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GPS Word of the Day

The GPS Word of the Day is NMEA. NMEA in context to GPS means:

National Marine Electronics Association, a U.S. standards body that defines message structure, content and protocols to allow ... Read More

GPS News

IPhone 2.1 Update to Bring Turn-by-Turn GPS? (Wired News)
Looks like the already-overdue iPhone 2.1 software update will extend the functionality of GPS: the device will know not only where you are, but in which direction you are going and how fast you are moving. This is being interpreted by many as the coming of turn-by-turn navigation. Read More

Hemisphere GPS Outback S3 (Iowa Farmer)
Hemisphere GPS introduces Outback S3 which combines the most popular features of both the Outback S2 and the Outback 360 with the latest developments in Crescent GPS receiver technology. Read More

iPodObserver - iPhone Software 2.1 May Sport Better GPS Support (The Mac Observer)
Apparently iPhone application developers have been seeded a beta version of iPhone Software 2.1, and the update is set to include improved GPS support. If true, that means iPhone 3G owners could get the turn-by-turn directions feature so many have been waiting for Read More

Industrial Precision GPS Solutions Experiencing Sustained Growth Levels of up to 25%, According to ABI Research (Centre Daily Times)
While much of the current attention surrounding GPS technology is focused on consumer navigation and LBS devices and services, the less well known industrial GPS applications such as precision agriculture, surveying, GIS, construction machine control, network timing, marine and avionics are increasingly being adopted by companies to increase quality, security and efficiency, as well as reduce ... Read More

Navigating Italy by GPS (Chicago Tribune)
Past vacations that involved driving in Italy had required a peace pact between my wife, Kathy, and me, because being on the road there is so intense due to high speed, tight squeezes and plain old Italian urgency. With those complications, navigational mistakes become horribly magnified, and the driver starts blaming the navigator and vice versa. It gets ugly. Read More

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