Waypoints is a weekly link roundup of GPS related odds and ends. Many of the links below are posted to my Twitter account, where you can follow me for GPS news briefs in a more timely manner.
iPad & all things Apple
- ZDNet misreads Apple specs and stokes the flames
- GPS Business News explores what the iPad means for location-based service providers
- Good discussion and video of iPad mapping capabilities; I like Street View but don’t like having to go back and forth for settings
- The NYT asks "Is the iPad the Final Nail in the GPS Coffin?" Stupidest thing I’ve seen them write in a long time
- Dual Electronics iPod touch GPS cradle ship date now set for late February
- Zagat To Go 3.0 iPhone app adds augmented reality
The business of GPS
- TomTom EASE
hits Amazon at $119.99
- Garmin nuvi 1860 shows up on UK site; Via Navigadget
- Garmin Forerunner 405 $50 Rebate Offer
- Analyzing the impact of Nokia’s free navigation
Garmin
- Garmin Oregon 450 screen not any better than the 550? (in German) Via @gpsfix
- Northwest Trails v 1.54 is now available
- Garmin releases the .fit SDK (Edge 500 file format)
- Here’s a video showing some new Approach G5 features
- Buried in the news release is the fact that Garmin will expand their golf course coverage to Europe this year
- Nine part tutorial for creating topo maps for Garmin receivers
- Garmin Connect : the Dashboard in detail
- Meanwhile, @gpsfix says Garmin Connect "still can’t split tracks if you forget to reset odometer before starting a activity on your Oregon, Dakota, Colorado."
- Using G-Raster to create Garmin Custom Maps
GPS in the news
- A shockingly negative perspective on geocaching – via @podcacher
- Crews use GPS to rescue fishermen from Wisconsin lake
- New Panasonic LUMIX Camera with GPS
Maps and imagery
- A Year of Global Shipping Routes Mapped by GPS; via @gatorguy2
- Penn State Public Broadcasting to develop Geospatial Revolution video series; via @drjerque
- Garmin custom maps for Haiti – Port-au-Prince area
- Satellite imagery providers look to speed turn around time
- Microsoft Will Fly Michigan but the imagery will not be public domain
- Dorset County (UK) lets public use online maps to suggest cycling network routes; via @viewranger
- Mike Dobson on improving Google Maps through user-generated content
- I found out that Google Mobile App has a Twitter account
- New Chrome extension for Google Maps: highlight an address on any web page for one-click access to map or directions
Mobile GPS
- Android to be #2 phone OS by 2013?
- Rogers rolls out fix for GPS / 911 problems
- TeleNav patents location-based blogging system
- WHERE update allows for user generated content
- Lowrance is looking to add send to GPS functionality for geocaching.com
Firmware and map updates
- Garmin Approach G5
- Garmin Dakota
- Garmin nuvi 360 BMW3
- Garmin nuvi 12xx
- Garmin nuvi 13xx / 14xx
- Garmin Oregon
- Garmin Oregon 550
- Garmin Zumo Honda
- Mio map updates now available for Mio C-series models (C220/S, C320, C520 and C720t)
All the news that doesn’t fit
- Why Navigon has better Junction View coverage than Garmin
- SkyCaddie SGX can know which club you pull from your bag
- According to @gpsreview, DePN Manager enables you to view and download tracks from your DeLorme PN-40 to a Mac
- Why Twitter Wants to Know Where You Are: Local Trends is just the beginning
GPS reviews
I’ve updated my review and resource pages with the following links:
- Garmin Dakota 20 – Here’s a four part video review of the Dakota 20
- Garmin Edge 705 – CycleSeven talks about getting an Edge 705
- Garmin Forerunner 310XT – Video demo from Garmin showing wireless wellness tracking
- Garmin nuvi 1390T – reviewed by the Smarter Gadgets Blog
- Garmin nuvi 1690 – itechtalk and PocketGPSWorld both review the nuvi 1690
- TomTom XXL 540S – CNet Australia dishes on this wide screen model
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