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Smartphones, GPS, and Bicycles
Cyclists across the globe are finding that GPS tracking and navigation units are becoming increasingly helpful and enriching to their cycling experience. There are many reasons for this; GPS tracking...
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Sri Lanka: GPS Stops Bad Bus Drivers
A pilot program has been launched in Sri Lanka by the National Transport Commission (NTC) to keep watch over drivers of private buses thanks to GPS devices. Roshan Gunawardena, NTC chairman, has...
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Solar Storms Could Affect GPS Technology
When we look up at the sun (hopefully not for too long), it seems fairly calm. The bright yellow disc rises in the east and makes its way across the sky each day to set in the west. Other than this...
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Skobbler GPS Navigation & Maps App Now On Android
The key feature of Skobbler’s GPS app is the offline mapping and navigation capabilities. There is no shortage of smartphone navigation apps on the market for iOS, Android, Windows or any other...
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Vibrating GPS Navigation In Development
GPS technology has come a long way in the last five years or so. GPS navigation systems in our vehicles help us get turn by turn directions. GPS tracking devices have helped solve crimes and return...
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Budget Cuts Affect GPS Program Development
Budget cuts and money shortages are not new, but now funding for GPS technology program development is feeling the effects. Recent actions of Congress raise serious concerns that needed money will not...
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Keep the GPS, Just Don’t Ditch Your Brain
Studies have shown that people who use GPS maps to navigate tend lose the ability to create “mental maps” to destinations. This doesn’t mean that they have lost intelligence, just that their ability...
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Researchers “Spoof” GPS to Lead Yacht Off Course
Have you heard the term “GPS spoofing”? It sounds like a joke, but it is quite serious. GPS spoofing is the act of electronically “tricking” a Global Positioning System into giving false information...
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GPS Guided: RV Touring Revised
The triumphs and trials of navigating any size RV may now be reduced to simple driving skills—as long as RV adventurers are willing to trust and follow a GPS device that has been specifically created...
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Has That GPS Been Tested?
With the continuing acceleration of dependence upon GPS for the most important functions of daily life, accuracy of GPS devices grows increasingly significant as well. While accuracy—unprecedented...
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USAF Next Generation GPS 3 Back On Track After A Bump In The Road
It seems that the road to an updated constellation of GPS satellites isn’t entirely smooth, after problems arose with the navigation payload being built by Exelis. The problem was corrected, and...
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Busting Poachers With Their Own GPS
The “law of unintended consequences” is one that experienced professionals in all fields have learned to respect. It is very simple but very easily ignored by beginners, leading to inconvenience (at...
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Global Positioning Systems Vulnerable to Solar Super Storms?
Some experts are predicting that there is at least a 1 out of 10 chance that a solar super storm will hit Earth in the next decade. Effects of it could include widespread worldwide electric blackouts,...
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Missing Malaysia Airlines Jet: GPS Questions
EDITOR’S NOTE: At the time of this article’s writing, the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet is still underway. Hopefully it will have been found by the time of publication, but the GPS...
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Where is GPS Navigation Headed?
For a few Christmas seasons in a row, there was one big gift idea—the one that everyone wanted, even though it was very expensive. Its capabilities seemed almost magical; it promised to increase...
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Smart Shoes to Go with Your Smart Phone
Imagine being able to walk around town, any town, like you have always lived there—no tell-tale signs of looking down at a map or referencing a handheld GPS tracking device. Now, imagine being visually...
View ArticleSmartphones vs. Dedicated GPS Devices
Why would a company that owns a few service vehicles prefer to install dedicated GPS tracking devices in their vehicles instead of just issuing employees smartphones? Smartphones are great! I have two...
View ArticleSilvercar: A Different Kind of Car Rental Service
If you’ve ever stood in line after a long flight and waited for a rental car, you know just how taxing this process can be. That’s why Silvercar was invented. Silvercar’s logo is “car rental that...
View ArticleThe Dangers of Following an In-Car GPS Map
GPS navigation systems can be a godsend. If you’re trying to get somewhere you’ve never been, or you’re just trying to figure out how to find that place you have been to by car, a GPS system can help...
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Relocating Your Stolen Assets
I’d like to applaud a site I came across recently: stolen911.com . They catalog and promote information to help find stolen cars, trailers and all kinds of personal property. The good news is that...
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