Video of the Week: Comparing Garmin Topo Canada and Backroad GPS Maps
by Rebecca Pearson on Oct 26, 2011 |
Our GPS City Video of the Week compares two types of topographical mapping: Garmin Topo Canada and Backroad GPS maps. Both display land elevation contour lines and descriptive details like trails, lakes, and geographical points. However, despite ...
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Tags: Video of the Week, YouTube, video, Garmin, topo, Canada, Backroad, mapping, Alberta, Ontario, British Columbia, Manitoba, topographical |
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Rocanda's LandTracker App is Now Available
by Roxanne Laverty on Oct 19, 2011 |
 Rocanda has released an iPhone App to convert LSD or BCNTS to latitude/longitude coordinates. Oilfield, agriculture, delivery service personnel, and many others will find this software indispensable.
Based out of the Alberta/Saskatchewan border city of Lloydminster, Rocanda has plenty of on-hand experience with ...
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Tags: Rocanda, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple, Mac, App, LSD, BCNTS, coordinate, Township, Range, Meridian, Zone Block, Centizone, LandTracker, Western Canada, Lloydminster, latitude, longitude, Alberta, Saskatchewan |
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Friday Feature: A Long Day of Fishing
by Rebecca Pearson on Oct 14, 2011 |
 In this week's Friday Feature, Vonn from Alberta shares his story about a fishing trip gone wrong. Luckily, Vonn had his Garmin nuvi and his sons had a View Article |
Tags: GPS City Gallery, Friday Feature, fishing, Garmin, nuvi, GPS, Alberta, eTrex, Canada |
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Hemisphere GPS Introduces the A31 GPS Antenna
by Rebecca Pearson on Sep 8, 2011 |
 This week, Hemisphere GPS announced the new A31 GPS antenna. The A31 is designed to work with the Hemisphere's line of Crescent and Crescent Vector L1 receivers along with other precision GPS receivers. The new antenna provides improved reception and noise rejection.
The A31 antenna is ...
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Tags: Hemisphere, GPS, A31, antenna, Alberta, Canada, Crescent, beacon, precision, marine, agriculture, construction |
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Distracted Driving Law in Effect for Alberta, Canada
by Rebecca Pearson on Sep 1, 2011 |
 Today, September 1, 2011, a new law went into effect in Alberta, Canada. The Distracted Driving Law bans drivers from engaging in activities that take their focus off the road. The Government of Alberta passed the law to ensure driver's safety and prevent traffic accidents. ...
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Tags: distracted driving, hands-free, Alberta, Canada, law, mount, September, 2011, texting |
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SAW 2 Geocaching Event in Alberta
by Rebecca Pearson on Jul 20, 2011 |
This weekend, July 22-24, Medicine Hat, Alberta is hosting the SAW 2 geocaching event. The event will begin at 7:00pm on Friday. Caches will be divided into six categories: best micro cache, best small cache, best regular cache, best large cache, cache in a place ...
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Tags: event, geocaching, Medicine Hat, Canada, Alberta, cache |
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Best of the Bad 2011: GPS City Goes Bad
by Rebecca Pearson on Jul 20, 2011 |
 On Saturday, July 16, the Best of the Bad Geocaching Mega Event was held in Alberta. As one of the event's sponsors, GPS City had a booth in the Mega Mall, which was set up in the town center of Three ...
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Tags: Best of the Bad, GPS City, Mega Event, geocaching, cache, Wherigo, Groundspeak, Three Hills, Alberta, Canada, WestCan |
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The Gas & Oil Expo Show in Calgary
by Rebecca Pearson on May 18, 2011 |
 The Gas & Oil Expo is being held in Calgary next month. The three day show will include exhibitor booths, conferences, free presentations and a keynote presentation by award-winning author Ezra Levant.
If you live in the Calgary area, GPS City has free admission vouchers at ...
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Tags: GPS City, gas, oil, Calgary, Alberta, trade show, Stampede Park, GPS City booth, free |
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Garmin's Canadian Inland Lakes Coverage Extended
by Roxanne Laverty on May 4, 2011 |
 Over the past few years, Garmin has begun releasing provincial lake
coverage for Canada. Until recently, only the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan,
Ontario and the territory of Yukon were available. However, Garmin's latest addition covers the lakes of Nova Scotia. Also, the company announced ...
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Tags: Canada, Inland, lakes, Garmin, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Yukon, province, territory |
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Best of the Bad Geocaching Event
by Rebecca Pearson on Apr 25, 2011 |
A Mega Geocaching Event is being held this summer in Three Hills, Alberta. The Best of the Bad will offer different activities in July, ending with the Mega Event on July 16, 2011. On that Saturday, sponsors and vendors will ...
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Tags: geocaching, mega event, Best of the Bad, Alberta, Canada, July, kid friendly, dog friendly, GPS City booth |
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