Britain seen from above
Stunning GPS visualizations from the BBC series “Britain from Above”, the first episode will be broadcast on Sunday 10 August at 2100 on BBC One..
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5 in 5: Day 1
It’s the first day of 5 in 5 and there’s a parade of projects. See the gang free themselves from Positioning Systems, choose their food decisively, sash a speaker, stick socks to a tee, mate software circles, print Mega Man, enliven their claw prizes, greet with robots, calm a TV, root for poops, Eco-nomize a […]
Photos “near you” with iPhone 2.0
Wow, here are some screenshots of “Exposure” a free/fee app for iPhone 2.0 — GPS and geotag enthusiasts will love it, you tap “near me” and see all the photos that were taken… you guessed it, near you. I’m a few blocks or so from the World Trade Center area at the moment… via Daring […]
GLaGPS – “Genetic Lifeform and Global Positioning System”
Fun GPS voice hack… A custom voice file for Garmin Nuvi GPS units stylized “GLaGPS – Genetic Lifeform and Global Positioning System” via Waxy. In 2007, Valve Software released Portal, one of the most enjoyable and creative video games of the year. But you already know that. I have created a custom voice file for […]
Location based videos
Neat GPS / video project @ the DeLorme blog using their Xmap software, Chip writes- Eight members of Team DeLorme’s cycling group made the long trip from Yarmouth, Maine, down to New York City to participate in the 2008 NYC 5 Boro Bike Tour. The weather was great and the opportunity to ride through the […]
GPS jamming
Interesting article at GPS world about intentional GPS jamming via /. AS WE ALL KNOW, GPS SIGNALS ARE WEAK. At a receiver’s antenna, in the open air, their strength is about -160 dBW or 1 × 10-16 watts. Compare this to a cell-phone signal, which might be -60 dBW or 1 × 10-6 watts — […]
GPS logging Arduino shield
Adafruit has released a GPS logging Arduino shield, freaking cool! Pop this on to an Arduino and you can make your own GPS logger, locative art projects & more! The kit is available here. This shield requires a GPS module (sometimes called an “engine board” or “engine module”) to receive the timecode data from GPS […]
