Phoenix Foundation - A Macgyver Podcast

ORIGINAL AIRDATE: December 16th, 2016 --- Riley is caught hacking the NSA and the team quickly swoops in to save her. MISSION: Riley goes AWOL and Mac, Jack, and Bozer move to track her down before the US Government throws her back into supermax. This week's highlights include: Global Positioning System (Technology) The Global Positioning System (GPS), also known as Navstar GPS or simply Navstar, is a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) that provides geolocation and time information to a GPS receiver in all weather conditions, anywhere on or near the Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites. The GPS system operates independently of any telephonic or internet reception, though these technologies can enhance the usefulness of the GPS positioning information. The GPS system provides critical positioning capabilities to military, civil, and commercial users around the world. The United States government created the system, maintains it, and makes it freely acce