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How to use GPS for hiking navigation

Used correctly, a GPS – or global positioning system – can be a handy tool for any hiker. Here, we examine how to use GPS for ...
The Putnam Museum hopes its newest exhibit will not only teach people about global-postioning-system technology, but get them outside in the wild world of geocaching. GPS Adventures Maze, which runs ...
Forty years ago, the United States government made a decision that transformed the modern world: it opened the Global Positioning System (GPS) to civilian use. What began as a military technology ...