The Edgar Street Towers are planned for a prominent location at the south end of Manhattan, where they would serve as a beacon for the area and a civic landmark.

埃德加街塔楼群按计划设在曼哈顿南端的突出位置，将成为该地区的信标和城市地标。

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As most smartphones also come equipped with GPS navigation, the device could also act as a radio beacon, and broadcast the owner's location.

众所周知，大多数智能手机都配有GPS导航装置，与此同时这台设备就成了无线发射塔，四处广播机主的位置。

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When the Empire discovered the location of the Rebels by following a homing beacon secreted aboard the Millennium Falcon, the Death Star soon appeared in the Yavin system.

帝国通过跟踪秘密装在“千年隼号”上的寻的信标发现义军的方位后，死星立即进入雅文星系。

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In the case of the Royal BC Museum, your location is represented by a beacon on a map on your own smartphone.

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It's going on right now, and if you find one of them you press a button which instantly connects you to an operator who'll tell you that you've just won a Chevy SUV, and then instructs you to press another button that activates a GPS homing beacon on the can so that Coke can immediately deliver the prize to your location.

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Wifarer automatically up dates your location in real time, within three to five feet, and when you move, the beacon moves too.

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