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 the part [...]

There are so many different types of GPS devices on the market today - all with great price tags and they all do some pretty awesome things.
I’ve picked the Garmin iQue 3600 PDA with built in GPS, the HP iPAQ rx5915 Travel Companion and the Garmin eTrex Venture HC Handheld GPS to compare.
Here the Line-up [...]

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 You have your GPS and you’re now invincible, you throw away your outdated compass and start trekking out into the bush to do some real exploration.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 [...]

I’ve had my Trimble Juno ST for about 4 months now and I’m really impressed by the features it has.
I use it in a professional environment to help me perform some of the tasks associated with my work.
The Juno is basically a handheld mobile computer running the MS Mobile 5 operating system with the Trimble [...]