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GPS stands for Global Positioning System which uses a receiver to gather information from satellites orbiting Earth.

GPS receivers (or radios) are becoming more widely spread on new technology through hardware or through external devices. Almost all new mobile phones come with GPS that can be tethered to the computer and now wireless NICs are beginning to have GPS receivers.

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Transfer exif gps info from one image to another

I have a camera (not a cellphone) that inserts gps exif info into pictures. Fact is: using the "gps on" all time drains the battery. So i thought: what about taking just one picture with gps on, and them at home add this exif info to the others? I…
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What is locationd and why is my 3rd party firewall intercepting it in Snow Leopard at intervals?

Little Snitch reported an outgoing connection from locationd which appears to be a new daemon installed by default on Snow Leopard. A search for strings inside the locationd binary shows a link to http://skyhookwireless.com. The index of their…
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Is it possible to use a GPS device with a computer to provide location to browsers?

I have two GPS devices, one from NMEA and one from Garmin. I would like to know if it’s possible to use either of them to provide more accurate location for browsers (Chrome, Firefox). The web application I have works great on tablets with…
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I'm on an Airplane right now at 30,000 ft, why is my "Current Location" pointing to an Airport?

Right now as I write this I'm on a Delta flight from Atlanta heading to Boston (Technology is amazing). We are 30,000 feet in the air (probably over somewhere in D.C. area) and will be landing in an hour or so. I was curious to see if I could find…
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Can a GPS navigation device be tracked?

Does anyone know if there's a way to track the location of a GPS device knowing its ID? Are there any websites where this information is available?
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Convert ipod book (.M4B file) into Audible book format to play on Garmin Nuvi

Is there a Windows program that can convert audio books in .M4B format to Audible book format? Why?... I want to play the book on a Garmin Nuvi.
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Windows CE On Laptop

I have old-ish laptop that comes with touch screen. What I wanna do is buy GPS module for it and install basic windows ce on it. Then use it as gps navigation with igo 8 for ce Is that possible? How would I exactly install windows ce to laptops hard…
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I want to plot ocean current with a GPS in a bottle

Thinking of using a wine bottle with a cork that barely sticks out. Anyhow, I want to put in a GPS, a battery (that can last 1 month hopefully) and a transmitter and to be able to collect position about every minute or so. I am thinking about the…
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Set geo location manually on Windows 10

Is there a way I can set the Windows 10 geo location manually? There is little information about this on the web.
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Having Windows 8 use a real GPS (NMEA) for Location Services

I have a USB-based GPS receiver plugged into a Windows 8 Pro machine. It appears in the Device Manager as a COM port. The GPS receiver came with a demo program (GPSInfo) lets me choose the COM port, and displays all GPS info like Lat/Long, number…
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Troubleshooting a USB GPS receiver on Windows

I've got a USB GPS receiver that creates a virtual COM port in the OS. I have installed GPSDirect driver in order to create a Windows Location sensor out of it so that Microsoft Maps app would work. And it did work on my desktop. But now I've…
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How to turn a netbook into a powerful street navigator? Inexpensive options?

I want to buy a USB powered GPS module together with a mapping software. Any recommendations and various options that I have ? Much like Garmin's MapSource software and GPS 18 USB: nRoute features an easy-to-use interface, making it intuitive to …
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How can I check whether my NTP daemon has PPS support?

I have already read about compiling NTP with timepps.h provided to get PPS support. Is there an easy way to check the already precompiled or rather installed version of an repository (Ubuntu 14.04.1, Kernel 3.13.0-37) for PPS support? EDIT some…
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Accurate USB GPS Unit

This afternoon I tested an AmbiCom USB GPS and the cordinates were jumping all over. Most of them were at least 30 feet off. Anyone have any experience with any other brands/have any recommendations for a more accurate USB GPS unit?
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How to map a route on google maps using gps coordinates

If I were to collect a series of gps coordinates with a device, how could I view those points on google maps in a route? Note that this is not a consumer device.
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