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Triks ar Nokia 6120 un TomTom Navigatoru

ingeezzy — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:07:07 +0000

Pamācība kā uzlikt GPS navigāciju Nokia 6120 telefonā.

GPS For Aviation

waemam — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:09:55 +0000

Aviators throughout the world use the Global Positioning System (GPS) to increase the safety and efficiency of flight. With its accurate, continuous, and global capabilities, GPS offers seamless satellite navigation services that satisfy many of the requirements for aviation users. Space-based position and navigation enables three-dimensional position determination for all phases of flight from departure, en route, and arrival, to airport surface navigation.The trend toward an Area Navigation concept means a greater role for GPS. Area Navigation allows aircraft to fly user-preferred routes from waypoint to waypoint, where waypoints do not depend on ground infrastructure. Procedures have been expanded to use GPS and augmented services for all phases of flight. This has been especially true in areas that lack suitable ground based navigation aids or surveillance equipment.New and more efficient air routes made possible by GPS are continuing to expand. Vast savings in time and money are being realized. In many cases, aircraft flying over data-sparse areas such as oceans have been able to safely reduce their separation between one another, allowing more aircraft to fly more favorable and efficient routes, saving time, fuel, and increasing cargo revenue.Improved approaches to airports, which significantly increase operational benefits and safety, are now being implemented even at remote locations where traditional ground-based services are unavailable. In some regions of the world, satellite signals are augmented, or improved for special aviation applications, such as landing planes during poor visibility conditions. In those cases, even greater precision operations are possible.

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GPS On The Roads & Highways

waemam — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:07:00 +0000

It is estimated that delays from congestion on highways, streets, and transit systems throughout the world result in productivity losses in the hundreds of billions of dollars annually. Other negative effects of congestion include property damage, personal injuries, increased air pollution, and inefficient fuel consumption.

The availability and accuracy of the Global Positioning System (GPS) offers increased efficiencies and safety for vehicles using highways, streets, and mass transit systems. Many of the problems associated with the routing and dispatch of commercial vehicles is significantly reduced or eliminated with the help of GPS. This is also true for the management of mass transit systems, road maintenance crews, and emergency vehicles,

GPS enables automatic vehicle location and in-vehicle navigation systems that are widely used throughout the world today. By combining GPS position technology with systems that can display geographic information or with systems that can automatically transmit data to display screens or computers, a new dimension in surface transportation is realized.

A geographic information system (GIS) stores, analyzes, and displays geographically referenced information provided in large part by GPS. Today GIS is used to monitor vehicle location, making possible effective strategies that can keep transit vehicles on schedule and inform passengers of precise arrival times. Mass transit systems use this capability to track rail, bus, and other services to improve on-time performance.

Many new capabilities are made possible with the help of GPS. Instant car pools are feasible since people desiring a ride can be instantly matched with a vehicle in a nearby area.

Using GPS technology to help track and forecast the movement of freight has made a logistical revolution, including an application known as time-definite delivery. In time-definite delivery, trucking companies use GPS for tracking to guarantee delivery and pickup at the time promised, whether over short distances or across time zones. When an order comes in, a dispatcher punches a computer function, and a list of trucks appears on the screen, displaying a full array of detailed information on the status of each of them. If a truck is running late or strays off route, an alert is sent to the dispatcher.

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Global Positioning System (GPS)

waemam — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:05:45 +0000

Serving the World

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a U.S. space-based radionavigation system that provides reliable positioning, navigation, and timing services to civilian users on a continuous worldwide basis -- freely available to all. For anyone with a GPS receiver, the system will provide location and time. GPS provides accurate location and time information for an unlimited number of people in all weather, day and night, anywhere in the world.

The GPS is made up of three parts: satellites orbiting the Earth; control and monitoring stations on Earth; and the GPS receivers owned by users. GPS satellites broadcast signals from space that are picked up and identified by GPS receivers. Each GPS receiver then provides three-dimensional location (latitude, longitude, and altitude) plus the time.

Individuals may purchase GPS handsets that are readily available through commercial retailers. Equipped with these GPS receivers, users can accurately locate where they are and easily navigate to where they want to go, whether walking, driving, flying, or boating. GPS has become a mainstay of transportation systems worldwide, providing navigation for aviation, ground, and maritime operations. Disaster relief and emergency services depend upon GPS for location and timing capabilities in their life-saving missions. Everyday activities such as banking, mobile phone operations, and even the control of power grids, are facilitated by the accurate timing provided by GPS. Farmers, surveyors, geologists and countless others perform their work more efficiently, safely, economically, and accurately using the free and open GPS signals.

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Discount GPS

waemam — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:02:08 +0000

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is the only fully functional Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). The GPS uses a constellation of between 24 and 32 Medium Earth Orbit satellites that transmit precise microwave signals, that enable GPS receivers to determine their location, speed, direction, and time. GPS was developed by the United States Department of Defense. Its official name is NAVSTAR-GPS. Although NAVSTAR-GPS is not an acronym[1], a few backronyms have been created for it[2]. The GPS satellite constellation is managed by the United States Air Force 50th Space Wing.

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O2 XDA Orbit 2 und der Hardreset

worldofppc — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:02:57 +0000

Es gibt immer noch Geräte, die einen überraschen. Ich hatte den HTC Touch Cruise schon von meiner inneren Wunschliste gestrichen, weil sein Design nun so gar nicht mein Fall war (wie beim P3300 damals auch schon). Nur auf Grund einer Verlängerung meines O2-Vertrages hatte ich dann zum XDA Orbit 2 gegriffen. Beide entstammen der HTC Polaris-Reihe, aber wie in der Gegenüberstellung vom Orbit zum 3300 hat O2 mal wieder eine Extrawurst angefordert. Gottseidank!

Wider meiner Erwartung ist der Orbit 2 eines der schönsten Geräte, die ich bisher in der Hand gehabt habe. Von der Aluplatte, die die Hörer- und Bedientasten bildet, über die leicht verspiegelte Oberfläche bis hin zu den leicht abgerundeten Kanten (die beim Cruise eben extrem "eckig" sind). Der vollständige Test folgt zeitnah...

Nachdem aber das kleine Miststück irgendwie nicht mehr von meinem Exchange angepushed werden wollte und ich einen Hardreset machen wollte, ging ich des TomTom Navigators verlustig. Und auf der beiliegenden CD sind zwar Stimmen und Karten, aber nicht die Programmdateien. Der Anruf bei der O2-Hotline war mal wieder ein Musterbeispiel für "Gut gemeint, aber...."

Die normale Kundenhotline stellt zur Spezialhotline. Natürlich erst, als ich mein Problem geschildert habe. Die Spezialhotline lässt mich ganz höflich ausreden und stellt mich dann weiter zur XDA-Hotline.

Merke: Als Datenkunde ist man ein Spezialfall... wenn man dann einen XDA hat, ist man ein spezieller Spezialfall, quasi ein 00X-Agent...

XDA-Hotline: "Wie haben Sie denn den Hardreset gemacht?"

00X: "Ganz normal, Start, Einstellungen, System, Speicher löschen, 1234, ok."

XDA-Hotline: "Das ist ja auch falsch."

Hmmmh... Windows Mobile Standardfunktionen sind also "falsch".

XDA-Hotline: "Einen Softreset machen Sie, wenn Sie den Stift in das Loch unten stecken."

Hatte ich nicht nach gefragt, aber beruhigend, dass das trotz des Nicht-Standards wie im Standard läuft... vermutlich dauerte das Laden der Huilfe-Datei so lange, dass er es mit einer "Bonusauskunft" überbrücken musste...

XDA-Hotline: "Und einen Hardreset machen Sie, indem Sie die Internet- und die GPS-Taste festhalten. Und dann wird der TomTom Navigator auch mit installiert!"

00X: "Emmm... der Orbit 2 hat keine Internet- und keine GPS-Taste?"

XDA-Hotline: "Das steht aber im Handbuch!"

In diesem Moment brach die Verbindung zusammen. Ich bin mir noch nicht sicher, ob es wegen meiner renitenten Nachfrage oder auf Grund der schlechten Netzabdeckung von O2 war... :-)

Lange Rede, kurzer Sinn: Ich habe stattdessen die Windows und die OK-Taste gedrückt und einen Softreset gemacht, was das selbe Ergebnis brachte wie der "Speicher löschen"-Hardreset. Allerdings fiel mir auf, dass die Selbstinstallation relativ kurz war. Lösung: Auf der Speicherkarte war der Mobile Navigator und mit ihm sein Autostartverzeichnis 2577. Nach dem Reset des Gerätes wurde dessen Installation offensichtlich automatisch gestartet und kollidierte mit dem Autosetup von O2. SD-Karte aus dem Gerät, neuen Hardreset, die Installation läuft komplett durch und bringt auch den TomTom Navigator zurück.

Ich werde ab heute stolzgeschwellter Brust an jedem O2-Shop vorbei gehen. Schliesslich bin ich Spezial-Spezialkunde, und weiss auch noch mehr als meine persönliche Spezial-Spezial-Hotline. :-D

Zur Ehrenrettung: Das Handbuch ist tatsächlich so ~~dämlich~~konstruktiv und beschriftet die Home- und die OK-Taste mit "Internet" und "GPS"... da hat jemand das Orbit-Handbuch genommen, den Text gelassen und die Abbildungen getauscht. Und ein so neues Gerät in allen Ecken supporten zu können ist schwierig, wenn man sich nicht intensiv damit beschäftigen kann, wofür bei der Vielzahl der XDAs wahrscheinlich die Zeit knapp ist.