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Pinpoint : how GPS is changing technology, culture, and our minds / by Milner, Greg,author.(CARDINAL)467932;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: The whisper from space -- Part I: Calculating Route -- 1. Tupaia goes home -- 2. The when and the where -- 3. Global reach, global power -- 4. Ranging the perfect beet -- Part II: You Have Arrived -- 5. Death by GPS -- 6. The hornet's nest -- 7. Better living through tracking -- 8. Return from mid-ice -- 9. Tied together (40.74375° N 73.9835° W) -- Epilogue: Direction home -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.Your Global Positioning System guides you across town; it also helps land planes, and anticipates earthquakes. Milner takes us on a fascinating tour of a hidden system that touches almost every aspect of our modern life, and shows how it has created new forms of human behavior. But the potential misuse of GPS data by government and corporations raise disturbing questions about ethics and privacy. GPS satisfies the scientific urge toward precision-- but may be altering the very nature of human cognition.
Subjects: Global Positioning System.; Global Positioning System;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 9
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Using GPS / by Dixon, Conrad.;
Subjects: Global Positioning System.; Boats and boating.;
© 1999., Sheridan House,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Inventing GPS / by Lew, Kristi,author.(CARDINAL)486456;
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.Finding the way -- Creating GPS -- That's amazing!: launching a satellite -- How GPS works -- What GPS does -- Focus on inventing GPS.Junior Library Guild"This book reveals the fascinating history of GPS, from when it was first invented to the latest innovations, as well as the changes it has created in people's lives"--Provided by the publisher.Ages 5-7.Grades K-2.630630LA Junior Library Guild selection
Subjects: Global Positioning System; Global Positioning System;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Creating a crop maze with GPS / by Roberson, Gary T.; North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.(CARDINAL)217218;
Subjects: Maze gardens; Global Positioning System.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The military GPS : cutting-edge global positioning system / by Gray, Judy Silverstein,author.(CARDINAL)477603; Kiland, Taylor Baldwin,1966-author.(CARDINAL)473723;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Straight 'chuting -- Where am I? The history of navigation -- How GPS works -- Here, there, everywhere -- Military careers that use GPS technology -- The future looks bright...and maybe more accurate -- Timeline.Grades 7-8.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Astronautics, Military; Global Positioning System;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Complete idiot's guide to geocaching / by Peters, Jack W.(CARDINAL)470602;
Subjects: Geocaching (Game); Orienteering.; Treasure hunting.; Global Positioning System.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Inside GPS / by LaPierre, Yvette,1963-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.Introduces GPS technology, describing how the worldwide navigation system was invented, how satellites and ground stations work together, and how the technology is used by the military and civilians.800LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Global Positioning System; Technological innovations;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Airborne kinematic GPS photogrammetry and its potential application for large scale photogrammetric mapping / by Johnston, Keith.(CARDINAL)214862; Storch, Carl.(CARDINAL)217501; North Carolina.Division of Highways.(CARDINAL)162414;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 48-49).Final report.
Subjects: Technical reports.; Aerial photogrammetry; Photographic surveying; Global Positioning System;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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Cool maps & geocaching [board book] : great things to do in the great outdoors / by Hengel, Katherine.(CARDINAL)493364;
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.Find it! -- Explore your world -- What is geocaching? -- Geocaching FAQ -- Safety first in the great outdoors -- Materials -- Get geocaching! -- Geocache bottle caps -- Secret cache -- Plastic bag compass -- Cube walkers -- Marvelous map -- Adventure journal -- How great is the great outdoors? -- Glossary -- Websites -- Index.Cool Maps and Geocaching makes the great outdoors fun and exciting. Learn the fun of geocaching. What to put in a secret cache, where to hide it. Create your own compass to find a cache and write in an adventure journal. This book is full of easy-to-follow steps and bright photography for every activity. Plus, it's written just for kids! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.3456450560L
Subjects: Geocaching (Game); Global Positioning System.; Maps.; Orienteering.; Outdoor recreation.;
Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 18
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GPS made easy : using Global Positioning Systems in the outdoors / by Letham, Lawrence.(CARDINAL)392902;
Includes bibliographical references (page 205) and index.
Subjects: Global Positioning System.; Orienteering; Outdoor recreation;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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