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11 hrs ago | Cars

Draw back to using GPS?

Q : I drove with my teenage son to an event in Wisconsin and realized that he relies on GPS to drive.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Autos

Sat Nov 21, 2009

PhysOrg Weblog

New Method to Measure Snow, Soil Moisture With GPS May Benefit Meteorologists, Farmers

A research team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder has found a clever way to use traditional GPS satellite signals to measure snow depth as well as soil and vegetation moisture, a technique expected to benefit meteorologists, water resource managers, climate modelers and farmers.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado, Colorado Government

RIA Novosti

Ukraine seeking part in Russia's Glonass project

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has offered Russia her country's participation in the ambitious Glonass global positioning project.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Russia, Science / Technology, Vladimir Putin

Macworld UK

CloudMade pushing open-source alternative to Google Maps

CloudMade is gearing up to release a set of tools that will enable people to quickly and easily contribute to the OpenStreetMap project.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Search Engines, iPhone, Science / Technology

Fri Nov 20, 2009

R & D

New method to measure snow, vegetation moisture with GPS may benefit farmers, meteorologists

A research team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder has found a clever way to use traditional GPS satellite signals to measure snow depth as well as soil and vegetation moisture, a technique expected to benefit meteorologists, water resource managers, climate modelers and farmers.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado, Colorado Government

International Herald Tribune

Reducing Deforestation in Brazil

Much of the Amazon basin is a mottled patchwork of pasture, cultivated farmland and a dwindling area of native forest, but the government is making strides in reversing the trend.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Brazil, Charitable Organizations, Agriculture, Science

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Monterey County Herald

How GPS keeps track of everything

America has seen its last Lost Generation. Thanks to an invisible armada of incessantly broadcasting satellites, collectively called the Global Positioning System, and to the explosive proliferation of GPS receivers in gadgets from dashboard map units to cellphones to dog collars, even the cartographically clueless are good to go.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Cellphones, US Military, US Air Force

Wed Nov 18, 2009

WEBSPHERE Journal

Garmin Makes Custom Maps Free and Easy, Merging Paper and Digital Maps with GPS Handhelds

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. , the global leader in satellite navigation, today announced the availability of Custom Maps , a free, simple process that helps users transform the maps they currently have - " in paper or digital form - " into downloadable maps for compatible Garmin GPS outdoor handhelds.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Telecom, Garmin, Science / Technology

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Creative Mac

DataArt Makes Turn-By-Turn Navigation on iPod touch a Reality

NEW YORK, BUSINESS WIRE -- In an industry first, DataArt , a high-end software development company with headquarters in New York and R&D centers in Eastern Europe, announced today that it has completed back-end development of GeoLife's Navmii turn-by-turn navigation application for the iPod touch.

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Related Topix: iPod, Apple, iPhone

WPTY

New Information: East Memphis Bank Robbery

The owner of a Midtown Memphis bar says he robbed a bank because his business was in the a oetubes.a According to court records, Gregg Drew robbed the Trust One Bank in East Memphis Friday, October 13, 2009.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Customer Interaction Solutions

ZST Digital Networks Inc. Announces Signing of First GPS Contract

ZST Digital Networks, Inc. , a major developer, manufacturer, and supplier of digital and optical network equipment to cable system operators in China, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Xing Yang Security Service Co., Ltd.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, World News, China, Asia

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Press Release News From 24-7 Press Re...

Birds Eye GPS Tracking Device Rated #1 for Tracking Children and...

Birds Eye Global Tracking, LLC, Clearwater, FL, takes top spot in GPS tracking device comparison test for tracking children and adults with special needs, due to its superior indoor tracking capabilities.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Tampa Metro, Clearwater, FL, Alzheimer's, Health

Sat Nov 14, 2009

MAKE

Regular GPS not accurate enough? Try RTK-GPS

Want to fly your plane or drive your car using GPS signals, but finding that your receiver just isn't accurate enough to make things work? Well, MAKE subscriber Bruce Mueller writes in to point us at an impressive solution: an open-source real time kinematic GPS receiver.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Legal Times

GPS Data in Drug Conviction Under Attack

Antoine Jones was the target of a cocaine trafficking investigation when federal agents stuck an electronic tracking device on his Jeep Cherokee, secretly following the vehicle's every move for 24 hours a day.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Mixed Martial Arts, Gina Carano, District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals, US News, Privacy, ACLU

PhillyBurbs.com

Pa. man using GPS to fight speeding ticket

A western Pennsylvania man is trying to use data from his GPS to prove he wasn't speeding.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Pennsylvania, Rochester, PA, Beaver County, PA

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Macworld UK

GPS Navigation comes to iPod touch with Navmii UK app

GeoLife and PosiMotion have introduced Navmii, a personal turn-by-turn navigation application for the iPod touch.

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Related Topix: iPod, Science / Technology, Apple, iPhone

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Fire Department GPS units hit bump in the road

For more than a year, a $400,000 system that pinpoints Fire Department vehicles on Milwaukee streets has been foiled by the streets themselves.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Milwaukee, WI, Harley Davidson, Automakers

GISUser.com

Topcon to provide 90 additional GPS Reference Stations for the Japanese Cors Geonet

November 10, 2009 - Topcon has received an order for 90 GPS receivers from the Geographical Survey Institute , an affiliate of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism .

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Marketing, iPhone, Canada

PC World

TomTom XXL 540S GPS Device

The XXL 540S provides TomTom's usual impressive navigation features, and adds a roomy 5-inch screen.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

Tue Nov 10, 2009

SYS-CON MEDIA

Avago Technologies Introduces the Industry's First GPS Front-End...

Avago Technologies , a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today introduced the industry's first highly integrated miniature GPS front-end modules that combine a film bulk acoustic resonator filter with a high-gain, low noise amplifier that offers superior performance levels.

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Related Topix: Wireless, Emerging Technology, Bluetooth

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