Reporter uses GPS for tollway story

Matt Waite, a staff writer for the St. Petersburg Times, used his GPS [Global Positioning System] device to to map out a brand new tollway and gauge what the average speed would be on the tollway.

"Using mapping software, I can plot my position live on a map. I can then record points as I go through them, or get near them," he tells AJR in a piece about what high-tech gadgets reporters use. "The device records position, speed, heading and altitude at the time the point was recorded. So, if I'm driving down the interstate and am recording points every second, it will tell me how fast I was going at each point."

What reporting gadgets do you use?

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