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Tampa Bay Company Launches World's first Available GPS Child Locator
... developer of the world’s first available GPS Child Locator. GuardianLion GPS Child Locators are the equivalent ...
GPS tracking may help monitor sex offenders (KTVK Phoenix)
A new bill on tracking sex offenders is working its way through Arizona's legislature that would expand an already existing program of GPS tracking.
Five Beloit officers disciplined after GPS system raises questions (Gazette Extra Sports)
BELOIT, Wis. - Five Beloit police officers have been disciplined after GPS systems in their squad cars showed they may have been getting together - and not patrolling or taking calls.
Princess Cruises Partners with Calabash Technologies to Offer GPS Excursion in U.S. Virgin Islands (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands----Princess Cruises and Calabash Technologies, LLLP have partnered to provide the Calabash World Explorer, an innovative, hand-held GPS travel guide that passengers can choose as a self-guided shore excursion.
Patent Filed for Underwater GPS (Slashdot)
Matthew Sparkes writes "GPS doesn't work underwater, as the signal cannot reach the satellite from a submersible, but researchers have now patented an add-on to the system that could provide GPS navigation for submarines. A base station is tethered to the sea bed at a known depth and GPS location. A submersible anywhere in the area sends out a sonar pulse to which the base station replies with a ...
R&S finalizes assisted-GPS interoperability tests (Electronic Engineering Times Asia)
Rohde & Schwarz finalized a set of interoperability test cases for assisted-GPS, the mobile phone location capability that is part of the federally-mandated E911 systems implemented by wireless carriers in the United States.
Samsung Debuts 8-GB Flash for Phones (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News)
Someday soon, many cell phones might store as many as 2,000 songs -- or enough map data for a built-in GPS to steer you any place on the planet.
Lawmakers Move to Expand GPS Tracking for Sex Offenders (KTAR 92.3 Phoenix)
Lawmakers are moving to expand GPS tracking of parolled high-risk sex offenders. "The GPS blocks off certain places where they are prohibited to go, like schools for example," says Sen. Jim Waring.
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