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.
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