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Ekaterina Tudegesheva of Russia shows her overall GPS Trophy after the Parallel Giant Slalom FIS Snowboard World Cup Final in Arosa, Switzerland, Sunday, March 27, 2011.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 25: Jesse White is fitted with a GPS device during a Sydney Swans AFL training session at Moore Park on March 25, 2011 in Sydney, Australia.

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A pilot uses GPS coordinates to plot a course to the 2011 Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska in this March 18, 2011 picture.

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This artist drawing provided by Lockheed Martin shows a Block III GPS satellite orbiting the Earth. The new generation of satellites will improve the accuracy of military and civilian GPS receivers. The Block III is now undergoing testing at the Lockheed Martin plant south of Denver.

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IN SPACE - JANUARY 23: In this handout from the NOAA/National Weather Service's Space Weather Prediction Center, shows the M3.2 solar flare on January 23, 2012. The flare is reportedly the largest since 2005 and is expected to affect GPS systems and other communications when it reaches...

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IN SPACE - JANUARY 23: In this handout from the NOAA/National Weather Service's Space Weather Prediction Center, shows a solar flare erupting from the sun late January 23, 2012. The flare is reportedly the largest since 2005 and is expected to affect GPS systems and other...

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OXFORD, ENGLAND - MARCH 02: Player GPS transmitters and lined up during the England training session held at St. Edward's School on March 2, 2011 in Oxford, England.

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A UNIFIL Spanish soldier stands guard as his comrades check and calculate GPS (Global Positioning System) points on the beach in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, 14 September 2006. Around 570 Spanish soldiers should be landing tomorrow in Tyre and will be stationed at Marjayoun. ...

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In this Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012 photo, Kenny Jenkins uses a lift bag to place a weight and geocache marker in about 33 ft. of water in Lake Denton in Avon Park Fla. Interest in geocaching has grown significantly over the years. But combining the two hobbies, geocaching and scuba diving,...

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Jeffrey Jacobsen wears a Golden-i handsfree computing and communication headset in the Verizon booth at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas January 11, 2012. The device, set to be marketed by Motorola and Verizon in the third quarter of 2012 allows the user to control and see his...

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LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 10: Tagg The Pet Tracker on display at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 10, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs through January 13 and is...

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LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 08: The Cobra JoyRide car charger by Cobra Electronics is displayed during a press event at The Venetian for the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) January 8, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The JoyRide works with Android phones and can automatically...

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FILE - In this Thursday Jan. 5,2012 file photo provided by the Santa Barbara Police Department shows Dr. Andrew Bourne, who was arrested Thursday Jan. 5, 2012 along with another man, Joseph Walker, on suspicion of having sex with a 14-year-old girl. Bourne has been found dead by his...

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In this July 19, 2011 photo, attached by rope to a waiting helicopter, researcher Carl Gladish walks back after deploying a GPS seismometer, or GeoPebble, to track glacial movement on Jakobshavn Glacier, near Ilulissat, Greenland. Chief researcher David Holland, hopes to eventually...

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FOR STORY GROENLANDIA-CALENTAMIENTO - FILE - In this July 19, 2011 file photo, attached by rope to a waiting helicopter, Arctic researcher Carl Gladish of New York University hammers a steel stake into ice, securing a newly-deployed GPS seismometer, or Geopebble, designed to track...

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In this photo taken July 11, 2011, Student Robert Calvert of Selma, Calif. , discs cotton at Fresno State's urban farm in Fresno, Calif. , using one of the university's new GPS-enhanced tractors. In an era of diminishing budgets for higher education, sales at the student-run farm store...

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Colorado State Brand Inspector Jim Easthouse points to a nearly invisible brand on a cow headed for auction in Fort Collins, Colorado November 9, 2011. Cattle rustlers, casting aside saddle and spurs for modern horsepower, are roaming the West with four-wheel drive and GPS technology in...

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Colorado State Brand Inspector Jim Easthouse passes a reward sign as he enters a pen of cattle headed for auction in Fort Collins, Colorado November 9, 2011. Cattle rustlers, casting aside saddle and spurs for modern horsepower, are roaming the West with four-wheel drive and GPS...

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Colorado State Brand Inspector Jim Easthouse looks over a sheet listing cattle headed for auction in Fort Collins, Colorado November 9, 2011. The list shows (L-R) the names of cattle owners, the number of cattle being sold at the auction, the brands and ear tag numbers used by each...

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This Feb. 13, 2010 file photo provided by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife shows wolf coordinator Russ Morgan with a female wolf pup just fitted with a radio collar in northeastern Oregon. Another Oregon wolf, known as OR-7, has become a celebrity since zigzagging 730 miles...

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This Nov. 14, 2011 photo from a trail camera appears to show OR-7, the young male wolf that has wandered hundreds of miles across Oregon and Northern California looking for a mate and a new home. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says the photo likely shows OR-7, because a...

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A sturgeon measuring more than 2 metres (7 ft.) is seen after a GPS monitoring system was attached near its tail at a fish farm in the village of Tamadau, 40 km (25 miles) east of Bucharest May 16, 2011. Six sturgeons with GPS monitoring system attached will be released into Danube...

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This Oct. 25, 2011 photo provided by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife shows OR-11, a male pup from the Walla Walla pack, waking up from anesthesia after being fitted with a radio tracking collar in northeastern Oregon. Another wolf, OR-7, from the Imnaha pack, has become a...

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US Michael Bevis, Geodesy and Geodynamics specialist and director of the Central and Southern Andes GPS Project of the University of Ohio, speaks during an interview in La Paz on May 9, 2011. Bevis said that some 2 million Bolivians are exposed to the risk of an up to 8.9 magnitude...

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US Michael Bevis, Geodesy and Geodynamics specialist and director of the Central and Southern Andes GPS Project of the University of Ohio, shows on his computer areas in risk of quake during an interview in La Paz on May 9, 2011. Bevis said that some 2 million Bolivians are exposed to...