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GPS is Dead

s adventurers, we might like to think we’re immune to society’s brain-deadening addiction to ‘phones’—an antiquated label if ever there was one. But if anyone needed further proof that these devices have taken over every aspect of our lives, just take a glance over the selection of mapping apps currently available. Using the unit’s GPS functionality, any smart phone can pinpoint your location on the planet to within amazing accuracy, no

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