Real time, GPS-localized, Wikimapia and news

It would be nice if someone came out with a GPS receiver
that could download Wikimapia data and real time data (News, etc.)
that would be played back in audio, text and/or video
as one moved around.

Features should include such things as
the selection of, and the distance and direction to,
the kinds of things and events of interest.

A satellite news subscription service could be set up
to feed live data (news, etc.) to receivers all over the globe,
and of course the military could set up a system
to map and report battlefield conditions,
and alert units of items of affecting them..

For example, you could be driving along
and be alerted to the fact that there was an accident,
traffic problem, fire, interesting event, etc. near you,
and you could be alerted to the places of interest near you
as you walked or drove around.

New knowledge-based, low power consumption toys
are needed to grow the economy while reducing
the load on the planet.

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    ... It would be nice if someone came out with a GPS receiver ... that could download Wikimapia data and real time data ... A satellite news subscription service could be set up ...
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    ... that could download Wikimapia data and real time data ... A satellite news subscription service could be set up ... and alert units of items of affecting them.. ... Turn the feature on and the alert ...
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