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.
Garmin
- Like using your Garmin Oregon in your car but tired of no night mode? There’s a map for that! (And here’s a discussion thread about it at Groundspeak)
- USGS topos on your Garmin without using custom maps
- Garmin has a job search page
- Using the Garmin 62s as an APRS GPS; via Garmin GPSMAP wiki
Satellite news
- Rogue WAAS satellite to be revived?
- New GPS system boosts accuracy to 3 cm; via @gatorguy2
Updates
- Garmin Colorado v 3.52 beta (includes chirp support but read the caveats); also, here’s a how to guide (via @gpsfix)
- Garmin Edge 500 v 2.60
- Garmin Forerunner 405 v 2.70
- Garmin Forerunner 405CX v 2.30
- Garmin nuvi 12xx v 4.90
- Garmin nuvi 13xx and 14xx series v 4.90
Geocaching
- 10 signs you’re a FTF addict
- The big list of chirp caches
GPS in the news
- Sherriff warns winter Wyoming travellers not to trust their GPS-suggested detours
- GPS-equipped vulture accused of being Israeli spy
The business of GPS
- Software to take 50% of nav market revenue by 2016
- A SiRFstar IV GPS module with anti-jamming capabilities
- Are photo-realistic 3D maps coming?
- Another 3D GPS platform
- A NAVTEQ calculator estimates how much you save by using a GPS
- Waze bringing distracted driving to India
All the news that doesn’t fit
- Man fined for flashing lights to warn of speed trap; via @PocketGPSWorld
- GPS art by bike
- I can’t out-do Gizmodo’s headline: Meet Charles, the Disembodied, Terror-Inducing GPS Navigator Robot
- GPS Tracking of ski school kids
- The RunKeeper Pro app is free this month
- Head of Google Maps and Google Earth gets a new gig focusing on user-generated location services
- Peak finder for Oregon and Washington; via @gpsfix
- Will Google turn StreetView into an augmented reality platform? Via @GeospatialAR
- An industry nonprofit expresses concerns about FTC geo-location privacy push
- Solar eclipse maps; via The Map Room
Updated GPS Reviews
I’ve updated these review and resource pages with the following links:
- Garmin Edge 800 — A road biking site reviews this GPS cyclometer; via @gatorguy2
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