The Fundamentals of GPS - Articles - 0 views
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Eunice Vincent on 11 Sep 09GIS News, Articles, Maps, Data, Tools
As long as you have a GPS receiver and a clear view of the sky, you'll never be lost again.
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HowStuffWorks "How GPS Receivers Work" - 0 views
HowStuffWorks "How GPS Phones Work" - 0 views
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to figure out exactly where you are and to get turn-by-turn directions to where you're going. New phones that include global positioning system (GPS) receivers can do exactly that. With the right software or service package, they can pinpoint your location, give directions to your destination and provide information about nearby businesses.
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what GPS can do.
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Cell phones contain low-power transmitters that let them communicate with the nearest tower.
NewsBank Popular Periodicals: Document Display - 0 views
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the global positioning system (GPS), a constellation of satellites that can pinpoint your location within 10 meters or even less anywhere on the planet.
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GPS guides U.S. troops and military
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GPS was used by only the army when it was first invented. today it's open to the general public
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Radio broadcasts from the satellites include the signals' precise time,
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Privacy for palm consumers - 0 views
Controlling editing on Wikipedia Pages - 0 views
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site will require that revisions to pages about living people and some organisations be approved by an editor.
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Social : security, control, reliability
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The online encyclopaedia Wikipedia
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IT SYSTEMS: communication (internet)
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If a page has a number of controversial edits or is repeatedly vandalised, editors can lock a page, so that it cannot be edited by everyone.
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The Net closes in on internet piracy - 0 views
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Seven million people could be criminalised under government plans to crack down on internet piracy,
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social: control
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The illicit downloading of music and films on the internet,
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it systems: communications
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persuaded by the argument for tough laws to curb illegal file-sharing after an intensive lobbying campaign by influential people in the music and film industry.
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areas of impact: arts and entertainment
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Nations May Reuse More Electronics Than Thought - 0 views
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"At least 85 percent of discarded computers imported to Peru are reused, as opposed to going directly to recycling. [... Thus,] the image of the trade in e-waste as mainly being about dumping unusable junk is, at least for Peru, inaccurate."
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Social: Globalization
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"highly dynamic flow [that] reuses and recycles almost every part and material found in a computer,"
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IT SYSTEMS: basics
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that it is possible to stop the environmentally damaging practices without diluting or eliminating informal dismantling and collection. This informal reuse and recycling sector is valuable for generating employment in the country and in making computing technology more accessible to low-income families and small businesses, the paper contends.
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AREAS OF IMPACT: business, science&the environment
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Facebook must satisfy Canada's privacy commissioner by Monday - 0 views
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"serious privacy gaps."
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