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GPS Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for GPS.

Results 1 - 20 of 9,742 in GPS

  1. Ore. man completes flight of fancy -- in lawn chairRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | KMOV-TV Saint Louis

    ... in case anything went wrong, a handheld Global Positioning System device with altimeter, a satellite phone, and two GPS tracking devices. One was one for him, the other for the chair, which got away in the wind as he landed last year. For food he ...

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  2. Legislative TallyRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | News Observer

    ... Malone (D-Wake), Floyd McKissick (D-Durham), Fred Smith (R-Johnston, Wayne), Richard Stevens (R-Wake) * JESSICA'S LAW/GPS MONITORING: (Senate Bill 2063) Imposes lifetime satellite-based monitoring on offenders who have taken indecent liberties with ...

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  3. Garmin Oregon Handheld GPS ReceiverRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Ubergizmo

    Word on the street has it that Garmin has a new range of handheld GPS receivers ready to hit the market - the Garmin Oregon.

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  4. Aw shoot! Lawn chair balloonist returnsRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Boston Herald

    ... hute in case anything went wrong, a handheld Global Positioning System device with altimeter, a satellite phone, and two GPS tracking devices.

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  5. Man flies to Idaho in balloon-lifted lawn chairRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Tulsa World

    ... in case anything went wrong, a handheld Global Positioning System device with altimeter, a satellite phone, and two GPS tracking devices. One was one for him, the other for the chair, which got away in the wind as he landed last year. By AP Wire ...

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  6. Nokia 500 Auto NavRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | MobileWhack.com

    ... Bluetooth via a phone when I could simply do the whole calling thing from the phone itself. via talkaboutnseries Tags: GPS , GPS , Mobile News , Nokia , Nokia Sorry, no comments yet. Write Your Comment Comment Guidelines: Basic XHTML is allowed (a ...

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  7. Trade Lake Camp returning to normalRead the original story

    10 hrs ago | Kanabec County Times Online

    ... campers registered for the session after the Fourth of July weekend," Denn said. "Now we're full the rest of summer." GPS tracking units "After they got here and saw the situation, the Salvation Army said they would try to put together a fundraiser ...

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  8. Lock StalkRead the original story

    Thursday Jul 3 | New Urban Legends

    ... car less than 4-5 minutes later and found someone had gotten into his car, and stolen his cell phone, laptop computer, GPS navigator briefcase... you name it. They called the police and since there were no signs of his car being broken into - the ...

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  9. Oregon lawn-chair pilot plans 300-mile flightRead the original story

    Thursday Jul 3 | Lincoln Daily News

    ... a finger clip to monitor the oxygen level in his blood and a tank of oxygen should he venture too high. He'll have a GPS tracking device attached to his chair and another in his pocket, allowing his location to be monitored on his Web site. He'll ...

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  10. Garmin Rino 120 - Product ReviewRead the original story

    Thursday Jul 3 | Automotive

    ... off-road applications where it hadn't been previously considered. Nowhere has this been more evident than in the use of GPS systems. The ubiquitous handheld GPS units have become common gear in many off-road rigs because of their ability to make ...

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  11. Top 10 GPS Tips And TricksRead the original story

    May 31, 2008 | InformationWeek

    With global positioning system (GPS) devices more popular and affordable than ever, here are some of the best ways to get more from your personal navigator. What follows are 10 tips and tricks, along with some bonus pointers for owners of the two ...

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  12. EU opens bidding for Galileo satnav networkRead the original story

    10 hrs ago | Daily Times

    ... network. The 30-satellite network is meant to challenge the dominance of the US-built Global Positioning System (GPS), which is widely used in navigation devices in vehicles and ships. The EU aims to have it up in space by 2013. Galileo's ...

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  13. Balloonist's nine-hour odyssey in deck chairRead the original story

    10 hrs ago | The Otago Daily Times

    ... in case anything went wrong, a handheld Global Positioning System device with altimeter, a satellite phone, and two GPS tracking devices. One was one for him, the other for the chair, which got away in the wind as he landed last year. For food he ...

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  14. Info TechRead the original story

    10 hrs ago | Daily Times

    ... network. The 30-satellite network is meant to challenge the dominance of the US-built Global Positioning System (GPS), which is... UNESCO considering 45 new heritage sites UNESCO's World Heritage Committee began deliberations Wednesday in this ...

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  15. Up, up and away... in my deck chair balloonsRead the original story

    12 hrs ago | The New Zealand Herald

    ... in case anything goes wrong. * Handheld Global Positioning System device with altimeter. * Satellite phone. * Two GPS tracking devices - one for him, the other for the chair. * Boiled eggs, jerky and chocolate. - AP Next Strange but true Story: US ...

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  16. Kent Couch flys to Idaho with some balloons, a garden chair and a 'big dream'Read the original story

    12 hrs ago | Telegraph.co.uk

    ... Couch, a 48-year-old petrol station owner who has described his mode of flight as "not that dangerous", navigated with a GPS satellite-guided tracking device but other aviation techniques were as unconventional as the aircraft. Take-off was assisted ...

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  17. Satellite navigation can point the finger at criminalsRead the original story

    13 hrs ago | The Standard

    ... carrying out the analysis, said that officers now often seized the devices when they arrested suspects. He said: "The GPS can be used with other evidence to place a person at a crime scene at a particular time." A spokesman for the Automobile ...

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  18. Nasa Iss On-Orbit Status 5 July 2008Read the original story

    20 hrs ago | Space Ref

    ... Iridium 9505A satphone uses the Iridium constellation of low-Earth orbit satellites to relay the landed Soyuz capsule's GPS (Global Positioning System) coordinates to helicopter-borne recovery crews. The older Iridium-9505 phones were first put ...

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  19. Car thieves kept at bay by etching VIN on windowRead the original story

    21 hrs ago | Omaha World-Herald

    ... es. AAA also suggests that people concerned about preventing thefts try car alarms, steering wheel and/or tire locks and GPS-tracking devices. * Contact the writer: 444-1062, danny.valentine@owh.com

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  20. Man completes balloon-powered lawn chair flightRead the original story

    20 hrs ago | CTV.ca

    An Oregon man has successfully completed a 370-kilometre flight to Idaho in a lawn chair held aloft by helium-filled balloons.

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