Article: Man held in theft of GPS units from cars

Article: FINDERS, KEEPERS ; CLASSES HELP MAINERS BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW TO ...
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  April 30, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... KEEPERS ; CLASSES HELP MAINERS BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE THEIR GPS UNITS - AND UNDERSCORE THE TECHNOLOGY'S VALUE. Byline: DEIRDRE ... signal comes to the GPS from satellites as opposed to cellular towers. "All of us are standing in the same place, but each unit ...

Article: GPS units, Internet helping little dogies get along
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  September 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... symbols more the more often they were exposed to them. A classic example of this was the historic experience with the Eiffel Tower: Upon completion in 1889, it was mocked as a "grotesque blot on the landscape." But soon, just as Professor Henry Higgins ...

Article: GPS units on thieves' wish list; Numerous cars have ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 13, 2008 ;     532 words ...Portable GPS units flew off store shelves and into people ... was stolen from her windshield. The GPS units made it into big-box stores last year ... Police said the rash of thefts of the GPS units from vehicles included daytime smash ...

Article: Caution: thieves working - ; GPS units targeted in ...
The Boston Globe;  October 25, 2007 ;     687 words ...GLOBE SOUTH 1 / REGION GPS units, the portable digital devices that ... have reported the theft of dozens of GPS units during the past couple of months ... almost like an inviting target." GPS units, global positioning systems for automobiles ...

Article: GPS units bait for cagey crooks
Post-Tribune (IN);  June 22, 2008 ;     377 words ... ... satellite tracking devices -- often called GPS units -- increasingly popular with drivers ... night were shattered to steal portable GPS units. GPS stands for Global Positioning System ... Detective Paul Brettin said the portable GPS units are usually fastened to windshields by ...

Article: GPS units becoming target of thieves
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  March 18, 2008 ;     679 words ... ... County. In recent days, thieves grabbed GPS units from several vehicles in Lancaster and ... Sgt. Thomas E. Rudzinski. Stealing GPS units is as easy as grabbing loose pocketbooks ... purse, '' said Rudzinski. "They (GPS units) generally sell for $200 to $300 ...

Article: Burglars targeting GPS units in cars, police warn
Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  April 9, 2008 ;     441 words ... ... break-ins in which dashboard-mounted GPS units have been stolen. St. Charles police ... vehicle's front windows and portable GPS units mounted in plain view on top of the dashboard ... noted a spate of burglaries targeting GPS units. The Geneva burglaries also occurred ...