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Act Now To Save GPS As We Know It — Critical Information For All GPS users
I reported on this a few weeks back, along with a plea to contact your elected representatives on the issue. I don’t know how many of you did … my Congressman and Senators apparently were too busy dismantling Medicare to take notice. I also joined the Coalition to Save Our GPS, something else I recommend … Continue reading
Handheld GPS Receiver: Technology in your hands
As technology continues advancing in leaps and bounds, it’s undeniable that for the vast majority of us, the quality of our lives has improved significantly. In the not too distant past for example, concerns regarding getting lost prevented the average person from exploring too far a field. Nowadays however, all that has changed thanks to the availability of GPS handheld receivers. Providing you have a GPS handheld receiver, you can explore the world to your heart’s content, safe in the knowledge that you’re not at risk of getting lost. Of course, satellite navigation systems such as these were invented years ago in the 1960s but in those early days, their use was for the most part restricted to the military. Continue reading