2 December 2011
Gotcha
Spanish police caught a man who stole thousands of supermarket trolleys by tracking him with GPS devices hidden on them, police said yesterday.
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11 November 2011
Jealous wife sparks bomb scare after a GPS tracker is fitted to husband's car
Jealous Diletta Bianchini’s scheme to keep tabs on her husband ended up with police evacuating a town centre in a bomb scare.
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16 October 2011
Factfile on Galileo, Europe's rival to GPS
Galileo will consist of 30 satellites, six more than the US Global Positioning System (GPS). The system will offer several services from 2014, becoming fully operational in 2020 when a constellation of 27 satellites, supported by three spares, is deployed.
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GPS data settles accident claim
6 September 2011
Lawyers and gps unite...
The police were unwilling to pursue the case, but they suggested that he send the data to the driver's insurance company. He did so within a day, and the company took responsibility for the accident.
According to an attorney who specializes in bike and car accidents, James Reed of the Ziff Law Firm in New York, said, "It's important for people who are representing the injured people or the insurance companies to know how to obtain and analyze the data. Frankly, it's probably going to be a booming new industry for experts."
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Improving GPS vertical accuracy
17 August 2011
Geotechnicals, Farmers, ... should love this.
The software is still under development, but in initial tests it enabled centimeter-scale GPS positioning - including altitude - as often as 97 percent of the time.
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9 July 2011
Would this work in SA?
Your spouse has been working late in the office. You fear it might be the office cupboard. Your spouse suddenly has a friend who needs a lot of comfort after a bereavement. You suspect the comfort might have slipped beyond the cuddle. So, please, get yourself a GPS and track that spouse wherever he or she may roam.
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5 July 2011
GPS-guided flight control holds promise, but...
The NextGen concept sounds simple: Replace an air traffic system based on 60-year-old radar with a satellite-based, Global Positioning System network that would be far more versatile and efficient. In reality it is an extraordinarily complex undertaking, threatened with delay by airline fears that the government won't deliver the system in time to justify their expenditures.
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22 June 2011
Quote-by reducing the timing, we reduce the cost
Sufficient savings have been found in Europe's Galileo sat-nav project for at least six additional spacecraft to be bought for the system before 2014.
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5 June 2011
This giraffe is going places
The giraffe was fitted with a GPS collar on Friday by researchers from the University of the Free State and Sanparks who will, for the first time, try to accurately establish the impact of giraffe on the environment.
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The most beautiful nuvi Everrr!
11 May 2011
You have to see this!
It is no understament to call this Garmin the most beautiful nuvi Everrr! Have a look and you be the judge.
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29 April 2011
Ignore the captain at your peril
Ego, a licensed pilot and retired mathematics professor, admits ignoring flight staff and kept using his global positioning system. He also refused to buckle his seat belt when ordered.
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24 March 2011
Interesting and arresting
The hi-tech drama started when James Bird, 20, noticed his £500 iPhone 4 had disappeared from a computer room at Manchester University. Unfortunately for the suspect, the second-year student from Burnley, Lancashire, used a new app to track its location and get it back
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26 February 2011
One step closer to completion
The BBC's Sean Fanning says that, for commercial and military reasons, Russia does not want to be dependent on America's GPS, which can theoretically be switched off at any time.
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24 February 2011
Wonder if it would work here?
The police accused Sahas Katta of going more than 40 mph in a 25 mph limit, according to the story, which was authored by Katta himself. Katta was a little taken aback. He said he felt sure he wasn't going quite that fast. Fortunately, his Motorola Droid cell phone enjoyed Google MyTracks, according to his account.
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13 January 2011
Chirpy little fellow this!
The Garmin chirp is a one-of-a-kind wireless beacon designed specifically for the outdoor adventures of geocaching. Never lose that token again!
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10 January 2011
How would the kids feel?
Parents and teachers will be able to keep track of kids in their care after primary and middle school students started picking up free mobile phones with built-in global positioning systems at the weekend.
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