Geotag with the New Red Hen Android App
by Roxanne Laverty on Apr 2, 2012 |
 Add the word Geo to the beginning of a word and suddenly it seems to take on a whole new meaning. Geotagging is one such word, simply a photo that is tagged with a latitude and longitude coordinate.
Many handheld GPS units now come with an ...
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Tags: app, geotag, mediamapper, Blue, 2CAN, Red Hen, Google, Earth, GPS, coordinate, photo, picture, video, IsWhere, Android, smartphone |
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GPS Finds Earthquake Risk in US Southwest
by Roxanne Laverty on Mar 30, 2012 |
 The Rio Grande Rift, an important site in human history, extends from the middle of Colorado down to New Mexico. Following the Rio Grande River, this rift has given life to such cities as Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and El Paso.
This area had long been ...
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Tags: US, Southwest, Colorado, New Mexico, Rio Grande Rift, GPS, seismic, activity, earthquake, risk |
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Video of the Week: 5 Satisfied Garmin GPS Customers
by Roxanne Laverty on Sep 30, 2011 |
These five customers attribute a newfound change in their lives to a Garmin GPS devices. Whether using a Forerunner to discover a heart problem or depending on a GPS to locate survivors in earthquake-torn Haiti, Garmin's GPS units are more than just navigational devices.
Watch the video ...
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Tags: video, Garmin, GPS, life-changing, saved, heart attack, nuvi, forerunner, GPS, navigation, running, flying, hospital, earthquake, Haiti, Rino |
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NASA Satellite is Expected to Hit Earth Friday
by Roxanne Laverty on Sep 22, 2011 |
 In the words of Chicken Little, "The sky is falling." While Chicken Little is a children's tale, there are reports that one of NASA's satellites will be hitting the Earth on Friday afternoon, September 23. Although, debris from space enters Earth's atmosphere daily, most of ...
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Tags: NASA, space, debris, satellite, water, land, Friday, Saturday, sky, Earth |
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How Navigation Has Changed Since the Days of King Tut
by Roxanne Laverty on Aug 15, 2011 |
 While GPS technology is relatively new, navigational aids have been around for centuries. In a new study, Jarome Vahai explains how structures from ancient civilizations performed some of the same functions as the modern Global Positioning System. Both ancient and modern navigational aids perform four ...
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Tags: Earth, pyramids, GPS, ancient, travel, Giza, Egyptians, monoliths, circumference, Jarome Vahai, navigation, Angkor Wat, Stonehedge, time, location |
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Can GPS Predict Earthquakes?
by Rebecca Pearson on Jun 9, 2011 |
 For years, scientists in the Pacific Northwest have been using GPS devices to track movements in hopes of predicting earthquakes. The GPS units measure and record the distance between different points along the Earth's surface. Using the recorded data, scientists can track changes in distance ...
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Tags: earthquake, Pacific Northwest, GPS, prediction, PANGA, Cascadia Subduction Zone |
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Friday Feature: Google Maps and GPS
by Rebecca Pearson on Jun 3, 2011 |
 Previously in the GPS City Buzz, we shared a video explaining how to connect your GPS to Google. Today, we introduce our customer, Christopher, who used Google on his GPS during a trip to California.
"A couple of years ago, I went to Southern ...
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Tags: Friday Feature, GPS City Gallery, Google Earth, maps, GPS, California, free, eTrex, travel, driving |
Related Items: Garmin eTrex 30, Garmin eTrex 20, Garmin eTrex 10 |
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Japan's Earthquake Affects GPS Coordinates
by Rebecca Pearson on Mar 15, 2011 |
 The powerful and devastating 8.9 earthquake that hit Japan last week destroyed villages and dramatically altered the country's coastline. The magnitude was so great that is shifted the region's geography and as a result, GPS coordinates throughout Japan changed.
With approximately 1,200 GPS monitoring sites across ...
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Tags: Japan, earthquake, tsunami, GPS, coordinates, satellites, Earth, geography |
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Garmin Custom Maps announced.
by Jesse Sampson on Nov 24, 2009 |
 Garmin, the leader in GPS, has just announced the addition of a custom maps feature. This will be available for the Garmin Oregon, Dakota and Colorado GPS units. A feature requested by thousands of customers is to be able to add their own special ...
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Tags: custom maps, garmin, GPS, Oregon, colorado, JPEG map, Google Earth |
Related Items: Garmin Oregon 550 with Camera, Garmin Oregon 550t with Camera and US Topo, Garmin Dakota 20, Garmin Dakota 10, Garmin Oregon 300, Garmin Oregon 400t, Garmin Colorado 300, Garmin Oregon 400t Canada |
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