New And Stronger GPS From The US Government

Government turns up volume on GPS

E-TEN G500 Pocket PC Phone with built-in GPS announced officially

GPS foils tire, fuel heist

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Geocaching Panics Terror Officials

Rounding a corner on his motorcycle to finish rigging his cache, he was greeted by a barricade of police cars and a bomb squad. "I got off my bike and three officers approached me very cautiously, hands on their holsters," he said. "I was trying to turn off my MP3 player and I think they were worried I was going for a detonator."

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Geocaching�puts authorities on edge

An article that was on CNN the other day.

Blackberry gets Google Talk And Google

This is an exciting development. I will have screenshots posted soon. It is now running on our blackberry and am looking forward to using it.

Geocacher prompts terrorist fears for hiding bucket

I have thought of this when Geocaching. Do I seem shady? My pics on the side you can tell me. Even though I dont own a gun I might be able to pass as a extremist if I had a T-shirt that said something like "YOU CAN HAVE MY GUN, when you pry it from my paranoid, mentally disturbed, physically-abusive, cold, dead hands"
What do the Police think I'm doing.? Afterall I just pulled an Ammo case out from behind some Rocks.

USDA Using Satellites to Monitor Farmers

Last Night I had a dream that I was floating down this river with my nephews. I saw trout rising and it reminded me how much I really miss living in Montana.

NPR : Tailor-Made Cartography with Google Maps

NPR today featured Google Mashup Blogger today. The above link has a file where you can listen yourself.

I went Geocaching today but there were to many muggle so my dog and I went for a Walk/Run at this Park in Apple Valley, CA. Point were download with Mapsource from Garmin and uploaded into Google Earth.

JVC enters GPS game with KV-PX9

Google GPS - Google Mobile

Worlds Smallest GPS Receiver.

Rakon is a small company in New Zealand which has made the world's smallest GPS receiver, about the size of a baby's fingernail. This plug and play unit will see it's way into PDA's, cellphones and watches. Rakon makes the quartz crystals and oscillators that drive more than half of all GPS products made today. Nice one NZ.

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Digital Camera with GPS support

This digital camera adds gps support to your pictures and will enable you to click on a photograph from the new Adobe Lightroom which will launch a browser and call upon google maps to show the location from where the picture was taken. As shown on episode 12 of the photoshop tv podcast.

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Garmin Announces GPS Product Support for Mac OS X

In a change of direction, Garmin announced that its new applications will now support Mac OS X, including its map data.

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Google Earth Beta for Mac OS X officially released

Google has now officially released Google Earth Beta for OS X (previously it had only been leaked)

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WW2 Bomber spotted in Google Earth

Veteran aircraft caught in flight over UK.

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How to add a Google Map to any web page in less than 10 minutes

Overview for anyone interested in getting started with Google Maps. Walks you through step by step signing up with google, adding the code and customizing your new map.

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Here is a cache by my house I found the other day. Once it gets warmer I will be heading to the Mountains by Big Bear, CA for more caching.

Head over and checkout Earth Tools. It is a Google Mashup or hack that allows one the ability to find a place in the world and find Sunrise Sunset, Local Time and also Height above Sea Level.

EarthTools

Caching In
Here is a great article on Geocaching from the Philadelphia Weekly. I have never heard of a cache in a Library.

GPS Nextel Tracking for FREE!

The free online GPS cell phone tracking service provided by AccuTracking.com lets you see locations, speed, and headings of your mobile clients, family members or valuable assets.

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New garmin GPSr

garmin announced a makeover of there entire handheld gps line, now all will include a mini SD card card and some units will receive the SiRF chip for faster/better gps signal Acquisition.

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Bank Robber Tracked By GPS Gadget In Money Bag

A bank robber jacked a bag of money from a Spokane, Washington, bank, but the bag he was carrying contained a combination GPS-based cell phone gadget designed to track the money. (With video of TV news story)

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FITNESS GPS More Than Just Directions at CES


Some Great products are showing up at CES. I wish I was there. I site called Motionbased.com
offers software to analyze ones favorite outdoor activities like running or biking.

Sony Enter GPS Market

I love sony products and have loved since I got my first Sony Walkman for Christmas.

Europe Launches own GPS System
This is not new news but it is new to me.

TRACKING: VITO released ActiveTrace GPS-enabled activity-tracking for Pocket PC and Smartphone

I can see many uses for this app includung Geocaching. I have a ipaq Pocketpc but I do not have GPS hooked up with. I Will install and be sure to report back.

Snowmobilers Saved by GPS Phone

Some lucky snomobilers rescue was aided by thier GPS coordinates on their cell Phone
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