Another smartphone application, Influ, launched earlier this year in the US, asks users to rate the strength of their symptoms on a red dial, before plotting their position on the map so that other app users can avoid them.

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All three have used a method called X-ray crystallography to map the position for each and every one of the hundreds of thousands of atoms that make up the ribosome.

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We are trying to map an alternative position that is both more self-critical and more engaged with how technological change is actively affecting our culture.

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Then you'll be able to see on the map screen display your position relative to each other.

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The capacitive display can recognize orientation, letting you drop the controller in any position throughout the surface, then outputting a map to match.

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Each missile comes with a terrain contour matching radar, which compares a stored map reference with the actual terrain to fix the missile's position.

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Honeywell also has evaluated active map displays to advise cockpit crews, in real time, about runway position and even movements of nearby aircraft.

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The U.S. Navy initiated reconnaissance flights to map the disaster zone and was moving the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan into position to assist the Japanese government with relief efforts, defense officials said.

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Most mobile robots do this using a technique called SLAM (simultaneous localisation and mapping), whereby they build up a map of their unknown environment, using various sensors, whilst keeping track of their current position at the same time.

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