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3 things you need to know about using GPS on your AT&T phone

With GPS becoming more and more common on mobile phones, you may be wondering if you can get GPS on your AT&T phone. How can you find out? AT&T provides a helpful resource for customers,...

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5 Reasons you should be GPS Tracking your Assets

Hooking up your equipment to a GPS tracking device seemed like something straight out of a spy novel a few years ago and only used when the asset was something related to national security. But as GPS...

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How does GPS actually work?

To most people GPS units are just little black boxes. They have no idea what goes on inside the box or how it works. But they don’t need to – they just need to know how to use the device, similar to...

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What GPS is best for me?

How can you find the best GPS navigation system? In previous posts we talked about the basics of what GPS is and how it works, as well as how a GPS device can be connected or disconnected. Knowing more...

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What would the world be like without GPS?

There’s a battle going on and some fear the GPS system we’ve all come to rely on could be the loser. This is a fight that should be of interest to a lot of us who use GPS every day, sometimes even...

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The Future According to Google

Download your own GPS mapping kitWhen Google’s Chairman Eric Schmidt recently spoke to the press about the future of mobile commerce he painted an almost sci-fi picture of the simple process of buying...

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How accurate is a GPS-based speedometer?

Many GPS devices display your current speed, based on a simple calculation of how much distance you are covering in a given time period. However, drivers are often confused with these readings since it...

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10 Tips When Traveling Overseas with GPS

It appears that nothing can slow the growth of tourism. Despite political instability, declining economies and the proliferation of terrorism, the lure of the overseas adventure continues to draw...

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Top 3 GPS Smartphones

In our last post we talked about the benefits of using GPS when traveling overseas. Most tourists would agree that once you’ve used GPS to help you get around, discover local attractions, or find your...

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A-GPS – What does it mean?

If you’ve been browsing GPS devices you might have seen some of them, particularly GPS-enabled smartphones, boasting A-GPS. What is A-GPS? What are the benefits of Assisted GPS, and why is it a good...

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A parent’s worst nightmare solved or is it a privacy invasion?

It can take only a moment of distraction to lose a child. Any parent will tell you that they only looked away for a minute and when they turned around again their child was gone. It’s that split second...

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How to add your office to Google street view

When Google street view first appeared on the world scene, everyone got excited. It wasn’t long before we started discovering new things about the world around us. Some of it was just plain weird. With...

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