Awesome Gps

Instead of telling time, Digital Horology’s LunaKron 2.1 clock displays the current moon phase. It uses GPS data to calculate the date and which phase to show. It’s made from acrylic and fiberboard, and the photographic moon is backlit by 256 LEDs. They also make the LunaKron 1, which has backlit cutouts representing each of the moon’s eight phases.

One of the best pieces of gear to bring with you hiking, camping, fishing, or hunting is a GPS-capable device. And when you’re traveling light, a GPS watch is ideal. Everyday Carry picked eight of their favorite models, each capable of tracking your location and activity, with some packing weather, altitude, and health sensors.

The Apple Watch Ultra is built for extreme adventures, with military spec durability. It has a 49mm titanium case with a flat-screen and sapphire crystal. Its larger battery means 36 hours between charges, and its dual-frequency GPS offers waypoint marking and backtrack features. Night mode makes it easier to read in the dark.

Garmin’s smartwatch is ideal for tracking outdoor activities, health, and fitness. It has a round AMOLED display that can run for 16 days on a charge, and tech for tracking workouts, heart rate, respiration, pulse OX, sleep, and hydration. Satellite connectivity offers accurate navigation even when your phone has no signal.

It’s pretty easy to find a car with a heads-up display these days, but not so much when it comes to bicycles. Wicked Lasers shows off a creative solution – a GPS that projects a directional arrow and distance on the ground using one of its LaserCube laser projectors. It’s like Crazy Taxi, but on a bicycle.

Designed for communicating in places without cell phone service, this gadget makes lets you text and track your travel companions up to 6-miles away. It creates its own private mesh network and provides offline GPS capability for sending locations to other Radacat C2 users. Save $59 in The Awesomer Shop on this 2-pack.

Link up your tunes on the golf links with the Bushnell Wingman GPS Bluetooth Speaker. More than a mobile sound device, the Wingman relays audible distance info when synched with the Bushnell Golf App. A remote button enables tips on the course, and the main unit conveniently mounts magnetically to metal golf cart bars.

Take Garmin’s Overlander when your adventure takes you off the beaten path. Its 7″ full color touchscreen shows on-road navigation, topography maps, campsites and off-grid guidance in North and South America. It can mount in your vehicle but its magnetic mount and rechargeable battery make it portable.

Casio’s high-tech Rangeman GPS watch not only offers navigational assistance, but its can use solar power to extend GPS run time in a pinch. In addition to logging paths, it can help you backtrack where you came from too, and sync route data with a smartphone.

It costs the US $2M a day to maintain the Global Positioning System. So why is it free? Real Engineering explains the basics of this incredible network and why it’s a global public service. TL;DW: it’s too useful to not be shared. Skip to 4:02 for the free part.

A smartwatch for race car drivers. Its windshield-mounted sensor automatically identifies track location, and sends the watch lateral Gs, lap times, top speed, sector times, and more. An interchangeable analog movement provides versatility off the track.

Bushnell’s latest golf GPS watch is pre-loaded with data for over 35,000 courses. It auto-detects holes, and provides at-a-glance readings of front, center, back, and hazard layup distances, and an integrated step counter and odometer. Lasts up to three rounds per charge.

Up until now, GPS-based bike speedometers have been a strictly digital affair. OMATA aims to change that with a neat and easy to read design that displays speed using an analog gauge, but using GPS data for accuracy. Also displays distance, time, and vertical ascent.

This pocket sized golf gadget is packed with data from over 30,000 courses, and uses GPS to provide measurements to the front, center and back of the green, hazard/layup distances, and shot distance measurement. Lasts for an up to three rounds between charges.

A minimalist compass for people who like to wander. While Haize and its mobile app can provide turn-by-turn navigation, its main feature is a free roam mode that shows the general direction and distance of your destination. How you get there is up to you.

A rugged flashlight with built-in GPS, a fitness tracker and other apps. It also has a USB port that lets you charge other devices from its battery or attach a Fogo module, which will include a walkie-talkie and a satellite modem.

Formerly known as the P-1, Skully’s DOT/ECE-certified augmented reality motorcycle helmet has a rear view display that can also display maps and phone or SMS notifications. It also lets you control your phone’s music player.

A heads-up display and camera that attaches to existing motorcycle helmets. It works with a mobile device via Bluetooth to display maps, notifications and other data. It uses a small controller that you attach on your bike.

Like the LiveMap, the Skully P-1 is a motorcycle helmet with a heads up display and a built-in GPS. It displays directions, has a rear-view camera and gives you voice control over your smartphone’s basic functions via Bluetooth.

A display peripheral for Garmin’s Android, iOS and Windows Phone 8 apps. The HUD connects to mobile devices via Bluetooth and displays traffic information on your windshield using a lens or a transparent film. Apps sold separately.

A motorcycle helmet with a built-in navigation system. Activated via simple voice commands, it projects directions, overhead maps and more in the center of your field of view so you don’t have to take your eyes off the road.

The LEDs on Helios are for more than just illumination. Aside from a headlight, it also has two rear LEDs with multiple functions. They can be used as turn signals, visual speedometers and even provide turn-by-turn directions.

Not to be confused with Marcus Fenix, Garmin’s latest GPS watch includes route guidance, trip recording, altimeter, barometer, and compass. Also connects with ANT and Bluetooth devices.