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If you think GPS is just helpful for you to get your car from one place to another, then this article may give you some new perspective. People are using the devices for all sorts of things like keeping track of Alzheimer's patients to navigating your way when you are hiking through the mountains. Do you have any unique uses for GPS on your Pocket PC? I've heard some of you talk about Geocahing, which sounds like fun. This wizardry is popping up in consumer products too -- your dashboard, cell phone, backpack, telescope, Pocket PC and laptop computer, as well as in first responder and emergency systems. Industrial products incorporate GPS for cartography, civilian navigation and aviation, forestry, wildlife management, construction, mining and agriculture, to name a few.
My favorite use for GPS is to map, create, and exchange hiking and mountain bike trails and favorite road bike rides. I take my GPS along on my excursions, and then download the routes to local (PC) software which superimposes the route onto an aerial and/or topographic map. Then, when I'm on the road and looking for a place to go, I can download routes from other folks who've done the same.
If you want an example of what I mean, there's an online service (it's a pay service, but you can look at the demo) that facilitates this...it will work with GPS data from the Pharos unit I've got for my HP2215...see it at www.endlesspursuit.com.
But what I'm really hoping will emerge is a a free national database of routes - a cooperative effort where folks share their favorite outdoor adventures...
- dan
FYI: Quote from Confluence.org "The goal of the project is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location. The pictures and stories will then be posted here. overview
The project is an organized sampling of the world. There is a confluence within 49 miles (79 km) of you if you're on the surface of Earth. We've discounted confluences in the oceans and some near the poles, but there are still 13,397 to be found. "
That basically means, just about all of us could take an afternoon and hit a confluence point in any given day right? Of course, there could be challenges such as private property considerations, hazards, etc. But looks fun.
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