Games GPS Computer Software Web Tips Guide
Games GPS To Enjoy The Outdoors
By Rainbow Spear
What makes the games GPS has to offer better than the games Playstation
or computers offer is that you are given the opportunity to get
outside, get some exercise and combine online clues and navigator
maps with real places, objects and prizes!
"Geocaching" is one of the most exciting GPS games
that allow owners of GPS navigation systems access to "Amazing
Race" type competitions. Of course, there are the individual
puzzle type games too, but most GPS owners are more adventurous
than that!
Geotagging As A New Approach To Art
One of the newest games GPS has come out with is called "Geotagging,"
which is offered by the Surreal Scania website as a new approach
to art. Located in southern Sweden, artists have created videos
of the local landscape, then geotagged their contemplative videos
to play on GPS navigation systems when users pass these points.
The artistic representations beg the question, "What is
real and what is imaginary?" The filmmakers show how imagination
and location interplay with one another. A similar project was
filmed in Singapore and can be found at www.gpsfilm.com.
While this concept is new to North America, it’s expected to take
off soon, with the increasing popularity of site navigation.
Racing From Waypoint To Waypoint
If you have ever watched "The Amazing Race," then you’ve
got the concept of the increasingly popular Geocaching games GPS
has to play. Teams or individuals will receive sets of coordinates
and will race from waypoint to waypoint, performing different
tasks at each location and competing for prizes.
In their ventures, seekers often find hidden containers with
inexpensive toys, keepsakes or items and log books; they then
replace the item with something new and record their name in the
log. To find hosting in your area, check out www.geocaching.com
to see if one of the 673,265 geocaches can be found near you.
Sharing Your Experiences On Social Networking Sites
Social networking has also reached the world of GPS devices.
In addition to participating in some of the games GPS has to play,
like "geocaching" and "geodashing," you can
also share your experiences of particular locations with others.
At www.myspace.com,
you can access games, music, images, text, videos, animations,
narratives and games that are embedded in your location!
You can then create your own mediascape or modify an existing
one as well! To access these amazing interactive navigator maps,
you’ll just visit the site, download the free software, connect
your GPS to your PC, copy the player and starter mediascape onto
your navigation device, start the player and head outside to play!
About the Author:
Rainbow Spear has written a number of articles on computers and
software including
Accounting
Business Software,
Computer Recovery,
Hard Disk Recovery,
Computer Troubleshooting,
Boot Sector Virus Removal,
Affordable Laptops,
Identity Theft Statistics,
Accounting Business Software, Internet
Banking, Internet
Banking, Software
Development, Drivers.
Keep a lookout for more of his articles on this website.
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