Waypoints – April 1, 2006

Quick GPS / mapping links from the previous week:

Mapping software

• Instructables has a nice piece on making trail maps with TopoFusion, one of my all-time favorite mapping software programs. Via The Map Room. You can find more detailed information on TopoFusion in my book, GPS Mapping.
• DeLorme has a new version of Topo USA out — Topo USA 6.0. I’ve got a review copy on the way and will report back on it shortly. Via GPS Review.
• New versions of ExpertGPS and EasyGPS have been released, with some expanded geocaching features.
• The newest version of Fugawi embraces GPX data.

Google Earth and Google Local

• A list of new cities with high-resolution imagery.
• And three inch imagery of Las Vegas.
• Google is officially running ads on local.google.com.

The rest

• Ogle Earth links to a story about DIY aerial photography, which reminds me of kite aerial photography.
• Live in Japan? Here’s a way cool 3–D GPS phone.
• GPS sites were buzzzing this week about the new Navmans, especially the iCN750, which allows you to take pictures and navigate back to it. Maybe it’s just me, but I’d prefer to search by name to find a destination to navigate to, rather than scroll through lots of pictures. Give me a GPS that navigates via voice recognition, then I’ll be happy! Hmm, maybe there already is one. I’ll have to look into that.
• Down under, they are using GPS in soccer (football). Really, they are!

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