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.
Just for fun
- Here’s a guy walking across the country (and carrying a Droid and SPOT Satellite Messenger); via Modern Hiker
- Street View brings you the Horse Headed Man
- Want to see the blind AT hiker on Oprah?
- GPS art by bike comes to Portland
Backcountry GPS resources
- GPS File Depot has seen quite a few transparent 40’ contour maps (Garmin-compatible) uploaded recently: Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming
- RedTrails (track library) gets a new interface; via Google Maps
Updates
- Garmin GPSMAP 62/78 v 2.30
- Garmin MapSource v 6.16.2
- Garmin nuvi 2×5 v 6.60
- Garmin nuvi 2x5W v 6.60
- GPSBabel 1.4.0 has been released
- Magellan’s 2010 spring map update is available; via GpsPasSion
iPhone4/iOS4
- How to get your iPhone 4 working with the Tomtom car kit
- A brief post from GPS Review on the TomTom iPhone app v 1.4
- iPhone iOS 4 Photo App’s New Geotagging Feature
- Apple now stores and shares your iPhone’s location
Android
- A Backcountry Navigator demo is free in the Android market till July 15; here is the Backcountry Navigator help page
- Google Maps for Android updates their mass transit and Latitude capabilities
- How to track yourself on Google Earth with an Android phone and Bluetooth laptop
More mobile
- According to this, Garmin-Asus has committed to releasing a Windows 7 phone
- Market predictions for on-board mobile navigation
Geocaching
- Exercise your hippocampus – go geocaching!
- I’m beginning to lose track of all the geocaching movies
For geo geeks
- How to build a reverse geocache; via Hacked Gadgets
- Create QR Codes for Locations
- Yahoo updates their Maps Geocoding API with PlaceFinder
GPS tracking
- GPS tracking mountain lions through Kansas
- Tracking an air conditioner with GPS nets thieves
The business of GPS
- Tele Atlas Changes Name to TomTom? Um, I’m not so sure
- New business model: Rent maps for your GPS
- Digital Globe (same supplier Garmin uses for BirdsEye imagery) to power Delorme aerial imagery, increasing resolution to as high as 0.3 meters/pixel
- Patent infringement ruling favors Garmin
Just geo
- Google Earth 5.2 Gets More GPS-Friendly
- Blogger asked by EPA to remove DC water map
- 3200 historical maps of North Carolina posted online; via All Points Blog
GPS reviews
I’ve updated these review and resource pages with the following links:
- Garmin eTrex Vista — Cache Machine reviews this older handheld
- Garmin Forerunner 110 – Richard Elliot reviews this new runners’ model
- Garmin Forerunner 405 – Nice post on using the new Google Earth track feature with this unit
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