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.
Geocaching
- Hmm, looks like Garmin owns the opencaching.com domain; via @gpsfix
- Opencaching.com gets a new logo
- Not to be confused with OpenCaching.us, which adds two new cache types; via @gcpodcast
- Geocaching.com rolls out their Windows Phone 7 app
- The latest geocaching bomb scare; via @CacheAdvance
- Got badges?
Random stuff
- Garmin Forerunner 210 giveaway
- Sport device GPS accuracy part one and part two
- Another early eXplorist 610 review
- Good explanation of why your compass may appear to freeze and be non-responsive for a few seconds
- I updated my nuvi 2400 series post with a few model numbers and specs
- Another court of appeals disses fourth amendment, signing off on warrantless GPS tracking
- ViewRanger for Android gets 15 day free trial
- Live in NYC? You can hear your GPS sing!
- Ever wonder what an agricultural GPS looks like?
Updates
Some software engineers have been busy!
- Garmin Astro 220 v 3.50
- Garmin City Navigator update, nuMaps 2011.30 (NA) rolled out; via @gatorguy2
- Garmin Communicator Plugin for Mac v 2.9.3
- Garmin Communicator Plugin v 2.9.3
- Garmin Dakota v 3.70
- Garmin Foretrex 301/401 v 2.40
- Garmin GPSMAP 62/78 v 2.80
- Garmin nuvi 2×5 v 7.10
- Garmin nuvi 2x5W v 7.10
- Garmin nuvi 12xx v 4.70
- Garmin nuvi 13xx & 14xx v 4.70
- Garmin nuvi 16xx v 3.70
- Garmin Oregon x50 v 4.20
- Garmin zumo 660 v 4.00
- Magellan RoadMate 5045/5045LM/5045MU v 3.11
- Magellan RoadMate 3065 v 3.11
- Magellan RoadMate 3055/3055MU v 3.11
- Magellan RoadMate 3045/3045LM/3045MU v 3.11
- Magellan updates their PC Communicator plugin and adds a Mac plugin
- South Dakota’s GPS maps updated
- Thanks to Allory for keeping up with all the firmware updates I miss!
GPS in the news
- I’d love to know what kind of GPS unit calls the French embassy!
- GPS distraction leads to fatal accident
- Polish soldiers get faulty GPS receivers
Garmin chirp
- How does chirp searching affect battery life?
- Probably the first stolen chirp; via @GPSFix
- TwoNav to support Garmin Chirp
- Wahoo Fitness wraps up beta for chirp support; via @GPSFix
- Which is nice segue to the first item in…
iStuff
- GPS Lodge reviews Wahoo’s Fisica ANT+ Sensor Key for iPhone
- Magellan iPhone app update includes free traffic
- Garmin has an iPad app, um, for your plane
- A black box iPhone app
- Off-roading with an iPad (in Spanish)
The business of GPS
- Patent suit seeks to block sales of Magellan auto units
- TomTom seems to be beating Garmin in the automotive partnership arena
- PND shipments to peak in 2011
- Mapmaker AND completes map of North America
- TomTom brings HD Traffic to eight new countries
- TomTom sets up shop in India
- NAVTEQ’s MyLive Traffic launches in Europe
- Looks like Google is dumping Tele Atlas in Europe and Australia
- An inside look at how road data is gathered in Australia
Just geo
- Maps of stereotypes; via The Map Room
- Very cool zip code map; via @heywhatsthat
- What do you call soft drinks? Via @moun10bike
- Great post by Ogle Earth on the Costa Rica / Nicaragua border issue
- Real-time satellite tracking in Google Maps
- Aerial photography as art; via @MapRoomBlog
- Artography maps
Updated GPS reviews
I’ve updated these review and resource pages with the following links:
- Garmin GPSMAP 62s – An initial review from CacheMania
- Garmin nüvi 1350 – Reviewed by a Malaysian blogger
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