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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 review
your options and 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, Computer Games, Data Recovery, Internet Security, Identity Theft and
Computer Software including
Educational Games For Kids,
Life Strategy,
Computer Troubleshooting,
Computer Forensic Evidence,
Identity Theft Statistics,
Accounting Business Software,
Zone Alarm Download,
Internet Banking.
Keep a lookout for more of his articles on this website.
Give Me Just The GPS Facts.....
There is nothing more frustrating than having to look at a map
constantly to find a destination that you have never been too.
It is time consuming and more importantly, it is often erroneous.
If you are tired of dealing with paper maps that steer you in
the wrong direction, it is time you made the switch to a GPS device.
These car mounted or hand held devices can get you where you need
to go without you having to stop and go over the map.
They are extremely portable and reliable. Throw those paper maps
away and get with the technology movement.
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