But they’re already up in the clouds right? Have Microsoft, following the disaster of Windows 8, decided to deflect the attention by distracting the media with another story about their stupidity? As it turns out, no. In what can only be described as the Microsoft Christmas gift to geocachers, numerous reports are flying around the …
I’ve often wished my smartphone could be built into my wrist so that I could be completely plugged in. Now it seems pigeons already are … at least for GPS. Researchers in the United States have identified a group of 53 cells in the brains of pigeons that respond to the direction and strength of …
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Spotted in the news … this Sunday-Star Times article about a New Zealand Department of Conservation worker who was threatened for using GPS. Maori land rights activist Anthony Jackson confronted a Department of Conservation worker on Motiti Island about two weeks after the cargo ship Rena foundered on nearby Astrolabe reef. The Sunday Star-Times understands …
GUEST POST The mysterious Ninja Duck is a geocacher after Cumbyrocks’ own heart. Not only does he have an excellent name (if we told you we’d have to kill you) and young caching companions, but he is a Blackberry and Android geocaching proponent. Here he shares some of his evil ninja genius: Are you a …
Bet that headline stopped you in your tracks – but it’s true according to this fantastic LA Times about GPS being used to track a wild grey wolf. The grey wolf that crossed into Northern California from Oregon just after Christmas looks to be sticking around for a bit. The lone male wolf has traveled …
Some interesting info popped up in the New Zealand Recreational GPS Society forums regarding what the accuracy displayed on your GPSr really means. The website kowoma.de explains (emphasis mine): The declaration of the accuracy by Garmin GPS receivers often leads to confusion. What does it mean if the receiver states an accuracy of 4 m? This …
Reviewing a GPS unit that has been around for nearly three years is a bit like writing an article about a 1977 Ford Escort (which, interestingly, was my first car and a wonderfully simple vehicle for a young man to have). All are well familiar with it by now, its various strengths and weaknesses, and …
The 5867-kilogram UARS satellite plummitted to earth today somewhere over Canada: There were reports on Twitter of debris falling over Okotoks, a town south of Calgary in western Canada, most likely the remains of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, which had been in orbit for 20 years. Scientists were unable to pinpoint the …
PCMAG.com have an interesting article out on the combining of the US GPS system and Russia’s GLONASS system in smartphones. Silently and invisibly, the 22 satellites of Russia’s GLONASS system partner our GPS, and starting next year smartphones based on Qualcomm chipsets will be able to boost their prowess with GLONASS signals. “It’s like dual-core …
For those unaware, I was recently supplied with a Bad Elf to review. This miniature box plugs into the 30-pin dock of your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch to provide you with quality GPS reception for your device. One of the unknowns with the Bad Elf was exactly how well it would perform in the …
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