You probably knew already that the GPS system that’s used in most navigational devices these days was developed by the US military back in 1989. In the year 2000, former US president Bill Clinton opened up the system and the GPS satellites started providing more accurate information to the general public. After accurate positioning was [...]

An update to GPSTuner has been released with a couple of cool new features for Windows Mobile 6 and MobileMapper users.
It seems that GPSTuner is now interfacing with some of the extra sensors put into WM6 and MobileMapper devices because GPSTuner now comes with a bubble level compass tool and a pressure graph for WM6 [...]

*** UPDATE!!! - The Garmin Oregon Models are available and in stock on Amazon.com NOW!
Garmin has really done it this time with their Oregon series of GPS devices targeted to those who really like the outdoors.
I’ve always found that the elements take their toll on electronic equipment and that includes GPS devices. These electronic devices [...]

You studied your destination and picked a waypoint to load into your GPS from Google Earth. You have your GPS and you’re now invincible, you throw away your outdated compass and start trekking out into the bush to do some real exploration. Walking out to places where no man has gone bef… Walking out to [...]