Global Positioning System and Satellite navigation devices of all kinds.
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What cool things can I do with GPX routes that I have collected from my travels? [closed]
Whilst I was cycle touring and walking around in a bunch of different cities, I tracked many of my routes. I wondered if anyone had suggestions of cool things to do with GPX routes?
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How do Open Street Maps features compare to Garmin's Nuvi features in the US?
I plan to travel to the US this year and would like to take my own GPS with me, the problem I have is the map in my Garmin is really old (it's from 2009) and I'd like to have it up to date for my ...
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Are there cheap GPS or other navigator devices with downloadable maps for the whole world?
I don't need a recommendation or a list but my knowledge of GPS and "navi"s and the differences between them is an utter mystery to me.
But often I'm lost in backstreets in random countries where ...
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Why are there no road maps for Iceland for my TomTom device?
Today, I tried to update the maps on my TomTom device with a road map of Iceland. For that I navigated to the online shop.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find there any road map from Iceland. On the other ...
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Do you have a GPS signal on board of a plane?
Does anybody know if there is a GPS signal available on board of a plane with a common and normal GPS receiver?
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GPS coordinate problem
I have coordinates for a travel site in the WGS84 format:
6413180-2059501
The location is supposed be a cave in Iceland but Google Maps points(after adding a decimal point) to a site in Sweden.
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Turning off GPS on a flight?
Inspired by a question if it is allowed to use a Kindle during a flight, I'm wondering if it is okay to use a GPS watch like this.
I use this for practice purpose, but it is also my normal watch. I ...
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Is there a Sat Nav that works in Israel? (preferably with good coverage)
Does anyone know of a SatNav device or SatNav software for iPhone that has maps of Israel available (preferably with good coverage).
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Longer latency on GPS connection depending on which country I'm in?
I've recently traveled over Europe with a GPS-enabled mobile phone.
In Italy, it took around 10 minutes for the mobile phone to connect to a satellite, while in Latvia it took just 10 seconds.
How ...
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Is there any GPS-navigation application for Android (with offline maps for Europe)? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are there cheap GPS/navigator devices with downloadable maps for the whole world?
Google Navigation is very useful, but when you go out your country it's very expensive ...
