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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.
I recently came across a GPS jamming white paper (PDF) from NASA’s Space-Based Positioning Navigation & Timing (PNT) Advisory Board, which led me to other interesting documents on LightSquared, but let’s focus first on their anti-jamming recommendations, which I’ve summarized here…
Good news for owners of Verizon Android phones today – Navigation by TeleNav is now available for download, with a free version that includes text-to-speech, traffic avoidance, multiple route choices (seen above at right) and 22 million POIs.
Journalists continue to be snookered by already debunked hoaxes, and perhaps a few too many nights watching Dollhouse. The latest one proclaims that:
Tiny GPS microchips with your personal info can be slipped under your skin, leaving you lighter, ID tossed in the shredder.
UPDATE: In addition to my hands on review of the nuvi 2460LT, I’ve now posted pages for the Garmin nuvi 2450, nuvi 2450LM, and the nuvi 2460LMT.
The 5” Garmin nuvi 24xx series has hit the market, and I suspect they are going to be quite popular. I was certainly very impressed with the nuvi 2460LT I recently reviewed. The custom avoidances and advanced detour features are welcome additions, and I expect many folks will consider the 24xx models the top of the line, since they seem to focus on function while the 37xx is more about style. Here’s where you can grab one:
In the midst of all the loss and continued danger for the people of Japan, other stories are beginning to come out related to earthquake science. One that caught my eye was this – a GPS monitoring station has shown a shift of eight feet…
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.
There’s been a spate of stories recently about how we’re over-reliant on GPS, and while some threats are overblown, GPS jamming can be more serious, especially on the scale tentatively approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Wha? Read on my friend…
The Garmin nüvi 2460LMT
TomTom has been transitioning from TomTom HOME to MyTomTom, which is the desktop manager for the newest TomToms, such as the GO 2505TM. Unfortunately, early adopters have been stuck with devices that can’t get the latest map guarantee, Map Share corrections, etc. Well today, TomTom is taking a big step towards making that right. You can read about it all here, but they are promising 2×05 map updates in the next few days (and I’ve seen one report that they are already rolling out). read more
GPS Tracklog is written by Rich Owings, author of GPS Mapping.
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