GPS World

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  • GPS World welcomes back Tracy Cozzens as Editor-at-Large

    GPS World welcomes back Tracy Cozzens as Editor-at-Large

    GPS World is celebrating its 35th birthday in 2025 by welcoming back longtime editor Tracy Cozzens as Editor-at-Large. 

    A subsidiary of Cleveland-based North Coast Media, GPS World is a business-to-business media brand covering GPS, GNSS and Complementary positioning, navigation and timing solutions and trends.

    “Serving this highly technical market for 20 years, I have been privileged to build wonderful relationships with many technology innovators,” Cozzens said. “I simply couldn’t stay away from what I know — GPS, GNSS and PNT — and whom I know. There’s nothing like our industry when it comes to non-stop technology breakthroughs that broadly advance our world.”

    Cozzens returns to bring her deep industry insight and editorial leadership at a time when rapid innovation is reshaping GNSS/PNT landscapes.

    “As a 35th birthday gift to our loyal family of GPS World marketing partners, and unmatched audience of readers — qualified/audited GPS/GNSS/PNT buyers and specifiers — we wooed Tracy Cozzens out of retirement,” said GPS World Sales Director Tod McCloskey. “Tracy’s award-winning gumshoe reporting and stellar content-creation skills for decades have helped keep industry leaders informed on GPS, GNSS and PNT technology trends. Now, Tracy also will help shape the content calendars for GPS World’s market-leading magazine, website, e-newsletters and social media.”

    Cozzens will report directly to GPS World Editor Diane Sofranec.

  • NCM hires Luccio as GPS World Editor-in-Chief

    NCM hires Luccio as GPS World Editor-in-Chief

    Headshot: Matteo Luccio
    Matteo Luccio

    North Coast Media (NCM) has hired Matteo Luccio as editor-in-chief of GPS World, the industry’s most-trusted resource since 1990. Luccio possesses more than 20 years of experience as a writer and editor for various geospatial, GNSS and positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) media.

    “I am thrilled to help guide the editorial team of GPS World, the undisputed GNSS/PNT media leader,” said Editor-in-Chief Matteo Luccio. “Our content will continue to be driven by our unparalleled audited audience of 54,000-plus engineers designing solutions to today’s most-pressing GNSS/PNT challenges.”

    Luccio began his current career in 2000, serving as managing editor of GPS World and Galileo’s World. After that, he served as editor and publisher of GPS User, and editor of Earth Observation Magazine and GIS Monitor. He has served as a columnist for Professional Surveyor, a contributing writer for Apogeo Spatial and xyHt, and a special correspondent for Sensors and Systems. He also has written for ArcNews, ArcWatch, GeoWorld, GIM International, and GEO Informatics.

    The past several years, Matteo has served as a GPS World contributing editor, reporting on new technologies and applications for GNSS receivers, antennas, simulators, and alternative PNT solutions. Luccio holds a master’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

    Luccio will work closely with Marty Whitford, Editorial Director and Publisher; Tracy Cozzens, Senior Editor; Diane Sofranec, Staff Editor; Wes Temple, Digital Media Editor; and Charles Park, Art Director.

    “Matteo has come full circle, returning full time to GPS World, where he began his stellar GNSS/PNT career,” Whitford said. “We’re excited to have Matteo share GPS World’s edit helm, helping our readers and marketing partners position for maximum growth for years to come.”