Posts tagged "global positioning system"

Garmin GPS Zumo 550

It's not so easy to navigate when you're riding a big motorcycle because of risks involved, and then there is the stopping on the highway and then taking out the map to look into what your location is.

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Posted by Joe Kidson - 07/07/2010 at 6:17 am

Categories: Technology   Tags: autos, car, eletronics, global positioning system, gps, Technology

Navigational Tools Now Enabled With GPS

Many Portable Digital Assistants (PDAs) now have been enabled with the Global Positioning System (GPS). This is a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) established and managed by the United States Department of Defense of the United States Air Force 50th Space Wing. GPS can be used freely by any civilians anywhere. Enabling PDAs with GPS receivers will allow it to determine its current location by transmitting precise radio signals to a constellation of 24 to 32 medium earth orbit satellites. GNSS became fully operational in 1995. Its application for navigational purposes has spread globally whether land, air or sea. It is a useful tool for tracking, surveillance, map-making, land surveying, scientific use and commerce. In the late 1990s, the first GPS enabled handsets were launched.

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Posted by Denise Harper - 07/07/2010 at 5:54 am

Categories: Computers   Tags: Computers, digital, digital gadgets, global positioning system, gps, GPS enabled handsets, internet, pda, personal digital assistant, portable, portable gadgets, technological gadgets, technological innovations, touchscreen technology

What is a GPS Tracking System?

A Global Positioning System is a sequence of US satellites which goes around the earth remitting one way signals which give all the details about location, routing and timing. A GPS tracking system makes use of a GPS to find out the place, of a person, vehicle or pet.

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Posted by Matthew Radoski - 03/13/2010 at 5:37 am

Categories: Technology   Tags: child safety, communications, global positioning system, gps, gps communication, gps navigation, gps tracker, gps tracking, mobile phones, Security, Technology