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.
Handheld GPS news
- DeLorme PN-60w’s SPOT module passes FCC; on target for August delivery
- Some details on the Magellan eXplorist series, including accepted file types (raster imagery!)
- Lots of eXplorist x10 series screenshots
- A how to on replacing a Garmin Etrex series screen
- New releases of Northwest Trails and Northwest Topos
- More free contour map overlays for Garmin receivers: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
- Free Geography Tools lists some resources that go beyond the manual for understanding your handheld GPS
GPS in the news
- GPS stolen? Check Craigslist, fast!
- Why GPS voices are so condescending
- Special commercial trucker edition of “my GPS made me do it”
- ‘GPS Girl’ has a singing career too
- More men prefer GPS than women
- Coming soon to a war (hopefully not near you): GPS parachutes delivering blood
- GPS from the 1920s
Updates
- Garmin Edge 500 v 2.40
- Garmin nuvi 7×5 v 4.00 (includes “Improved keyboard response and accuracy” fix)
- Garmin Oregon x50 v 3.71 beta (second beta in a row for x50 series only; not a good sign for x00 owners!)
- Garmin Training Center For Mac v 3.1.0.2 beta
- Garmin zumo 660 v 3.90
Golf GPS
- Augmented Reality Coming to iPhone Golf App
- You can now buy European golf course maps for the Garmin Approach series
Android
- T-Mobile slashes $70 off Garminfone price, now available for $129
- Garminfone map updates to be free starting in August?
- Man raises money to send Android phone into space
Apple
- Jeff Cutler tests the Magellan Tough Case
- And a video review of the Magellan Toughcase
- Forbes on iPad navigation
- Apple takes another step into the mapping business
- Video showing off NAVIGON MobileNavigator for iPhone 1.6.0
- And here’s their news release with details on new real-time weather and clever parking features
The business of GPS
- Connected nuvi 1690 services now available in Canada
- Intermap releases high-res US elevation data
- The competitive realm of child tracking
Just geo
- An online atlas of hand-drawn maps seeks contributors
- MapSherpa expands from Canada to the US
All the news that doesn’t fit
- 70% of consumers want up to date maps in their GPS; What, 30% don’t?
- America’s fastest roads
Updated GPS reviews
I’ve updated these review and resource pages with the following links:
- Garmin Edge 500 — Bantam Arborial Bovines reviews this GPS cyclometer (yes, that is really the name of the blog!)
- Garmin Forerunner 110 — DC Rainmaker does one of his great detailed reviews
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