Abstract: A system and method for receiving and storing location information and providing navigational information to facilitate travel to a desired location is disclosed. Geographic location information is entered into the system, and a two dimensional representation of information, or glyph, is output that contains navigational information. For example, longitude and latitude information for a delivery address can be translated into a bar code. The bar code can be scanned by a portable bar code reader by a delivery person for the secure transfer of delivery address information.

Abstract: An electronic ballast or energizing circuit for a fluorescent lamp is disclosed. A rectified supply voltage is applied through an electronic switch to a fluorescent lamp through a current sensing resistor. A switching regulator produces a pulse width modulated pulse train which is applied to the electronic switch for supplying a pulsed voltage across a smoothing filter to the fluorescent lamp. The pulse width output of the switching regulator is modulated in accordance with the voltage across the sensing resistor for maintaining the current drawn by the lamp at a substantially constant value.