Ever since GPS technology has become mainstream people have been wondering how they can use it to track things in real time and a few companies have invented some novel devices that allow you to do it. For clarity we’re going to break the electronics down into two parts. We have the BEACON which is [...]

One thing I always want to do is plan a trip before I go out on it if there’s some danger of getting lost. If I’m going to visit a couple of islands with a boat, trek out into the wild Sierra Madre or even visit a town that has no road data available there’s [...]

Most consumer GPS devices will advertise that they have an accuracy of about 2-3 meters (6-9 feet), but if you’ve ever imported your position and compared it to a known location you’ll realize your data collection isn’t always as accurate as the specs say. There are a couple of settings on most devices that you [...]

UPDATE: Google Earth Plus is No Longer Available. Google Earth is a great application even if you don’t use a GPS device with it. You can look at the landscape and explore the world with a birds-eye view of some excellent and very current earth imagery. I decided that since I use the application a [...]