BackCountry Navigator

Happy Earth Day, everyone. I hope you've all had the chance to appreciate the earth through activities on this day or any other. 

For me, Earth Day was also Bring Your Daughter to Work Day. My eight year old daughter had a chance to visit my humble office and learn something of what I do everyday.

She also had a chance to write her first blog entry based on what she learned. Take a look at it and some other blog entries, mentioned below. If you haven't already seen these tips on our facebook page, take a look. 

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On April 1, 2010, The US Department of Defense announced its intention to give up ownership of its GPS Satellite Network, citing concerns about the mix of consumer and military traffic, and the cost to maintain the system as it experiences record growth in use.  

The GPS Satellite Mobile Phone Consortium, a group of the 24 largest telecoms worldwide, is expected to take ownership of the satellite network.  

Thanks to all who participated in our most recent survey. We had 116 people complete the survey and the summary results are now available: 

Results of survey

While hiking was the single biggest activity done with BackCountry Navigator, three activities that should have been on the short list are hunting, cycling, and offroad driving (vehicles or motorcycles). Topographic maps were the most used feature. We also found a predominance of male users, and that more people were interested in using a Star Trek Tricorder than switching to Windows Mobile without a touchscreen.  

Please take a few moments for a short survey to help shape the future of BackCountry Navigator.

Click here to take survey

Good reasons to take the survey:

• It's easy; just a dozen or so questions, and mostly multiple choice. You are sure to get an A! 
• It's worth it just to see if you can spot the phony answers to question 12 and get bragging rights in question 9.
• The responses are anonymous, so you can say how you *really* feel about BackCountry Navigator software.  

Happy New Year to All!

This year has given me a number of new adventures, some new animals, and some life changing experiences. I'm sure it has been an interesting year for you as well.