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 Techno Geeks – Bre Pettis and Joe Garland have posted a fun video/article on just how easy it is to build your own GPS using a few simple components. Now I somehow think there was a bit more done than what we see in the brief video, but it is fun to watch and if you have the winter geocaching blues it might be a good project. As they indicate schematics and code are [...] 
As many of you know I am an RSS and News Feed junkie… As such you may see me make some posts here that are references to works that I have read that I believe might be of interest to you. This post is one of those. While surfing through the Mashable website I came across this article on using the iPhone for your geocaching. I like the single device idea. IE… one [...]  Image via Wikipedia Author: Tonia Jordan It all started on May 2, 2000 with the removal of selective availability by the White House. (Selective Availability is the intentional modification of GPS signal to degrade accuracy of readings) At that moment, the GPS receiver became 10 times more accurate. GPS, or Global Positioning System is a navigational system which operates through the use of twenty-four satellites positioned around the globe in low Earth orbit. These satellites were [...]  By: Tessa Green To make absolutely sure that every geocache hunt is thoroughly fabulous and successful, your GPS must have the ability to do the following: It must find it’s position quickly and easily. When you switch on, the gps looks around, finds four or more positioning satellites and works out how far away they are. Using this information, it works out its own location. That’s a lot to do. And some GPS do [...]  First let me start out by saying that I did NOT purchase this GPS unit with geocaching in mind. I had heard of the sport but never really did any investigation of what it was all about until after I had purchased the unit. Overall I think it is a good device… There are a number of positive things and negative things about it that I will detail below. I know for the holiday season that [...] |
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