Waypoints – February 4, 2007

Odds and ends from the past week:

GPS Hardware

• Some TomTom GO 910 units are infected with a virus.
• Looks like the Forerunner quick release bike mount won’t be available for a couple more weeks.
• It appears that Lojack has a new competitor in the GPS car tracking market.
• A DIY data logger.
• A DIY GPS jammer.
• SiRF gets recognition for valuable patents. I’m not sure that will help in their battle with Global Locate though.

GPS reviews

It’s been a slow week on the review front, but here are GPS reviews that I’ve updated with new links:

• Garmin nuvi 660 review – Tech.co.uk has a nuvi review from the British perspective.
• Magellan RoadMate 2200T review – GPSInformation.net has, as usual, posted a very thorough review.

GPS software, maps, POIs, etc.

• POIinUSA has reached a milestone — 125 POI collections. I have other sources listed on my POI resource page.
• Free maps of Cyprus for OziExplorer. Via Digg.
• How to do reverse address geocoding in Google Maps, a trick that can come in handy on  occasion.
• Here’s a review of MotionBased.com.
• And how to understand upload errors in MotionBased.
• Tele Atlas now covers Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
  

Geotagging

• A new site for sharing geotagged photos.
• And some Mac geotagging utilities.

GPS and traffic

• Clear Channel’s Total Traffic Network will have an additional real-time traffic data source by the end of March.
• GPS Lodge explores the various ways that traffic services are about to improve.

GPS and cell phones

• Google Maps on your GPS cell phone. Here are some user experiences, complete with screen shots.
• TeleNav on a Blackberry Pearl.

All the rest

• While Garmin is out hyping Maposaurus, Richard Horwitz is the real thing!
• Sea Shepherd offers a $25,000 reward for GPS coordinates. Via Digg.
• Google Maps creation tools.
• We hear tales of GPS receivers getting people into trouble, and GPS receivers saving someone, but rarely do we hear both in the same story.
• Are you a boater in Massachusetts? There’s a GPS for mariners class on March 3.
• How DeLorme got started. Via GeoCarta.