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  2. Radar beacon - Wikipedia

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    Radar beacon (short: racon) is – according to article 1.103 of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) ITU Radio Regulations (RR) [1] – defined as "A transmitter-receiver associated with a fixed navigational mark which, when triggered by a radar, automatically returns a distinctive signal which can appear on the display of the ...

  3. Stingray use in United States law enforcement - Wikipedia

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    The use of stingrays by United States law enforcement is an investigative technique used by both federal and local law enforcement in the United States to obtain information from cell phones by mimicking a cell phone tower. The devices which accomplish this are generically known as IMSI-catchers, but are commonly called stingrays, a brand sold ...

  4. Osborne Fire Finder - Wikipedia

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    A USFS Fire Lookout using an Osborne Firefinder while on duty at Vetter Mountain, California. The device is used by moving the sights until the observer can peek through the nearer sighting hole and view the cross hairs in the further sight aligned with the fire. The fire lookout notes the degrees on the graduated ring beneath the sight.

  5. W3C Geolocation API - Wikipedia

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    The W3C Geolocation API is an effort by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to standardize an interface to retrieve the geographical location information for a client-side device. [3] It defines a set of objects, ECMAScript standard compliant, that executing in the client application give the client's device location through the consulting of ...

  6. Stingray phone tracker - Wikipedia

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    The StingRay is an IMSI-catcher with both passive (digital analyzer) and active (cell-site simulator) capabilities. When operating in active mode, the device mimics a wireless carrier cell tower in order to force all nearby mobile phones and other cellular data devices to connect to it. [9][10][11] The StingRay family of devices can be mounted ...

  7. Naval Tactical Data System - Wikipedia

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    NTDS training in a mock-up of a shipboard CIC. Naval Tactical Data System (NTDS) was a computerized information processing system developed by the United States Navy in the 1950s and first deployed in the early 1960s for use in combat ships. It took reports from multiple sensors on different ships and collated it to produce a single unified map ...

  8. Public Protection Classification Program - Wikipedia

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    Public Protection Classification Program. The Public Protection Classification (PPC) program, is a tool developed by the Insurance Services Office (ISO) for property and casualty insurers to properly assess their risk by rating fire protection services throughout the United States. [1]

  9. Module:Location map/data/USA New York - Wikipedia

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    Module:Location map/data/USA New York is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of the U.S. state of New York. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.