![]() ![]() But at $US380 plus shipping costs, this is the first Kindle we've drawn the line at. In recent years, I've ordered the next generation Kindle sight unseen, flying them in from the US via long before they became available here. ![]() I really had intended to return to Woodlands with a Kindle Oasis, the best e-reader ever. Whether you need Anchor Points once a year or every day, it's so useful that we wonder why Apple hasn't snapped up the IP and built it into every iPhone. If you need to organise a bunch of first-time visitors to meet somewhere in the grounds of Sydney University, this is the way to coordinate them. You can also load in latitude and longitude for places you haven't yet been to, dropping pins on a map or entering them manually, and Anchor Pointer users can share target locations. If you've ever misplaced your car in an unfamiliar city or a mega carpark, or forgotten the way back to a perfect riverside picnic spot, this is for you. Head that way, negotiate obstacles, keep an eye on your handset and you'll arrive where you need to be. The message is that your target is 1200 metres away, north by north east. There are no turn by turn street directions here. Just place an anchor, name it, and follow the compass pointer to track back whenever you want, with the app reporting and updating the direction and distance. The solution turns out to be Anchor Pointer, an iPhone app that lets you drop a digital anchor at any GPS coordinate and return to it using a virtual compass. I needed a way to mark a point in a wide, unstructured area and be guided back to it. Oceans - "The Sea is Us, and to defile the Sea is to defile ourselves.Every smartphone has an app mapping the roads, but a road map's no use in the middle of a vast nature park, or a car park, or the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds. SailboatCruising - "Do you have the dream to sell it all and move aboard a sailboat to cruise the world?" *― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows * *“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” ![]() Sailing Videos - /r/ Sailing's Favorite Video Channels The Rules - The "Rules" of /r/ sailing are here ![]()
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