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AVOID TRAFFIC - If you've got a GPS with real-time traffic capabilities, like the Garmin nuvi 660, 680, c550, Magellan Maestro 4050, or TomTom ONE XL, make sure your subscription is current before heading out. If you're part of the majority of people who don't have a real-time traffic enabled GPS, Google Maps recently added real-time traffic data to their maps -- plot your planned course on Google Maps before leaving and spot any potential traffic problems. If you see a traffic issue, use your GPS' route exclusion/avoidance feature to route around the problem area.
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Tip: UV protected or heated windscreens may block the signal...Although not designed for it, the GPS receiver can be used in a car � if the conditions are very good. For example, a UV protected or heated windscreen may dampen the signal.
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Examine your route: Before you blindly follow the directions on screen do a fly over your route and make sure it makes sense. Algorithms that calculate your route are designed by humans and humans make mistakes. Plus the maps can be outdated, the ferry you are instructed to take may not operate at that time of the day, or the perfectly good scenic road you see on the screen may be covered with snow in winter months.
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Lots of interesting articles from today's PC World. First up, Microsoft Takes on MapQuest: "MSN launches MapPoint online mapping service, offering maps, directions, and more."

Apparently this is going to be yet another component of MS' push for .Net services with hooks into other MSN services. MapPoint is XML-based, which makes it interesting in other ways, and there it launches with a phone-based direction service. The articles notes that this is another step towards location-based services. "For example, you might someday be able to click on a Windows Messenger buddy's name and retrieve a map showing the location of his or her home."

Good or bad? You make the call. I like parts of this, but I'm incredibly wary of .Net.

Write Here, Write Now: And you thought you were overloaded with information now, just wait. Hewlett Packard is working on a technology to let folks print messages in mid-air based on their location incorporating GPS technology. I find this stuff fascinating, even if no one seems to have thought of a good use for it yet. The first sentence of the article is right, though: "The kids are going to love this." in New Scientist via RCPL's Liblog]

When the ALA summer conference was in San Francisco in 1997, the SF Museum of Modern Art had a fascinating exhibit called Icons: Magnets of Meaning. I spent hours browsing through it, but one of the pieces that has always stuck in my mind was called @: Marking the Electrosphere . It talked about the meaning of that one little symbol. How it can define, place, and root you in the world, but at the same time let you be found anywhere. Integrated, widespread use of GPS is going to take this to a whole new level.