Waypoints — February 6th, 2010
This has been a crazy week due to the new design, and I apologize if I lost attribution info for any of the items below.
Waypoints is a weekly link roundup of GPS related odds and ends.
Garmin
- Is the Garmin Oregon more popular than the 60CSx? So far the vote is 15 to 4.
- How to change which map is displayed on your Garmin GPS
- Garmin Connect to fitness types: You’ve got multiple things to keep updated
- Northern Arizona topo overlay (Garmin compatible map)
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TomTom to offer daily map updates?
I’m never sure how much to trust Google Translate, but if they got this German... read more
Garmin zumo 220 announced
Garmin has announced the zumo 220, a somewhat less expensive unit in their motorcycle-friendly... read more
Lifetime map updates coming to TomTom models
Well, well. In what could be the biggest news coming out of CES in terms of auto... read more
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More on Garmin BirdsEye aerial imagery
The BirdsEye aerial / satellite imagery subscription program for the Garmin Colorado,... read more
Garmin BirdsEye Satellite Imagery
It looks like Garmin is getting ready to announce a BirdsEye satellite imagery subscription... read more
Hey Garmin – WTF?
Garmin has apparently already made all their CES announcements. Lets see, we have... read more
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Google Maps Navigation review
Not the nav app you’re looking for Google Maps Navigation (referred to hereafter as GMN) is a free navigation app for Android version 1.6+ phones in the U.S. I bought the Motorola Droid recently (which I absolutely love BTW), so I thought I’d share my experiences with this much discussed free navigation app. One important thing to be aware of —... read more
Two free apps help name that peak
Hey What’s That goes mobile It’s been quite a while since I wrote about Hey What’s That?, a website that helps you identify mountains on the horizon. Well, today comes news that they have a mobile app for Android and iPhone (here is their mobile FAQ). So I tweeted about it and @CompeGPS turned me onto… Peak.AR Peak.AR (iTunes link) is a free... read more
Magellan iPhone car kit clears FCC
That was fast. Just a few days after we learned of its existence, Magellan’s car kit has cleared the FCC. The boys at TomTom could sure learn something from them about hustle. But hey, on top of speed, the holder just looks pretty cool. I’m still trying to figure out what the LED lens and rear slide button are all about though. Check out the PDF,... read more
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