Pinpoint : How GPS is changing technology, culture and our minds

By:

Milner, Greg

Publication details: W. W. Norton & Company New York 2017Description: xx,322pISBN:

9780393354362

DDC classification:

910.285 MIL

Contents:

Contents Introduction: The Whisper from Space xm Part I: Calculating Route 1. Tupaia Goes Home 3 2. The When and the Where 24 3. Global Reach, Global Power 46 4. Ranging the Perfect Beet 73 Part II: You Have Arrived 5. Death by GPS 111 6. The Hornet's Nest 138 7. Better Living Through Tracking 170 8. Return from Mid-Ice 202 9. Tied Together (40.74375° N 73.9835° W) 235 Epilogue: Direction Home 263 AFTERWORD TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION 267 NOTES 273 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 295 INDEX 301

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Contents
Introduction: The Whisper from Space xm
Part I: Calculating Route
1. Tupaia Goes Home 3
2. The When and the Where 24
3. Global Reach, Global Power 46
4. Ranging the Perfect Beet 73
Part II: You Have Arrived
5. Death by GPS 111
6. The Hornet's Nest 138
7. Better Living Through Tracking 170
8. Return from Mid-Ice 202
9. Tied Together (40.74375° N 73.9835° W) 235
Epilogue: Direction Home 263
AFTERWORD TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION 267
NOTES 273
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 295
INDEX 301

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