Or when you make a stop, check out Geocaching, a GPS-based treasure-hunt game.
In Germany, meanwhile, some lorry drivers have used jammers to evade the country's GPS-based road-tolling system.
As expected, Apple also is developing its own GPS-based mapping application to replace Google Maps in iOS 6.
Google Maps, Mapquest and the various GPS-based solutions are based on data ubiquity.
The GPS-based cell phone technology that appears to have helped track down the alleged Boston Marathon bombers is pretty common.
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Faculty at the University of Georgia have invented an easy-to-use, GPS-based technology that allows farmers to more accurately target irrigation needs, reducing water consumption by an average of 15 percent.
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Then through the use of GPS-based reference clocks at each tower (for both time and frequency), the signals are synced so each can emit a perfect copy of both signal and symbol data.
It called for the rapid development of new ways to shut down sources of interference, new laws to punish offenders more harshly and for alternative, non-GPS-based backup systems to be deployed.
Vindigo, another pioneer, already has plans for GPS-based advertising.
For those not in the know, this is pretty much what it sounds like: basically adding GPS-based location data to digital photos so you know exactly where any particular picture was taken.
In fact, (and this will get me a lot of nasty-grams), between the sophistication of available GPS-based information and new-generation digital flight control systems, hand-flying is pretty much becoming a lost art.
Good believes augmented reality applications are increasingly falling into two categories: those with trackers that put graphics into a scene, particularly for games, and those that are GPS-based which can give a user information about their surrounding environment.
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This allows the phone to do a quick shorthand calculation to provide GPS satellite data based on nearby Wi-Fi hotspots and cell tower data, instead of phoning home ET-style.
They will include dynamic functionality through open technologies like JavaScript and HTML5 to deliver amazing performance, access to device features (location-based GPS, accelerometer and multi-touch), and device-specific functionality and features where they fit.
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Navigon is a German-based GPS maker that was, even before its acquisition by Garmin, focusing on GPS apps for mobile devices rather than selling standalone hardware units (a wise move in light of market trends).
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Even today in the world of satellite based GPS and the fairly exact positioning information it can provide, it is always best to have a paper chart or map and the needed tools in case your electronic ones fail so you are not left stranded and unable to find your way home.
What with standalone Bluetooth-based GPS receivers getting smaller all the time, it's natural to assume that there's a limit to how small said devices can get, which will inevitably lead to manufacturers adding features that are peripheral to the original intended purpose in an attempt to differentiate their own offering from the competition.
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As satellite-based GPS becomes more ubiquitous in cell phones, the idea is that by figuring out the position and speed of a person's cell phone as it travels in a moving car, traffic data could be made available faster, cheaper, and in areas where it's hard to measure, like on rural roads or city streets, for example.
It can help you track it based on GPS and cellular network signals.
With GPS and location-based e-commerce services, retailers could send a quick coupon alert to the iWatch when a user passes through the store.
This unique project combines that data with locations based on GPS sensors in participant's cell phones to learn their preferred travel days and routes.
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Set rules for your home screens based on GPS locations, Wi-Fi networks and time, allowing you to define which home screen is the most relevant for any situation.
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Now consider the myriad digital tech options we have at our fingertips: geofencing, social integration, digital coupons, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, near field communication, GPS, location-based applications, real-time bidding and the Internet of all things.
Point out historical sites based on gps data?
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In case you are not familiar with the company, Garmin manufactures navigation, communications and information products based on GPS technology, which relies on satellites to precisely determine the geographic location of a person or object.
According to the patent, you could then be given directions based on GPS coordinates and the buildings "seen" by the watch, while a Goggles-like implementation would be able to identify smaller items in the display.
Now we've seen attempts to give Palm-based handhelds GPS capability before and none of them have come remotely close to the capability of a dedicated handheld GPS reader like those that companies like Garmin, Magellan and a few others make, which are typically geared toward outdoor enthusiasts.
It's always nice to see an old tech stage a comeback and this time it's happening around the coasts of Europe, with nine low-frequency radio transmitters substituting for GPS' satellite-based system. eLoran's radiowave-based system is stronger than satellite signals and less jammable, based on the Loran system that was previously used for shipping navigation by both the British and US navy over 50 years ago.
But America's fears are economic as well as military: it suspects that the EU might try, for instance, requiring aircraft entering its air space to use Galileo-based navigation systems, to the detriment of American firms with products based on GPS. And European countries, China and the like might develop weapons that are compatible with Galileo rather than GPS, which would mean American defence firms losing a competitive advantage.
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