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GPS devices can lead drivers astray: police – CBC.ca

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

CBC.ca
GPS devices can lead drivers astray: police
CBC.ca
Morin's comments come on the heels of the experience of an American couple, who ended up stuck in the snow for three days after their GPS led them down a
Don't let GPS lead you astrayKMTR NewsSource 16

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Abandoned boat believed used for smuggling immigrants found on Aliso Beach – Los Angeles Times

Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Abandoned boat believed used for smuggling immigrants found on Aliso Beach
Los Angeles Times
A waterlogged GPS unit was also found on the beach. “There were markings on some of the evidence that it came from Mexico, but no evidence that's where the
ICE probes shored boatCoastline Pilot

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RU Buzzed? An iPhone App Can Tell You – ABC News

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

PC World
RU Buzzed? An iPhone App Can Tell You
ABC News
A GPS feature also helps users locate a taxi. But non-Coloradoans take note — because the applications was built for the state Department of Transportation
iPhone app tells you if you've had too much to drinkToronto Star

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Jake’s Journal: Vande Velde caps off great 2009 with full house in Chicago

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

On a frigid Chicago afternoon, I was hoping for the best. Christian Vande Velde, Team Garmin’s candid and charismatic leader and local cycling legend, had been talking to journalists in a conference room at the Garmin store while fans in…

Abandoned boat believed used for smuggling immigrants found on Aliso Beach – Los Angeles Times (blog)

Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Abandoned boat believed used for smuggling immigrants found on Aliso Beach
Los Angeles Times (blog)
A waterlogged GPS unit was also found on the beach. “There were markings on some of the evidence that it came from Mexico, but no evidence that's where the
Police in OC find suspected migrant smuggling boatSan Jose Mercury News

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Top iPhone related GIS and Geo Tech news stories from 2009 – GISuser.com (press release)

Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Top iPhone related GIS and Geo Tech news stories from 2009
GISuser.com (press release)
The applications utilize the GPS, Google maps, calendar and camera features of the iPhone. Each application enables the user to record their departure,

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Test Drive: MotionX GPS Drive iPhone app shows potential – ConsumerReports.org (blog)

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Appmodo
Test Drive: MotionX GPS Drive iPhone app shows potential
ConsumerReports.org (blog)
The latest iPhone navigation app to be run through our testing gauntlet is the MotionX GPS Drive app from FullPower. A server-based application, MotionX GPS
App Update for MotionX GPS Drive for the iPhoneAppmodo
iPhone GPS App: Magellan's RoadMate Excelssmartphones.about.com (blog)

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Reduce stress with the nüvi 1690

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Did you get everything you wanted for Christmas? If you feel like you got more coal than candy from Santa and his elves, there’s still time to get a gift for yourself. The team at Golf.com recommend the nüvi 1690…

En route to GPS-based air traffic control (images) – CNET News

Thursday, December 31st, 2009
En route to GPS-based air traffic control (images)
CNET News
The Federal Aviation Administration is moving away from its antiquated radar-reliant air traffic control system toward one that's based on data from the

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Map still well positioned in this GPS-styled world – Vancouver Sun

Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Map still well positioned in this GPS-styled world
Vancouver Sun
GPS devices are great, but it never hurts to have a paper map around for when it doesn't work as well as it should. Even in the age of the Global

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