZZI OFFERS A CONCISE HISTORY OF GPS, EXPLAINING HOW A ONCE-OBSCURE SPACE TECHNOLOGY BECAME AN INVISIBLE PIECE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, AS ESSENTIAL TO MODERN LIFE AS ELECTRIC POWER OR CLEAN WATER.