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Tech Talk

SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger – update

December 4, 2009

SPOT is a handheld satellite communication device that can determine your location using a GPS system and send messages via its own commercial satellite network. A new SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger replaces the original SPOT Personal Tracker.

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SPOT Satellite Messenger System

July 15, 2009

SPOT is a handheld satellite communication device that can determine your location using a GPS system and send messages via its own commercial satellite network. It will work almost anywhere in the world as long as you can see enough sky to access satellites

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Odometer Inaccuracy in Handheld Garmin GPS

March 2, 2009

Discussion on Odometer inaccuracy in Garmin handheld GPS receivers.

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Google Earth and Kananaskis Country

December 14, 2008

While some areas of Kananaskis Country look very good when viewed in Google Earth other areas show up as a mess of low-resolution blobs. Why is this?

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