Google Reader is going away soon. What should I replace it with? Specific requirements inside.
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posted by grouse
on May 12, 2013 -
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We've been doing some research for a project and need some help finding out what a particular sign (or type of sign) means.
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posted by notclosed
on Jan 9, 2013 -
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Looking for suggestions regarding old books (Napoleonic era) on the subject of navigation and/or trigonometry
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posted by honestcoyote
on Dec 24, 2012 -
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I'd like to know more about a type of photographic route guide used in the early 20th century, definitely in the US if not elsewhere. They're a series of photographs of junctions with an arrow drawn over them. Librarians, map lovers, can you help me?
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posted by carbide
on Oct 30, 2012 -
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Web navigation best practice: I'm managing a newly relaunched website, and my superiors want me to duplicate navigation options in a couple practices (clarification after the jump). Something in my Krug- and Nielsen-lovin' soul cringes at the thought. Am I overreacting? If not, can you help me assuage their concerns elegantly without compromising the information architecture?
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posted by kwaller
on Oct 16, 2012 -
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Is there any way (either by app or setting) to make my Android tell me where, by name, I am?
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posted by lordcorvid
on Jul 20, 2012 -
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Website design question: how difficult is it to have a slightly different top navigation bar for different sections of the same website?
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posted by aka burlap
on Jul 20, 2012 -
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Is a tablet computer a good tool to use for marine navigation? (A question related to the accuracy of a tablet computer GPS sensor when there is no WiFi or carrier based signal available)
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posted by Dave.
on Jan 23, 2012 -
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I'm looking for an awesome video/discussion topic that relates to street maps - something appropriate for a HS geometry course.
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posted by ch3cooh
on Jan 3, 2012 -
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This is the only thing I miss from my Android phone. On my Android phone, I could hold the search key and say, out loud, "navigate to 123 main street" or "navigate to the nearest drugstore" or "navigate to John's house" ... and Google Nav would open and begin navigating.
Does anything voice-activated like that exist for iPhone?
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posted by dmd
on Oct 17, 2011 -
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[Android/GPS/Backcountry hiking filter] Best offline Android navigation for hiking not driving. More inside.
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posted by no bueno
on Jun 29, 2011 -
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Non-developer trying to build an app that uses locations/times/schedules, similar to a "next bus" utili-tool. What should I know before wasting too much time and energy on something that really ought to be left to the professionals?
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posted by wowbobwow
on Jun 17, 2011 -
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Blue-water sailors, Coast Guardsmen, and seafaring MeFites: what are good indicators that a sailboat owner/skipper is legit?
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posted by Quietgal
on May 18, 2011 -
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Is there an open source or shareware program like Quickjump? allowing jumping to a folder with a few keystrokes?
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posted by flexiverse
on Apr 26, 2011 -
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I used to have an app on my Nokia E71 that would allow me to set waypoints and then provide a distance and bearing back to that position using the phone's built-in GPS. You could store thousands of GPS waypoints, either by using your current location or by entering long-lat; and organise waypoints into groups. There was no need for any data access. Does something like this exist on Android (HTC Desire)? What I'm
not looking for is an offline SatNav program like CoPilot or MobileNavigator.
posted by alby
on Apr 16, 2011 -
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How to upgrade in-car navigation system? We have a 2008 Toyota Landcruiser which came with in-built satnav. An upgrade disc here in New Zealand will cost $800!! This seems like a ridiculous rip-off. You could buy half of the roads in New Zealand for less than $800 ;-) Does anyone know how to upgrade in-car nav systems? My parents had the same problem with their old Jaguar...
posted by sinbarambam
on Dec 5, 2010 -
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Movie navigation hack on WDTV? I have a WDTV HD media player (not the more recent WDTV Live) and would like to know if there is a firmware hack that will allow faster navigation through a movie, ie skip forward or backward a defined amount of time with a button press. There is a hack called Enlightenment v2 for the newer WDTV Live that seems to offer that feature. Would it work to flash that firmware onto my earlier model WDTV HD?
posted by paphun123
on Jun 25, 2010 -
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Zoomable GPS: my last car had built in nav that I never used for finding locations, but found real useful for exploring & driving in unfamiliar areas - I'd just turn it on and use it as a live moving map. Now I have a new car with no nav so I'm shopping for a system, but the ones I've seen in Target appear to be more oriented to route finding and don't have a very good perspective/ too high a zoom level for assessing the surroundings on the move. Is there one available that I can use for exploring in this way?
posted by forallmankind
on May 19, 2010 -
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Posting for brand-new user mdonnahoo, who will answer any queries in the thread: I am writing a program to determine how much time in a flight from Point X to Point Y occurs at night for pilot logging purposes. Is there an elegant way to calculate this?
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posted by Quietgal
on May 12, 2010 -
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If you've ever lived in or visited Chicago and had a good time without getting hopelessly lost, you are cordially invited to post in this thread.
Needed: an explanation of the grid system, tips and tricks on navigation, and recommendations for how to find the underground music scene, awesome beers, weird things to explore, and the best Chicago-focused blogs.
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posted by Juliet Banana
on Aug 13, 2009 -
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Is there a way to navigate folders on the Windows XP desktop?
That is, I want to be able to click folder A on the desktop and have the desktop switch to displaying folder A's contents.
posted by long
on Jun 12, 2009 -
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I've resisted getting in iPhone so far. However, now I need a good, portable GPS and am wondering whether I should go for an iPhone, or a dedicated GPS. If the latter, which one?
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posted by thread_makimaki
on May 18, 2009 -
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I need some examples of sites that use cloud tags for (main) navigation and/or have a sort of tear off or pinned navigation system to remember frequently used pages customized to the user.
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posted by mjm1374
on Mar 24, 2009 -
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My Garmin Nuvi (350) won't navigate when I attach it to my car's charger, which is a bummer for obvious reasons. It turns on, but the screen shows an image of it being attached to a PC, and it only goes back to navigation mode if I unplug it.
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posted by Bakuun
on Feb 1, 2009 -
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I'd like to have a wordpress website with basically three sections, each blogs. Each must have the same layout, same theme, same navigation, but the background image must be different for each blog. Also, I'd like each blog to have links to each of the others. So, the navigation bar at the top of every page would have the following: home | about | blog1 | blog2 | blog 3 | contact. Can wordpress cover it, and if so, how?
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posted by omnigut
on Jan 30, 2009 -
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Can anyone give me a reason not to get a Garmin nüvi 350 just because it has been discontinued by Garmin?
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posted by Amby72
on Dec 1, 2008 -
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How long does it take for new data to get to the major GPS data providers and for GPS systems to update?
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posted by pdb
on Nov 25, 2008 -
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What are useful/fun/collaborative things that can be done with a PDA, computer and a small GPS device these days?
posted by vizsla
on Aug 20, 2008 -
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I cannot figure out how to practically scroll through large lists on my iPod when using it through my car's navigation system.
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posted by jjbb
on Aug 13, 2008 -
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You know the little draggable overview map in Google Maps? What's that kind of UI control called?
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posted by rodii
on Jul 14, 2008 -
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Is it possible to trim Vista Breadcrumb sections so that the breadcrumb bar doesn't clip off most of the path in long titles? I.e. anything over say, 10 characters gets cropped, so that long paths can be shown?
Also, is there a way to fix the glitchy second row of tabs in firefox? I want the second row of tabs to have the same height as the first, so that graphics don't go all screwy.
posted by lrodman
on Mar 13, 2008 -
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Lazyweb, I need help choosing an automotive GPS navigation unit for a directionally-challenged relative. It must receive traffic updates, have an ability to remember programmed routes, and be reasonably easy to install and use.
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posted by Tacos Are Pretty Great
on Nov 29, 2007 -
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In this day and age of ubiquitous GPS, why are lighhouses and foghorns still operating?
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posted by beagle
on Nov 8, 2007 -
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I have a client who wants to reveal its entire site map in the left navigation. What left-hand navigation examples can I show them as an alternative?
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posted by kables
on Nov 5, 2007 -
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