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If you have a Web-enabled cell phone or PDA, you can receive instant street maps of your current location with a subscription software package from Handmark. This service for people who don't have GPS receivers returns precise maps based on street and city queries that you send wirelessly. You can also get up-to-the-minute news, weather (with live radar maps), sports, stock prices, directories, and movie times and ticket purchases. The street maps can help you avoid having to ask for directions; but aside from that, the service's unlimited directory assistance (with reverse directories as well) more than justifies the $70 yearly subscription. For $30 a year, you can obtain just mapping and directory assistance.
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Practice on the way to/from work: Familiarize yourself with your brand new toy before you go on an excursion in unknown territories. Try to learn the language your machine speaks. �Be prepared to go straight in half a mile�, or �stay left in less than 200 feet and then stay left� may not make sense at first. Learn how to do POI searches, edit your route for detours, mute, and other things you may run into.
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Tree cover is a special challenge to outdoor GPS use. Water in the trees absorbs GPS signals, making navigation difficult or impossible. A better "12-channel parallel" GPS receiver, and/or an external "amplified" antenna can vastly improve reception under tree cover, but you'll still lose coverage occasionally.


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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.

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