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Magellan RoadMate 5175T-LM

Magellan's latest 5-inch GPS navigator aims to differentiate itself from the ever-shrinking portable navigation market with a pair of unique features that should make life easier for sufferers of wanderlust. The RoadMate 5175T-LM Traveler's TourDirector feature helps users to explore unfamiliar cities and Wi-Fi connectivity keeps them connected to the Web while on the go.

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Magellan's latest 5-inch GPS navigator aims to differentiate itself from the ever-shrinking portable navigation market with a pair of unique features that should make life easier for sufferers of wanderlust. The RoadMate 5175T-LM Traveler's TourDirector feature helps users to explore unfamiliar cities and Wi-Fi connectivity keeps them connected to the Web while on the go.

Design The RoadMate 5175T-LM is built in the same slate configuration that we're used to seeing in GPS devices these days. At the core of the design is a 5-inch resistive touch screen with a WVGA resolution. Along the top edge of the device is the power button--the sole physical control to be found--and along the bottom edge is the Mini-USB port where the unit charges and connects to a PC for software and map updates. There's also a microSD card slot on the bottom edge for expanding the unit's memory for storage of more maps for multiple regions.

Out of the box, the unit is preloaded with maps of the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico with about 6 million points of interest.

The Traveler is able to be held in a portrait or landscape orientation thanks to an internal accelerometer. However, because the GPS antenna must always be oriented skyward, the unit can only be rotated in one direction (clockwise) for its portrait orientation.

Users are able to mount the Traveler to their windshield or dashboard using the included suction-cup mounting cradle. The device connects to the cradle by a small groove on its back panel, into which a tab molded into the cradle slides. A 12-volt-to-Mini-USB adapter charges and powers the Traveler when in a vehicle. The Mini-USB connection at the end of this adapter connects semipermanently to the mounting cradle, so users can mount and plug in the Traveler unit with one motion.

Also in the box is a Mini-USB-to-full-size-USB cable for connecting the Traveler to a computer.

Features The RoadMate 5175T-LM Traveler at its core has many of the features that we've seen in the rest of Magellan's RoadMate lineup. The map screen places its controls in each of its four corners and along the screen's edges, with buttons for OneTouch, volume control, the Main Menu, zoom in and out, travel information, and traffic. While navigating, the 5175T-LM gives live updating spoken turn-by-turn directions with useful features such as spoken street names, highway lane guidance, and speed limit alerts. We especially like the way the system uses chimes instead of speech to signal when it's time to turn, so the system doesn't feel like it's jabbering on endlessly.

NOAA assigns $585K to operate Jobos Bay reserve | :: News is my ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded $585,000 in federal funding to recruit security and specialized staff to operate the Jobos Bay Estuarine Research Reserve, Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner in Washington, D.C, Pedro Pierluisi, said Wednesday.

Jobos Bay — located between Salinas and Guayama — hosts vast mangrove forests, seagrass beds and coral reefs, and is home to eight species of mammals, 106 species of birds, 12 species of reptiles, four species of amphibians, and numerous species of fish, marine invertebrates and plants.

Jobos Bay was designated in 1981 as one of 27 National Estuarine Research Reserves, a system established by Congress. As such, it was selected to receive the funding that will enable the local Department of Natural and Environmental Resources to pay the salaries for six park rangers—three to provide security for the maritime area and three to provide security for physical facilities, Pierluisi said.

It will also enable the Department to pay the salary for an attorney who will be responsible for ensuring compliance with all laws and regulations, a maintenance worker, and seven administrative personnel to manage finances, procurement, transportation, human resources and program activities at the Reserve.

“At a recent budget oversight hearing conducted by the House Committee on Natural Resources’ Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs, attended by the NOAA Administrator, Dr. Jane Lubchenco, I advocated an increase in the budget for the National Estuarine Research Reserve System,” said Pierluisi. “This program is essential to protect estuaries throughout the nation, including Puerto Rico.”

“The rich environment of Jobos Bay provides extraordinary educational opportunities for students, teachers and the general public, and serves as a living laboratory for scientists,” said Pierluisi.

The Reserve is an important habitat for endangered species, such as the West Indian manatee, the brown pelican, the peregrine falcon, the Puerto Rican plain pigeon, the yellow-shouldered blackbird, and the Hawksbill sea turtle.

After the Caño Tiburones Natural Reserve in Arecibo, Jobos Bay is the second largest estuary in Puerto Rico, covering an area of approximately eight square kilometers, and three times as much shoreline as any other local estuary system.

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