With most GPS devices you can get pretty good positional accuracy without having to make any adjustments. Accuracy within 3 meters or 12 feet is fairy easy to achieve when you have the right conditions – like an unobstructed, clear view of the sky. GPS signals are best when there’s an unobstructed line of sight [...]

Organizing your pictures can be a real pain, and anyone with a digital camera knows that you can take a whole lot of pictures in a really short period of time. Geotagging pictures is something you can do to help you keep your pictures organized. When you take a picture there’s a lot of information [...]

There are some GeoCachers out there that will hike all day, through mountainous, treacherous terrain – looking to find a little box with a button inside. Then there are other geocachers who’ll go for the easy pickings and take whatever is close enough for them to find in an hour or so. It’s harder to [...]

If you have a business you know that all the exposure you can get is important. People on the move are using GPS technology to find where they want to go or even be given suggestions about what they want to do. Getting your business listed in the NAVTEQ POI database is free and will [...]

With the rapid adoption of GPS usage it’s important to get your business listed in the Tele Atlas GPS POI database. POI databases are becoming more and more important all the time and transforming into the digital Yellow Pages while people are on the move. If you leave it up to Tele Atlas you’ll probably [...]

Once you’ve purchased your GPS, no matter what type you have, there are no user fees or subscriptions for using it or accessing the Global Positioning System. The Global positioning System is owned and operated by the United States government and it’s considered to be a national resource. The system open to everybody, all over [...]