Happy new year everyone! It’s been a mercifully slow news week, so we’ve got a short edition of Waypoints today. For the noobs, 
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
- Delaware court strikes down warrantless GPS tracking; judge warns of Orwellian state
- Meanwhile, a Pennsylvania appeals court went the other way
- GPS device lets residents know when streets will be plowed
- More insurance companies using GPS tracking
- Expect to see more such uses — GPS tracking used for panic buttons
- Spot on GPS coordinates aid in rescue of snowshoers
- Maybe burglars shouldn’t use GPS for navigation
- GPS to monitor spread of airborne diseases
Looking back, looking ahead
- Recapping the Top-10 GPS Products, Services, and Stories From 2010
- IBM’s five trends in five years include increasingly personalized GPS systems with real-time parking spot information
Geocaching
- Looking for a New Year’s Resolution? How about A Geocaching Diet
- Opencaching.com review process changes
Satellite news
- Russian space officials fired over GLOASS crash
- GPS IIF-2 launch slated for June 23
Firmware updates
Garmin maps
- Garmin releases City Navigator Eastern Africa NT, covering Uganda and Kenya
- TOPO U.S. 24K Puerto Rico released
Mobile
- First GLONASS mobile phone unveiled
- Privacy push will negatively impact geolocation sector
- TeleNav.com gets a refresh
Just geo
- North American English Dialects Map; via The Map Room
- A cave in Vietnam so tall, you could fit a skyscraper in it; via @andrewmatranga
- Google working on keeping its maps in China
- Some new Geo-related APIs from Programmable Web
Miscellany
- A sneak peek of the DeLorme Earthmate PN-60/60w 3.2 firmware update; includes geocache filtering
- A very negative Magellan ToughCase review
- Men use GPS more than women (in Ireland anyway)
- A GPS-enabled tower clock in India
- Japan uses Taiwanese technology to read damaged GPS chips
Updated GPS Reviews
I’ve updated these review and resource pages with the following links:
- Garmin Forerunner 110 — Bill Lockhart Photography reviews this runner’s sportswatch
- TomTom Go 2505TM – a review of this new TomTom
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