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August 6th, 2007 by Tim   Subscribe To Our Feed

Are you lost again? Okay, let me tell you what you do next. You turn around; head back to that gas station you just passed and ask for directions. Sure, your wife and kids will no longer respect you, but at least you’ll know where in the heck you’re going, right? For some reason this seems like the mentality of many men in America. In reality no one cares if you ask for directions or not. Believe me, the wife and kids really just want to get there, and fast. However, if you’re going to be stubborn, and simply insist on not asking for directions, then you better have an alternative plan. Yeah, you know what I’m referring to. Something that can assist you in getting from point A to point B without the help of a local. They’re called Garmin Nuvi gps systems, folks. In this day and age everyone should have one. It’s simply crazy not to. These babies are life-savers.

So I was planning a trip from Ohio to Iowa. Now, the truth of the matter is that I hate maps, and I’m not that good at following directions on paper. This is where my brother stepped in with one of the new-age garmin gps systems to save the day. He carries one at all times when he drives anywhere. It’s brilliant. The system just sticks to his windshield, making it easy to see and access. Anyway, he let me borrow it for my trip to Iowa. Wow, was this thing amazing. Not only do garmin gps systems map out your route to any preferred destination, but they also talk to you. Yep, that’s what I said; they talk to you. This is ideal. Every time something new comes up in the directions, the gps system tells you. Therefore, you really don’t even have to pay close attention. The gps voice will tell you where to go. Now, that’s not all. Here is my all-time favorite feature on these garmin gps systems. They have all locations programmed in. You want to know if a coffee shop is coming up soon? No problem; the garmin gps systems will inform you of every coffee shop that lies ahead. You can see exactly where any store, shopping center, or restaurant resides. The handy garmin gps systems will tell you how many miles away they are and if they are on your particular path or not. That is the bomb! So much information in such a small device. Once you have one of these contemporary Garmin Nuvi gps systems, you won’t be able to travel without it.

The GPS has many uses

March 29th, 2007 by Tim   Subscribe To Our Feed

The GPS has many uses.

The GPS, or Global Positioning Satellites, have made their appearance in the last few years and have taken the world by storm. It was developed by the US Government in the 1970’s.

The GPS network consists of at least 24 satellites circumnavigating the earth. The GPS receivers, here on earth collect information from several satellites at a time.  With this information, the receivers can, by a process similar to triangulation, tell the user his or her exact location in latitude, longitude, and sometimes altitude too.

For the Military

The armed forces of a country can obviously put such information to very good use.  Before small GPS receivers were available, troops in the field depended on the same technology for generations:  the compass, sextant, maps and hand calculations.   Radios and reconnaissance aircraft were great leaps, but a GPS calculates position in real time, down to three foot accuracy!

For Civilians

The data from these satellites are free to use if you own a GPS receiver. The US Government owns the satellites of the GPS network, but leaves the broadcasts unencrypted.  .  Both companies and hobbyists have started to use receivers in many different applications.

Track Anything

When young people start driving their parents usually become quite concerned about them. Auto shops have started offering instillation of small, hidden GPS receivers in kids’ cars.  Parents can then use simple computer software and have their kids’ movements plotted on a map.  Many parents don’t even tell the kids about this ‘little extra’.

All over the world many valuable cargoes are shipped every day. Shipping a load of, say, televisions, from East Asia to North America is a long way, on ships, trains, and trucks.  Now, it is possible for shippers to tuck a small GPS receiver into their cargo and know exactly where it is, how far it is from the destination, and where to find it if it is stolen.

GPS Hobbies

People have always liked searching for hidden things or participating in scavenger hunts.  With GPS, comes the new twist:  geocaching.

Geocachers hide a little treasure in a box public place, for example, a shoe box with a used book inside, taped under the seat of a bus stop.  They then go to geocaching websites and post simple latitude and longitude, to as much accuracy as they like.  Then other geocachers search for these boxes with their GPS data.  The fun is looking for a strange box in what could be an area with a 25-foot radius.  When the successful geocacher finds the box, he or she keeps the little treasure and replaces it with another, for the next searcher.

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