Monday, April 19, 2010

"The Amazing Race" GPS Tips

By Robert Wilson

If you are game to exploring new areas of your city / town and are a frequent traveler, then I have a perfect companion who can be with you all the time and guide you on your way. Many times you get confused with the way the streets are numbered and one-way roads and can get lost the companion can help you and put you on the correct path.

Hmm... curious to know who is this true companion? No... No... I am not talking about a human or a guide dog. It is a technological marvel, a device that uses GPS (global positioning System) to receive a signal and tell you your exact position on a map. The device is called as a GPS receiver.

There are several uses of GPS ranging from civilian to military purposes. As described before, it can be used in a GPS receiver for navigation of roads or as a guide to a missile for precise striking of enemy positions. Corba GPS units are one of the famous brands of GPS units in the world. There is a misconception that these units are very slow. But, in fact, the satellite connection from the GPS unit to the server determines the connection speed. If the satellite system is not good, then, you will see delay in responses for your requests from the GPS unit.

Have you ever heard of this cool feature about GPS receiver? You can place a GPS receiver in your car under the bonnet and couple it with a wireless device that can send an SMS on need basis. This SMS mechanism can be triggered when a car is stolen or you want to know the position of a car. Once you trigger the mechanism the wireless device will get the GPS co-ordinates from the receiver and send you an SMS with the coordinates. Are you thinking what these coordinates are used for? Let me tell you. These coordinates are all that you need to track the car. You can input these coordinates in Google maps to find the precise location of the car.

The owner can also trigger the car's embedded security system to send an SMS to him / her on need basis. Wonderful security feature isn't it? It is all possible only because of GPS.

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