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.
Navigon
- GPS Tracklog eats crow — Navigon not returning to US PND market
- Though it does appear they are still working on the Navigon Android app
- Navigon shows off iPhone OS4 multi-tasking
Backcountry GPS
- Map trips, get free gear
- Some GPS track files for the Canadian Rockies
TomTom
- I don’t know what TomTom was thinking, but this is kind of gross and disgusting; via @saschasegan
- Is TomTom moving to a fully closed system?
Garmin
- Engadget reviews the Garmin nuvi 3790T
- Mountain Dynamics introduces ATV maps for your Garmin GPS
- Garmin Connect shows you how to change your privacy settings
Updates
- Garmin BaseCamp for Mac v 3.0.2
- Garmin GPS 72H v 2.40
- Magellan VantagePoint v 1.80
- TopoFusion beta 3.976 lets you blend all supported map types
GPS in the news
- Traffic triangle confuses DC and GPS devices; via Twelve Mile Circle who has a map of it
- Officials announce initial test transmissions from new GPS satellite
- NASA wants to use GPS data to predict tsunamis
Mobile
- More speculation on uses for gyroscopes in smartphones
- CNet goes hands-on with Magellan ToughCase for iPhone
- LBS app to help wildlife victims of oil spill
Indoor navigation
- BMW MicroNavigation helps you navigate indoors
- A different approach to indoor navigation
Just geo
- Map: Where Americans Are Moving ; via Free Geography Tools
- FGT dishes on a nice online collection of historic maps
- Google Maps rolls out a really bad interface for finding user-submitted photos
- An online elevation profiler
- View coordinate metadata in Photoshop CS5
Geo Social Media
- The official line on Twitter Places
- PlaceBook?
All the news that doesn’t fit
- Google Earth improves GPS integration
- A CD slot GPS mount
- Rat study suggests inborn sense of direction
- CNet reviews the RightWay 550
Updated GPS reviews
I’ve updated these review and resource pages with the following links:
- Garmin Edge 500 – Competitive Cyclist reviews this unit
- Garmin Forerunner 110 – 21 Days reviews this new runner’s model
- Garmin nuvi 1490T – I linked to this great GpsPasSion comparison with the TomTom XXL 540S
- TomTom XXL 540-S – Another link to the GpsPasSion comparison with the Garmin nuvi 1490T
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