Maps-Live.com » gps devices http://www.maps-live.com GPS Tracking Assistance Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:41:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Black Friday GPS Deals – Some GPS Devices For Half Of The Retail Price http://www.maps-live.com/2009/11/23/black-friday-gps-deals-some-gps-devices-for-half-of-the-retail-price/ http://www.maps-live.com/2009/11/23/black-friday-gps-deals-some-gps-devices-for-half-of-the-retail-price/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:06:22 +0000 admin http://www.maps-live.com/?p=92 GPS  deals will be hot again this year on Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the U.S. Some GPS devices under the $100 threshold are expected to be priced extremely low as many of the retail stores will be offering them for half off their original retail price. So, where to get an inexpensive GPS unit which is adequate for a common user?
OfficeMax will sell a ‘Magellan Roadmate 1440′ for just $69.99, Kmart is planning to sell ‘TomTom ONE 130′ devices for $79.99, Sears will offer a ‘Garmin 205′ and a ‘Magellan RoadMate 1220′ for $89.99, Kohl’s comes a ’3.5″ GPA’ for $69.99, Best Buy has the ‘Garmin Nuvi 205W’ for unbeatable price of $99.99, and Staples is expected to offer a ‘TomTom XL’ GPS for $99.99.

Each of these devices will work great and can be perfect for 99% of drivers – that’s why these GPS units have been chosen by retailers as their Black Friday/Cyber Monday doorbuster GPS deals.

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Last week the European Union has launched its own  navigation system – EGNOS (European Global Navigation Overlay System). This so called “precursor” system is expected to provide free positioning for 27 European states. Egnos is based on the first EU’s satellite positioning project, Galileo, and enhances the exactness of the control centers in Western and Central Europe.

EGNOS includes three satellites and more than 40 positioning stations which combine to take signals from US powered GPS satellites and enhance them to provide more exact positioning than GPS alone. It is expected to let users navigate with an accuracy of about six feet (to meters) in comparison to 60 feet (10 meters) for GPS only based systems. The EGNOS’ signals can be received by GPS devices upgraded with a special software.

Currently EGNOS signals are only available in Western and Central Europe. It is planned to include Eastern Europe and North Africa as well in the next years.

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