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Russian satnav system in new cars from 2012

GLONASS in all new cars from 2012 All new Russian cars could come equipped with Moscow’s GLONASS satellite navigation system, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said (…), with a tax to be levied on the rival GPS system. “I think that…

Edge 500 – New Model

Garmin Edge 500 – GPS enable super cycle computer – 9.900,- THB GPS-enabled super cycle computer displays power data from ANT +?-enabled third-party power meters, barometric altitude and vertical profile, tracks speed, distance, calories burned, average and max speeds

Oregon software version 3.85 Beta

Change HistoryChanges made from version 3.81 to 3.85: Added multicaching support. Added Automatic Shaded Relief option. Added ability to set user declination direction. Improved accuracy of trip odometer. Fixed occasional shutdowns. Fixed issue with Oblique Mercator User grid. Problems with…

Dakota software version 3.15 Beta

Dakota Software Update – Beta 3.15 Changes made from version 3.14 to 3.15: Fixed issue from 3.14 with Garmin BirdsEye and Garmin Custom Maps Changes made from version 3.12 to 3.14: Added multicaching support. Added ability to move waypoints using…

First GPS IIF satellite on station

First GPS IIF satellite on station Officials from the Air Space Command’s Global Positioning Systems Wing at the Space and Missile Systems Center here have announced the first GPS IIF satellite arrived on station Aug. 1. This indicates the satellite…

Chines GPS – Beidou

Chines GPS – Beidou At 5:30 on Sunday morning, the Chinese government fired a Long March 3A rocket into orbit. It carried a navigation satellite ? the fifth in a planned constellation of 30 or more Beidou orbiters that Beijing…

Japanese GPS into glasses

GPS into glasses Personal navigation systems are about to get a lot more personal. Japanese engineers have created a prototype device that places GPS navigation technology into a pair of wearable, seemingly everyday, glasses. (…)To put the glasses to work…

Dakota software version 3.1

Updates & Downloads – Dakota (WebUpdater) software version 3.10 Change HistoryChanges made from version 3.00 to 3.10: Fixed issue with editing waypoints. Changes made from version 2.90 to 3.00: Fixed top keyboard row. Fixed external power lost message. Fixed shutdown…

GPSMAP 695/696 software version 4.10

Updates & Downloads – GPSMAP 695/696 software version 4.10 Change HistoryChanges made from version 4.00 to 4.10: Improved representation of the aircraft position on Flitechart and ChartView charts with landscape orientation. Improved display of FSS, ARTCC frequency designators (Rx /…