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 in the news
- DOD and DOT aren’t happy about LightSquared
- Scary! $33 GPS jammer; via FieldLogix
- South Korea turns to International Civil Aviation Organization to stop North’s GPS jamming; wanna bet how that’s going to turn out?
- Men slightly more willing than women to disregard GPS directions
- War and Peace
GPS tracking
- GPS rats out cop in alleged sexual assault
- Creepy tracks you via geolocation data you share on the Web; via Gizmodo
- GPS bracelet helps recover mom’s wandering autistic son
- Tracking Kemps-Ridley turtles with GPS
TomTom
- TomTom makes VIA series official
- Some VIA models include an SD slot (thanks @gatorguy2)
- TomTom-Nike Sport Watch hits the UK (and the US too? I haven’t seen it here yet though)
- Wired gets a first look at the Nike+ Sport Watch
- TomTom refinances their debt
- TomTom PRO range expanded (in Europe)
Garmin
- Paiute OHV trails, Utah map for Garmin receivers
- A review of the Garmin Mechanic app for Android
Geocaching
- All about EarthCaches
- Downloading pocket queries to Tomtom
GPS products
- Rand McNally IntelliRoute trucker units get traffic
- A GPS-enabled skylight
- A watch that uses GPS to maintain accurate time
- Two Panasonic cameras get NAVTEQ POIs
Mobile
- TrafficLand streams live traffic cameras to your smartphone
- Color, the new social photo sharing site, vulnerable to simple GPS hack
- World’s first GLONASS-enabled smartphone ships in Russia
Android
- A review of Every Trail’s California State Parks app
- Wahoo Fitness rolls out an ANT+ API for Android
iPhone
- GEO Hunters is a new location-based game for iPhone
- Another iPhone cyclometer product
- And another
Just Geo
- History Channel to run “How the States Got Their Shapes“
- Gravity satellite yields ‘Potato Earth’ view
All the news that doesn’t fit
- Driving recorder captures head on crash
- A brief breakdown of battery types; via @dcrainmakerblog
- Geomate.jr gets a Firefox 4 fix
GPS deals
These are some bargains we’re currently tracking at our GPS deals site:
- Garmin nuvi 2450LM for $198
- TomTom XL 340M for $94.99
- Garmin 4000/5000 series $200 chartplotter rebate
- Garmin US Inland Lakes $40 rebate
Updated GPS reviews
I’ve updated these review and resource pages with the following links:
- Satmap Active 10 – The Adventure Blog has a decidedly different opinion than me about this unit
- TomTom GO 2505TM – Canadian Reviewer tackles this one
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