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How does GPS work on airplanes?
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GPS satellites orbit about 12,000 miles above us, and complete one orbit every 12 hours. They are solar powered, fly in medium Earth orbit and transmit radio signals to receivers on the ground. ... The receiver in an aircraft receives time data from the satellites' atomic clocks
What are the different types of maps?
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1) Political Map: A political map does not show any topographic features. It instead focuses solely on the state and national boundaries of a place. They also include the locations of cities - both large and small, depending on the detail of the map. 2) Physical Map: A physical map is one that shows the physical landscape features of a place. They
Do Google web apps (Gmail, Maps, Calendar, etc.) play nice with the PS3 web browser?
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We tried the lot of them, here's what we found: Gmail works in basic HTML mode, we didn't get it going in its full AJAXy form. Google maps worked well, draggable maps and all, but the format was messed up -- no search, no address entry. It was very weird. Calendar ran our browser out of memory the first time (huh?), but the second time it