GPS

Cell phone providers can track a phone's location through cell phone towers, Global Positioning System coordinates, and other means.

A 26-year-old Cheyenne man accused of stealing a $40,000 truck is facing five to 44 years in prison after the victim and police used OnStar to track him down.

The man arrested for allegedly robbing a bank in Douglas on Monday was caught, in part, because he borrowed his girlfriend's car with a GPS tracking system, according to the criminal complaint filed by the FBI on Wednesday.

Wyoming residents and others across the country might also see the effects of a large solar storm Thursday and Friday. That storm could allow area residents to catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights.

The patrol says a 19 year-old female was located last weekend by troopers on a U.S. Forest Service road in the Big Horn mountains after spending a night in her car after she became stuck. She was apparently following driving instructions on her GPS.

This is National Surveyor's Week, March 20th through the 26th, surveyors as in those who accurately measure the ground.