Waypoints — June 13th, 2010

Waypoints is a weekly link roundup of (mostly) GPS related odds and ends. To get many of these stories as they break, follow me on Twitter.

GPS in the news

• GPS-led blind AT thru-hiker has made it to Harper’s Ferry
• The Atlantic Wire asks, Is GPS rotting our brains?
• Court suspect attempts to sell GPS to owner
• This week’s edition of “My GPS made me do it”
• Newlywed to Mom: Thanks for tracking me!
• USAF announces initial test transmissions of L5 signal from GPS IIF satellite
• Is the Washington state texting law poorly written? Is your GPS “permanently affixed?”

Garmin

• An early nuvi 3790T review
• How to update your Garmin maps (CNet pictorial); via @gatorguy2
• I’ve probably linked to this site before, but what the hey – Vehicles for Garmin nuvi; via
• Autoblog
• An interesting 60csx vs Oregon track comparison
• I think this is a little over the top; are you really inviting thieves by using Garmin Connect?
• Garmin unleashes next-generation Astro dog tracking collar
• Sounds like an easy way to get geocaching hints into older Garmin handhelds
• APRS support comes to Garmin Colorado and Oregon
• GPSInformation.org has updated their G-Raster page
• La Hispaniola offers free Garmin-compatible maps of Haiti and the Dominican Republic

Traffic

• Visteon’s iPhone app shows real-time traffic images
• GPS Review clarifies Total Traffic HD Plus with Predictive Traffic

Firmware updates

• Garmin ANT Agent v 2.2.11
• Garmin ANT Agent for Mac v 2.1.6
• Garmin BaseCamp v 3.0.5
• Garmin Foretrex 301/401 v 2.30 (WebUpdater)
• Magellan eXplorist GC firmware v 1.4
• Problems with the latest Motorola Motonav update

iStuff

• iPhone Sat Nav Roundup
• More here on the iPhone nav app price war
• The Map Room reviews GeoMaps for iPad

Mobile

• Gadling really likes the T-Mobile Garminfone
• TeleNav battles Google over mobile GPS
• INRIX launches mobile development kit

The business of GPS

• New iPhone to trigger explosive growth in mobile gyroscope market
• Google Maps Navigation comes to Canada and Europe
• TomTom: Why smartphones won’t destroy our business; methinks they doth protest too much
• A lot of familiar names on this list of Smart Transportation stocks
• AND releases digital, non-navigable map of US

Just geo

• Google seeks Chinese license to provide mapping services
• Meanwhile, Google Earth is still unblocked in China
• New South American geographic data portal

Miscellany

• An early review of the DeLorme PN-60w plus SPOT
• A heads up display with built-in navigation
• Do you know what a red light camera looks like? Check out number five
• Angry driver buys police department’s website, launches anti-speed camera site
• The Geomate.jr is now available in Europe
• A geocaching diet

Updated GPS reviews

I’ve updated these review and resource pages with the following links:

• Garmin Forerunner 310XT – review by 26m