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.
GPS Tracking
- US Circuit Court of Appeals (DC) rules 5-4 that you need a warrant for GPS tracking
- Air Force to troops – Don’t check in! (Via All Points Blog)
- The real story behind those GPS-collared coyotes in Chicago
- Stolen iPad tracked using GPS; leads cops to bigger haul
Pre-Black Friday GPS deals
- New: Garmin nuvi 1350 for $109.99
- REI.com Winter GPS Sale – includes an awesome deal on the DeLorme PN-60w + SPOT
- Today (Sunday) is the last day to use that 20% off TomTom coupon code at Amazon
- Garmin Oregon 450 for $269.94 (backordered)
Geocaching
- 1100 finds in 24 hours!
- Cachemania asks “Do we need opencaching.com?”
- A poll – opencaching.com vs geocaching.com
- A Garmin promo video: Meet Chirp
- Rambling but informative thread on Chirp support for iPhone
- Chirp muggled by squirrels
Garmin
- Garmin Connect switches to Bing maps
- Video of Garmin’s Australian Karen; via @gpsnewsreviews
- Backroads GPS Maps for Canada; via @GPSFix
- A transparent California Wilderness boundary map for Garmin receivers
- A GPS Tracklog commenter posts a detailed comparison of the Garmin 62s and Oregon 450
TomTom
- TomTom to open Map Share to wider range of edits?
- I updated my TomTom XL 335SE post, confirming that it is a Walmart, Walmart Canada and Walmart.com exclusive
Updates
- Garmin BaseCamp v 3.1.2
- Garmin BaseCamp for Mac v 3.1.2
- Garmin Forerunner 110 v 2.30
- Garmin Forerunner 210 v 2.10
- Garmin Forerunner 310XT v 3.00
- Garmin nuLink 1695 v 2.40
Mobile
- No Froyo, but T-Mobile Garminfone gets Android 2.1
- An app for mapping GPS satellite positions
- A translated review of the Twonav iPhone app ; via @gpsnewsreviews
- RIM’s BlackBerry Traffic app out of beta
The business of GPS
- Magellan’s Response To GPS-Enabled Phones: Go Big (screen)
- Mitac far behind Garmin, TomTom in 3Q10 global PND market share
- NAVTEQ acquires 3D modeling firm PixelActive
All the news that doesn’t fit
- Magellan Roadmate 2035 Giveaway
- I updated my Satmap Active 10 Trek post with a link to Pocket GPs World’s review of the UK version
- WAAS 46 declared operational
- GPS negatively impacting your brain? Not for folks using backcountry GPS
- The Lowrance Elite-5m Baja is a newly announced off-road GPS navigator
- The TeleType WorldNav 3500 is a new motorcycle/moped/bicycle GPS
- Remember the GPS-led blind hiker tackling the AT? He left the trail a bit early, for a business opportunity
Updated GPS Reviews
I‘ve updated these review and resource pages with the following links:
- DeLorme PN-60w + SPOT – A first impressions review from GpsPasSion
- Garmin Edge 500 and 800 – GPS cyclometers reviewed by Allison Mann
- Garmin GPSMAP 62s – this hot new handheld is reviewed by CacheMania
- Garmin nuvi 755t — Bethel Seminary reviews this now discontinued model
- Garmin nuvi 3790T — GPS Lodge reviews this top of the line nuvi, as does Pocket GPS World
- Magellan RoadMate 3065 – review by Empowering Mommy
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