Articles about GPS

Gps Guidance - 4-1-2002

Your dad, the Eagle Scout, could steer by the stars and he told you about it a lot. Today we can use the Global Positioning System, a network of government satellites, to pinpoint our locations just about anywhere on Earth. Whether prowling the bac...

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... he told you about it a lot. Today we can use the GPS, a network of government satellites, to pinpoint...

...seeking a meeting in an unfamiliar downtown, a GPS receiver will put you on the map.
Magellan...

...on the map.
Magellan Meridian Gold Mapping GPS, $300 Pros: Packs power with 16MB of built-in...

Get Lost? No Way! - 11-15-2003

Magellan SporTrak Color GPS, $449 Assets 32MB database stores up to 20 routes showing streets, landmarks, and more. LIABILITIES Using the backlight will sharply cut your battery life. BOTTOM...

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Magellan SporTrak Color GPS, $449 Assets 32MB database stores up to 20...

...iQue 3600, $549 ASSETS PDA-plus-GPS shows directions to hundreds of businesses,...

... MORE INFO www.garmin.com DeLorme Earthmate GPS for Handhelds, $240 ASSETS Adds GPS capability...

Where Was That Photo Taken Again? - 10-15-2008

It was only a matter of time before technology eventually improved upon those blurry time-and-date stamps that so frequently label our snapshots as having been taken several years in the future. Granted, the new digital application called geotagging may not offer such time-traveling possibilities, but it does promise to change the way we collect, store, and view our media.

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...web applications,Wi-Fi cards, and built-in GPS-navigation systems -- the ability tostore...

...Earth -- but, if you don’t have a GPS device, you have to dragphotos onto maps...

... www.houdah.com Pharos Trip and Pics A GPS receiver and photo journal, this tracks location...

Not So Lost - 8-1-2005

Just a few quarters ago, most full-featured GPS units were anchored to cars. Now, tourists, backpackers, and business travelers can use them almost anywhere. — Chris Tucker The combo craze continues with the recent nuptials between a ...

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...a few quarters ago, most full-featured GPS units were anchored to cars. Now, tourists,...

...between a Windows Mobile Pocket PC and a GPS navigation system. The result is the Mio 168RS.

...The Garmin Forerunner 301 uses an embedded GPS sensor to show how far you’ve gone and...

Have A Coke And A ... Satellite Phone? - 6-1-2004

Get ready for a Coca-Cola bombardment. Not actual cans from the sky, of course, but technology from the sky in a Coke summer promotion. Coke’s “Unexpected Summer” (go to www.unexpectedsummer.com), which be...

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...which begins this month, stars GPS technology hidden in more than 100 cans around...

...to call in so they can be tracked and found via GPS for prize delivery: a 2005 Chevy Equinox. The...

...senior brand manager for Coca-Cola. “GPS enables us to connect to people in everyday real...

Parent Tech - 6-15-2001

We may be glad our paren'ts didn't have them, but these gadgets sure make the scary proposition of paren'ting in the 21st century a little easier.

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...your kid''s style, consider Digital Angel, a GPS device that also moni- tors heart rate and body...

...in the glove compartment to provide con-tinuous GPS positioning of anyone or anything. Parents can...

(remote) Control Issues - 4-1-2008

IM SITTING on the floor directly in front of the TV, which Im pointing the remote right at while pushing the power-on button, but nothing is happening. "Whats the deal?" I cry. "Problem?" my wife, Jessica, asks. &...

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... I download music to my MP3 player. I even have a GPS device in my car. Of course, I have it because...

...road from the traffic jam.

My GPS won’t do that.

I...

Ho, Ho, Holidays - 11-15-2002

You'll find something for just about everyone on your gift list from this cool selection of hot new products.

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GOLF WITH GPS Equipped with GPS, the Suunto G9 ($725)...

... SPORTS
GOLF WITH GPS Equipped with GPS, the Suunto G9 ($725) allows golfers to...

Santa’s Blues Turn Green - 10-1-2007

HERES SANTA, with less than three months to go before his big night, and he's sitting in his rocker by the fireplace. Normally, that would be a good thing, an iconic picture of joyful Christmastime repose. But these are not normal times.

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...on the Naughty list. But I just got a new GPS; I''m ready to go. AW: A GPS? I thought...

...new GPS; I''m ready to go. AW: A GPS? I thought you just went everywhere, like magic.

Play It - 11-15-2001

GPS GOES GOLFING Technology gives you an edge If only your iron shots were this precise. The famed Wailea Golf Club on the Hawaiian island of Maui has installed a Pro Links Global Positioning System that gives you e...

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...island of Maui has installed a Pro Links GPS that gives you exact distances between your...

Luck Isn’t On The Itinerary - 5-15-2008

YOU ITINERIZE. You plan. You schedule.You've got the MapQuest printouts and the GPS instructions.You leave nothing to chance.But the next thing you know, you are coming out of a New York City restaurant in the middle of the afternoon, feeling all lat...

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...got the MapQuest printouts and the GPS instructions. You leave nothing to chance. But...

Let The Sun Shine In - 7-15-2006

FEELING A LITTLE MELON-CHOLY? THINGS won't BE SO BAD ONCE YOU SEE OUR SECTION ON THIS COLORFUL SUMMER TREAT. THINK OUTSIDE THE CUBE TO ENHANCE AND INVIGORATE YOUR WORKSPACE. PLUS MUCH MORE.

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...equipped with enough wattage to charge your GPS device, two-way radios, and other popular...

The Toy - 5-1-2001

TOOL TIME Whether Brunton’s new Multi-Navigator System qualifies as “toy” or “tool” depends entirely upon your circumstances. Plotting the shortest course from office desk to happy hour? Toy. Trying to find your way out of the...

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... The $399 Multi-Navigator trumps a crowded GPS receiver market with a built-in digital magnetic...

Gadget - 6-15-2001

THE VISOR'S EDGE The Handspring Visor is one of the hottest handhelds around — and it just got hotter. The Visor Edge ($399) is a metal-wrapped, superslim version of this popular personal digital assistant. Use the Visor’s Springboard mod...

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...sexy handheld into an MP3 player, a cell phone, GPS unit, digital camera, and more. For details,...

Kick Off 2002 In Style With One Of These Hip New Handhelds - 2-1-2002

HANDSPRING TREO ($399) This spiffy Palm OS player is small enough to stow in your shirt pocket, yet chock full of features. We love the three-for-one deal: a mobile phone, personal organizer, and messaging device/Web browser....

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... is. Now you can pop an MP3 player into one and a GPS into the other, for listening to music while you...

Gadget - 2-15-2002

MAXWELL SMART’S PHONE This reminds us of something Max would use. Combining GPS with the latest wireless phone, the CHAPMAN PSC-D ($300 plus service) knows your exact location in any emergency — even if that emergency is simpl...

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... reminds us of something Max would use. Combining GPS with the latest wireless phone, the CHAPMAN...

Merger Mania Mania - 8-1-2002

Our heads are spinning with all the cool phone-plus-PDA-plus-wireless-messaging-plus-kitchen-sink devices on the market. We hear the new Kyocera 7135 smartphone, coming late this year, will combine superior telephony, a full Palm Pilot, MP3 player, ...

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...telephony, a full Palm Pilot, MP3 player, GPS sy
HANDSPRING TREO 270 , $499 plus...

Gadget - 1-15-2003

Think your PDA is only good for keeping addresses and to-do lists? Magellan’s latest GPS Companion ($199) turns any of the m500 series hand-helds into a full-color, easy-to-use Global Positioning Satellite receiver. Detailed maps can be downl...

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...and to-do lists? Magellan’s latest GPS Companion ($199) turns any of the m500 series...

Setting Boundaries - 5-15-2005

Seeing spot run? don't worry: If he's wearing GPS Tracks GlobalPetFinder, Fido won't get far. Attach the water-resistant five-ounce unit to your animals collar, and you'll be notified by cellphone or e-mail when the pooch leaves user-defined boundaries....

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... Don’t worry: If he’s wearing GPS Tracks’ GlobalPetFinder, Fido...

Smart Companion - 12-15-2005

Lost in the steel canyons of Manhattan? Wend your way uptown and all across the country with Gate5s Smart2go Mobile Navigator, which turns your cell or PDA into a street-savvy GPS and city guide. Voice commands tell you when to turn and point out co...

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... which turns your cell or PDA into a street-savvy GPS and city guide. Voice commands tell you when to...