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Dr. Gladys West, Who Helped Develop GPS Technology, Dies at 95
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January 25, 2026
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January 25, 2026
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1:59Now PlayingDr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose algorithms and data-mapping created the functions and laid the groundwork for the modern global positioning systems or GPS found in phones, cars and in military weapons, has died at 95. Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist remembers a life well lived.
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