You get to name a well and also get the GPS coordinates so you can see where it is located.
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The phone also automatically relays the GPS coordinates of the user's location and rates nearby noise levels by using the unit's microphone.
The GPS coordinates are appended to each image and easily syncs with Canon software or mapping apps on social network sites to show image locations.
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If you still manage to leave your favourite jacket behind, it will send you a text, email or Facebook message with the GPS coordinates of the last known location so you can track it down on Google Maps.
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Using an iPhone also lets the app register GPS coordinates and transmit all the data through the phone's mobile Internet connection.
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According to the patent, you could then be given directions based on GPS coordinates and the buildings "seen" by the watch, while a Goggles-like implementation would be able to identify smaller items in the display.
Soldiers in the field can text GPS coordinates, send pictures of their surroundings, or file common reports directly from their phone.
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They photographed the devices they found and recorded GPS coordinates and other details about their location in a building.
The radio transmits a plane's speed, heading, altitude and GPS coordinates to all other planes similarly equipped, allowing each to map the traffic around it.
The systems would allow a medic or corpsman treating a wounded warrior to record vital signs and other important information as well as request an emergency evacuation using precise GPS coordinates, starting with the first moments of life-saving care and making the information available using the existing tactical radio networks.
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One of their most valuable tools was a process called "geocoding, " the conversion of street addresses into global positioning system (GPS) coordinates.
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