Waypoints — August 29th, 2010
August 29, 2010 by Rich Owings
Waypoints is a weekly link roundup of (mostly) GPS related news from around the Web. To get many of these stories as they break, follow me on Twitter.
Odds & ends
I’m tired of burying interesting stuff at the end of the post, so I’m leading with the miscellany this time!
- A brief test of the GPSmap 62st vs. a few other receivers
- xkcd web comic on GPS; via @pocketgpsworld
- An interesting way to apply screen protectors
- Pocket-Lint reviews the TomTom Go 1000 Live; when will the US see it ?
- GPS IIF-1 set to operational
- Free Geography Tools reviews GPX2IMG
- A 60 mile traffic jam
- High court overturns decision Mass. woman allegedly hit cyclist while using GPS
- Is this a joke? Anti-Islamic Hackers Alter GPS Script to Divert Mecca-Bound Prayers
- Oh my, mobile traffic cameras
- A TomTom-sponsored traffic prediction contest
- Panbo tests the ACR Personal Locator Beacon
Geocaching
- Want to help set a geocaching record?
- Geocachers save women stuck in desert
- Should people not be allowed to place geocaches with smartphones?
- Lessons from a $40,000 GPS device
GPS (?) Tracking
- 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals says yes to GPS tracking without a warrant; This one is undoubtedly heading to the Supreme Court (via @gpsnewsreviews)
- Suburb tracks students with GPS; sounds more like RFID to me
Updates
- Garmin nuvi 12xx v 4.50
- Garmin nuvi 13xx and 14xx v 4.50
- Northwest Trails v1.62
- The South Dakota’s GPS public land maps I linked to last week has had a Garmin fix added for folks who had download problems
Mobile
- You may have GPS enabled on your Android phone, but that doesn’t mean it’s active
- TeleNav intros OnMyWay for iPhone and Android
- Topo Maps (aka Gaia GPS) for Android
- EveryTrail Pro for Android
The business of GPS
- Navigon in a current US PND (if you’re a golfer)
- Garmin to open new tech support facility in Oregon
- u-Blox launches chipset with dead reckoning
- Bracketron and BestBuy intro new type of dashboard mount
- Cobra 7750 for Truckers
GeoSocial
- Managing Facebook Places permissions
- The State of the GeoSocial Universe
- Great comparison chart of location-based social networks
Just geo
- Extreme County Counting – every county in New England in 24 hours
- Basics for Google Earth
Updated GPS reviews
I’ve updated these review and resource pages with the following links:
- Garmin Forerunner 305 — Techs-Mechs review this runner’s favorite
