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.
TomTom
- TomTom offers new speed camera product, featuring the “most complete range of speed camera warnings”
- Pocket GPS World (who definitely has a dog in this fight) disputes that statement
- And GPS Business News suspects a third-party supplier
- TomTom says TeleAtlas not for sale
- Which triggers a rant from Mike Dobson
- Next thing you know, they’ll be going after TomTom Club
Garmin
- GeoPDF to Garmin Custom G-Raster can now convert Maps
- Garmin sues over Edge knockoffs
- Moab Trails map
LightSquared
- LightSquared signs up BestBuy, Cricket and Open Range as partners
- New members of SaveOurGPS coalition announced; unsure why Geocaching.com and GPS Tracklog haven’t been approved
- A review of LightSquared’s first LTE modem
- US Air Force still worried
- LightSquared CEO mum on GPS interference
Updates
- Northwest Trails, NW Topos and NW Snow Trails (for Garmin receivers)
- Magellan Communicator for PC v 1.10
- Magellan Communicator for Mac v 1.10
- Magellan VantagePoint v 2.04
Trapster kerfuffle
- US Senators want to ban Trapster
- Trapster interviews law enforcement
Geocaching
- Open Caching seeks feedback on virtual caches
- Anybody using GeoGet? Here’s a discussion at Groundspeak
GPS tracking
- SD man challenges warrantless GPS tracking
- US Senator is working on a proposed Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act (GPS Act)
- GPS bracelet as personal defense system
iOS
- Apple looking to ‘radically improve’ iOS maps
- TeleNav brings their freemium navigation model to the iPhone
Android
- AndroGeoid wraps up their series on Locus
- Free California State Parks app for Android
All the news that doesn’t fit
- US cruise missiles go old school to avoid being thrown off by Libyan GPS jamming
- And we never heard from them again
- Need a reason not to go with a built-in navigation solution?
- Cached maps coming to TeleNav
- Who needs a screen? Let good vibrations guide you
- A Worldwide Coordinate Converter; via Google Maps Mania
- A way to embed geographic info in video; isn’t this already being done?
- Indoor mapping news
- Eastern Europe POIs
GPS deals
Some bargains we’re currently tracking at our GPS deals site:
- Connected Garmin nuvi 1690 for $149.93
- Garmin nuvi 3760T for $259.99
- Garmin GPSMAP 62s for $349.95
- Garmin Oregon 450 for $249.99
- Garmin 4000/5000 series $200 chartplotter rebate
- Garmin nuvi 1390T for $138.16
- Garmin US Inland Lakes $40 rebate
Updated GPS reviews
I’ve updated these review and resource pages with the following links:
- Garmin Dakota 20 – A Laplander reviews this handheld
- Garmin Forerunner 305 – Random Thoughts While Running talks about changes he’d like to see
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