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Sandra Stark

YouTube - What is GPS+ Technology? - 1 views

www.youtube.com/watch

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shared by Sandra Stark on 08 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Animated movie about how GPS + Glonass Technolgy works. Basic overview for how GPS technology is utilized in the field  
  • Sandra Stark on 08 Feb 10
     
    Animated movie about how GPS + Glonass Technolgy works. Basic overview for how GPS technology is utilized in the field
Elizabeth Schloeffel

GPS over-reliance driving us toward catastrophe: experts - 1 views

www.smh.com.au/...he-experts-20110311-1bqhl.html

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shared by Elizabeth Schloeffel on 12 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Elizabeth Schloeffel on 12 Mar 11
     
    "Researchers in Britain have gone as far as saying that GPS failures could lead to "loss of life". One known example of an airport and planes landing there being impacted by unintentional interference has already occurred in the US, the professor said."
Barbara Stefanics

Appeals Court Ruling Allows Government to Use GPS to Track People's Moves - 1 views

www.democracynow.org/...rt_ruling_allows_government_to

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shared by Barbara Stefanics on 09 Nov 10 - Cached
  • Barbara Stefanics on 09 Nov 10
     
    "Appeals Court Ruling Allows Government to Use GPS to Track People's Moves"
Elizabeth Schloeffel

Trimble: GPS tutorial - 1 views

www.trimble.com/index.shtml

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shared by Elizabeth Schloeffel on 20 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Elizabeth Schloeffel on 20 Feb 10
     
    Explanation of GPS and illustrated examples.
Sandra Stark

YouTube - Global Positioning System - 1 views

www.youtube.com/watch

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shared by Sandra Stark on 08 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Sandra Stark on 08 Feb 10
     
    This NASA produced short film (3:30) describes the Global Positioning System. It is a great summary and can be used to augment the Galaxy Explorers Mission Plan on GPS.  
Barbara Stefanics

How does your smartphone know your location? - Wilton L. Virgo | TED-Ed - 0 views

ed.ted.com/...w-your-location-wilton-l-virgo

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shared by Barbara Stefanics on 01 Feb 15 - No Cached
  • Barbara Stefanics on 01 Feb 15
     
    "GPS location apps on a smartphone can be very handy when mapping a travel route or finding nearby events. But how does your smartphone know where you are? Wilton L. Virgo explains how the answer lies 12,000 miles over your head, in an orbiting satellite that keeps time to the beat of an atomic clock powered by quantum mechanics. "
Barbara Stefanics

BBC News - M25 cyclist in Surrey 'sent on motorway by phone app' - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...uk-england-surrey-26336618

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shared by Barbara Stefanics on 25 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • Barbara Stefanics on 25 Feb 14
     
    "A man was found cycling on the M25 in Surrey after an app on his phone sent him there by mistake, police said."
Mark Brookes

Omo GPS stunt opens doors for marketers - 1 views

www.couriermail.com.au/...story-e6frep1o-1225901546035

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shared by Mark Brookes on 12 Aug 10 - Cached
  • Mark Brookes on 12 Aug 10
     
    A worry.
Stuart Gray

Prison Without Walls - 2 views

www.theatlantic.com/...8195

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shared by Stuart Gray on 31 Aug 10 - Cached
  • Stuart Gray on 31 Aug 10
     
    Covers the increased use of GPS-tracking devices to monitor prisoners while on parole. Looks into basic monitor, plus other issues like "People and machines" and "reliability"
  • Elizabeth Schloeffel on 02 Sep 10
     
    Might also be interesting for Paper 2. I will add it to ITGSopedia
Elizabeth Schloeffel

Need a Cab? New Analysis Shows Where to Find One - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...03icab.html

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shared by Elizabeth Schloeffel on 03 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Elizabeth Schloeffel on 03 Apr 10
     
    "The most popular corners to catch a yellow cab in Manhattan can now be pinpointed, at any hour of any day of the week, thanks to a record of 90 million actual taxi trips that have been silently tracked by the city.....the information, collected by GPS, can be used to create helpful tie-ins for customers, like a new smartphone program that lets mobile users locate the ideal nearby corner to hail a cab."
samaraad

BBC News - UK 'over-reliant' on GPS signals, engineers warn - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...science-environment-12668230

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shared by samaraad on 08 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • samaraad on 08 Mar 11
     
    "The UK may have become dangerously over-reliant on satellite-navigation signals, according to a report from the Royal Academy of Engineering."
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