About this tag
Discussions on WindowsForum.com about GPS cover a range of topics from Windows location services and device connectivity to metadata in sports photography. Users share tips on enabling or disabling location services in Windows 11, which uses GPS among other sources, and troubleshoot issues with GPS devices like the Magellan Triton 1500 and Bluetooth GPS receivers. There are also threads on GPS-related metadata in images, such as EXIF data containing location information, and the use of GPS for navigation software. The tag reflects both practical Windows configuration and broader GPS technology topics.
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Sports Photo Metadata: Licensing, EXIF/IPTC/XMP, and Editorial Ethics
The single photograph credited to the Idaho State Journal from the Patriots–Commanders preseason gallery is a small, vivid example of how modern sports images travel, carry hidden technical metadata, and create both editorial value and legal risk for anyone who downloads, republishes, or edits...- WindowsForum AI
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- alt text attribution caption copyright editorial ethics exif exiftool gps image rights iptc licensing licensing audits media workflow privacy sports photography windows editors wire images xmp
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- Forum: Windows News
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Patriots vs Commanders: Photo Metadata & Licensing in Sports Media
Photographs from the Patriots–Commanders matchup that appeared across regional outlets this week underscore a familiar truth: in modern sports coverage, a single image is equal parts journalism, metadata package, and a potential legal — or privacy — landmine for anyone who downloads, edits, or...- WindowsForum AI
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- commanders copyright exif exiftool foxborough gps image licensing image rights iptc licensing local news newsrooms patriot preseason privacy sports photography windows workflow wire images xmp
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Managing Location Services in Windows 11: A Guide to Privacy and Usability
The Importance of Location Services Location services allow applications to access geographical data from various sources, including Wi-Fi networks, GPS, and IP addresses. This functionality can enable helpful features like weather updates, location-based reminders, and navigation assistance...- WindowsForum AI
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- gps location services privacy settings usability windows 11
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Windows 10 A fix for Cortana doesn't know where I'm at issue!!!
Hi This has been bugging me since I started using Cortana. Well there is finally a fix that works, not by Microsoft but by someone named Michael Chourdakis at the behest of someone named Wilson Phillips on the Windows help web site. I tried it and it worked for me. Cortana now knows exactly...- MikeHawthorne
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- 32-bit 64-bit community cortana device manager download fix google maps gps gpscomplete how to license location maps app michael chourdakis sensor drivers update user account control windows 10 windows help
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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VIDEO Don't rely on your Sat Nav, lol.
Some expletives :eek: :razz:- whoosh
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- gps sat nav vehicle safety
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- Forum: The Water Cooler
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VIDEO 400 years early: Star Trek's tricorder prototype work began in 2007 by Peter Jansen
Anyone who has watched the science fiction television series Star Trek will remember the tricorder: A fictional device capable of scanning for anomalies in space and time, diagnosing irregularities in your health, and helping the crew of a starship find their way through obstacles on an alien...- Mike
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- 3d printing communicator diagnostics education electromagnetic fiction future technology gps innovation invention mark two tricorder mobile computing peter jansen real world applications science fiction seismology sensors star trek technology tricorder
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Windows 7 Wiped my OP drive
As the heading says I wiped my Operating Drive on my desktop. And created a fresh Windows 7 and other software. I am having problems with one program. I had it on the previous OP before I wiped it. Although I had a little problem connecting last time. The software worked great, the software is...- funnnyfarm
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- clean install desktop device manager drivers gps magellan plug and play portable drive reinstall repair tools software issues tech support triton 1500 troubleshooting usb user experience vantage windows 7
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Windows 7 Bluetooth Port Assignment
I have used Add a Device to connect W7-64 to my BT GPS. No problem really. However, I want to use it with some ships navigation software which only uses COM 4. The device gets its COM service hooked to COM 3 automatically, and I see no way to change it. The Bluetooth Setup on XP allowed both...- SeptimusFry
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- bluetooth com port device connectivity gps port assignment tech support troubleshooting user experience windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 7 USB Com Ports
I recently bought a USB to RS232 adapter (it works fine). My question is: How can find out which com port it is using, except by trying all of them and then finding the one that works. I have a older Thunderbird GPS 10 MHz frequency standard thet requires a RS232 interface to talk to it (for...- maxhendrickson
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- adapter com port frequency gps rs232 setup thunderbird usb windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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VIDEO Conspiracy Theory: Why, Really, Did Nevada Remove Geocaches?
This lonely stretch of road in central Nevada draws conspiracy buffs from the world over who ponder such unknowables as whether aliens have landed on Earth and what the feds really do at nearby Area 51. But lately there's been another mystery among locals: Why did the Nevada Department of...- cybercore
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- adventure community complaints conspiracy theory economy extraterrestrial highway geocaching gps hobbies logbooks ndot nevada power cache revenue road safety small business tourism travel ufo
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Drivers detour around police using high-tech apps
Drivers looking to avoid pricey citations for traffic offenses such as red-light camera violations and speed trap busts are turning to technology to level the playing field. As red-light cameras proliferate around the United States and cash-starved police agencies pump up coffers with...- cybercore
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- audio alerts citations cobra drivers dui checkpoints fuzz alert gps law enforcement mobile apps montgomery county phantomalert police agencies public safety red-light cameras speed trap technology traffic traffic offenses trapster user reports
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- Forum: The Water Cooler
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Specialist NASA has calculated that the earthquake in Japan reduced the terrestrial day to 1.6 micro
Link Removed Earthquake in Japan, which became one of the most powerful in the history of the country, according to preliminary calculations, the reduced terrestrial days 1,6 microseconds. On it informs RIA Novosti news agency referring to the specialist's Jet Propulsion Laboratory...- cybercore
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- aftershock axis shift catastrophe disaster recovery earthquake geophysics gps japan japan relief magnitude monitoring nasa natural disaster richard gross seismic seismic stations terrestrial day tsunami
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VIDEO 12 Things You Can Do In The Car With Apple iPad & Maxis Wireless Broadband
1. Check emails. 2. Surf the Internet. 3. Listen to online radios. 4. Listen to online podcasts. 5. Watch movies. 6. Watch online videos at Youtube. 7. View online photo album at Flickr. 8. Read digital newspaper. 9. Read digital magazine. 10. Play games. 11. Login to Twitter /...- cybercore
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- email facebook games google maps gps internet ipad magazine maxis movies navigator newspaper online photos podcast twitter video wireless
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Iditarod Race goes high tech with GPS devices
When the 39th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race starts in Anchorage on Saturday, 62 mushers and their dogs will embark on an annual trek that has evolved far from its shoestring roots. The leading contenders are professionals, working year-round to prepare for the race and financed by corporate...- cybercore
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- alaska anchorage competition dallas seavey dog sledding ghost town gps iditarod lance mackey martin buser mushers native villages prizes race serum relay sled dogs sporting events technology advancements traditional lifestyles trail
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UK pensioners drive into German church
Link Removed due to 404 Error BERLIN (Reuters) – Two British pensioners landed in hospital in southern Germany after their car's global positioning system directed them to drive into a church. While driving their Renault in the evening on a back road near the Austrian border, the...- cybercore
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- accident austrian border church damage germany gps hospital immenstadt local news minor injuries pensioners renault travel
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car navigation gps aka tomtom
Does any one out there use these? I just recently purchased one..... a TOM TOM. I am having some issues with my own home address being located wrong on the gps. It's a mile off. The unit functions correctly, it's just my home address is off. I have contacted tom tom and waiting for a response. I...- Jimbo22
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- address issues firmware google earth gps location problems map updates maps quick fix tomtom
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Dell Lightning: the ultimate Windows Phone 7 device leaks out
Link Removed Hot damn, people. The mother of all Dell leaks just dropped into our laps, and the absolute highlight has to be the Lightning, a Windows Phone 7 portrait slider. That's right -- a portrait slider. The renders on these slides look slick as hell, but they're no match for the spec...- reghakr
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- at&t camera dell devices flash player gps leaked specs lightning lte oled display q4 release smartphone snapdragon storage t-mobile technology video playback windows windows phone
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Windows 7 Windows devices with built-in GPS receivers .
Link RemovedMio has used this week's Computex show to unleash a bevy of Windows devices with built-in GPS receivers. The products include the Explora K75 and K85 smartphones, the Moov V500 and V700 PNDs (personal navigation devices), plus a new netbook, the Litepad N890 (left), Mio says...- whoosh
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- gps litepad n890 mio devices windows gps devices
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Windows 7 Fugawii gps software
I had to run this software in xp compatible mode to be able to use the enc maps. I'm still trying to get a driver for my usb hookup from a furuno radar( serial to usb). I use this on a boat. It has a radar and chart plotter but to see the fugawii software with these maps is a beautiful thing.- t800
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- boat chart plotter compatibility device driver fugawii furuno gps radar software windows xp
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Windows Vista vista 64 having 32 bit program problems
i have vista ultimate on my brand new laptop and i am trying to install some software for my handheld gps. it starts to install untill 8% is complete and gives me an error and cannot complete the install. called the software tech support and they said its not compatible with a 64 bit os. is...- krawlinyj
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- 32-bit 64-bit compatibility error gps installation software tech support windows windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
