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09 Oct 2009

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Friday’s Food for Thought: So, Where Are We Now? Life Before GPS

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Driving DirectionsWelcome once again to our Friday’s Food for Thought post exclusively on got geoint? Yesterday’s post about the National Medal of Science being bestowed to Rudolf Kalman for developing the foundation for GPS technology has inspired our theme for today’s post: where would we be without GPS (like the pun?)? Do you recall always getting lost while driving? All you would have were hand-written directions and a Rand McNally map — and a bit of faith — to get you to your destination. Worst of all…no cell phone to call the person at the destination if you got lost. Thankfully those days are gone and today is Friday. So, scroll down and enjoy.

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