Waypoints – June 10, 2007

Win a GPS

• Win a nuvi 200 from Spike TV.
• Live in New England? Geocache this summer and win a DeLorme PN-20.

Garmin

• GPS Magazine tests routing strengths and weaknesses. The winner? Garmin, Garmin, Garmin.
• Garmin does product placement on the Tonight Show.
• Garmin has posted firmware updates for the Forerunner 205 and 305.

TomTom

• Lots (and I mean lots) of screen shots of the new TomTom interface.
• GpsPasSion has a thread going on TomTom’s new MapShare service.

GPS hardware

• Back when I was using only a handheld GPS, I put my 60CS on a mount in my car. This guy has built one into his dash! Via Digg.
• GPS Tracking Systems reports on the Zoombak GPS pet tracking device.
• The FAA backtracks and allows continued use of IFR GPS (for the time being anyway).

Geocoding photos

• Photo geocoding odds and ends at GpsPasSion.
• And here is a Nikon-compatible hardware solution.

Cell phones and GPS

• CNet rates Garmin Mobile 20, giving it a 7.0 out of 10.
• Sprint makes a location-based services play with Slifter, partnering with GPShopper.
• Personal navigation devices (PNDs) face a challenge from cell phones and "in some ways, the functionality is superior." Still trying to figure out what functions they are talking about.
• AT&T makes TeleNav Traffic available on certain Blackberry phones.
• More on navigating with a BlackBerry.
• Mobile GMaps get stored maps in a beta version.

Virtual globes

• Google Earth posts 10 meter imagery for the entire Western U.S.
• Other areas get updates too.
• Virtual Earth gets an update too, including new birds eye imagery.
• Weather and storm tracking tools for Google Earth.
• Real time flight tracking (for JetBlue).
• Customize Google Earth with mapplets.
• Add driving directions and traffic to your Google Maps mashup.

Updated GPS reviews

• Garmin Edge 205 – Mike Wendland reviews this GPS-enabled bike cyclometer.
• Garmin nuvi 680 review – GpsPasSion has posted a formal writeup of their experience with the 680.
• Garmin StreetPilot c340 – TechyReview.com covers an oldie but goodie.
• Magellan CrossoverGPS review – Wired’s Gadget Lab has a brief review, giving this dual purpose unit an 8 out of 10 rating.
• Magellan Maestro 3100 review – I’ve linked to CNet which gave a 7.7 out of 10 rating. The first consumer-authored reviews has showed up there too.
• TomTom ONE XL review – Pocket Lint reviews this wide-screen unit, giving it an 8 out of 10 rating.

All the news that doesn’t fit

• A nice geographical names search tool. Read on at Free Geography Tools for more on what it can do.
• Viewfinder Panoramas may interest some of you peak baggers. Via Free Geography Tools.
• Live in Boston, New York or Orlando? Then there’s a better chance that you have a GPS. Hmm, does that mean your roads are more confusing?
• That’s one big geocache. Via Digg.
• Germany pushes for public funding of Galileo. I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that they can’t get private funding?
• Real-time traffic comes to Asian GPS units – in Singapore anyway.
• Is GE taking on OnStar?
• Collaborative mapping on a PSP.