The information is shown as location trails on a computer screen map, down to a level of detail which shows on which side of the street and in which direction a person is moving.
The previous version required a farmer to develop a water application map on a computer, upload that map to a thumb drive, and transfer it to the irrigation controller.
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An address on an e-mail, for example, can appear over the text as a map with a move of the computer mouse.
Despite the advent of GPS, radar technology and 3-D computer software, an exquisitely hand-drawn map and carefully collected data often can outdo what a couple of whiz kids can find on a laptop.
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They go into a computer program, along with satellite global positioning coordinates to map -- with precision -- the basic outline.
Predator and Reaper crews use removable hard drives to load map updates and transport mission videos from one computer to another.
Once the GPS data is linked to the pictures and prepared by a program on the computer, your trip can be shown as points on a map or aerial photo, with each point linking to a picture.
When they set up shop in India, most computer companies opt for Bangalore, 500 kilometers south of Hyderabad (see map).
BaseCamp displays topographic map data in 2-D or 3-D on their computer screen, including contour lines and elevation profiles.
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The system has provided a single consistent map set for the entire world and made it easily accessible via computer or phone.
But according to the new U.S. account, a serviceman talking to the border-control center, attempting to make the coordinates more specific for the Pakistanis by pairing them with a map of the political border, applied an incorrect electronic overlay on his computer.
Guido uses the case, much of which has been made public, to recreate the exploit, having students map out step by step how the hacker was able to access a desktop computer and infiltrate the company's network.
For instance, an ad for a retailer with both physical stores and a website could include a click-to-call button or map for people searching from a smartphone or, for people searching from a computer, a link to the website.
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