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Solar Flares Threaten GPS?!

Washington — The Global Positioning System, relied on for everything from navigating cars and airplanes to transferring money between banks, may be threatened by powerful solar flares, a panel of scientists warned Wednesday. “Our increasingly technologically dependent society is becoming increasingly vulnerable to space weather,” David L. Johnson, director of the National Weather Service, said […]

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Write ‘Em Up Good!

Geocaching doesn’t end when you close up the container and walk away. In order to keep track of your finds, you need to create a log entry. Simple enough. Head over to the log page, select “Found it”, check the date, and type a few words in the “Comments” field. Something like “Thanks for the […]

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Cost-effective GPS mapping in real time

Here’s a GPS & Google Earth Solution for Cost-effective GPS mapping in real time Kevin Kelly’s Cool Tools site posted this article recently. I have been doing a lot of exploring and surveying in the desert recently, and have been trying to find the right GPS mapping solution. The solution I found incorporated stuff I […]

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