Waypoints — October 15th, 2011

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

• Faulty GPS calculations led researchers to believe neutrinos exceeded the speed of light
• For want of a GPS fix, homemade rocket just misses $10,000 prize 
• Royal Navy suspends GPS jamming after complaints from fishermen; via @PocketGPSWorld
• A GPS-Enhanced Album In Tune With Central Park
• Cell phone’s GPS leads responders to disoriented hiker

Garmin

• That Garmin ANT+ iPhone adapter? How about some screenshots of the app? And don’t ask me how hardware-wise, but it looks like there will be an Android version too; via Guido
• Is this the trick to getting your tracklog to match the trip odometer?
• Garmin showcases an infotainment controller
• There’s now a GizzMoVest case for the Garmin Montana series; via @RMHoward43
• More nuvis coming to Mexico
• Useful forum thread: Traffic services on nuvi when abroad ?
• New or updated free topos: LA, PA, TN
• And a routable desert southwest map

Updates

• New Garmin updates this week: Forerunner 110 & 210, Oregon x50, Training Center for Mac, WebUpdater
• TopoFusion beta v 4.3
• ExpertGPS v 4.34

The business of GPS

• BBC scraps TomTom deal; via @PocketGPSWorld
• Garmin is ramping up their Detroit operations
• TomTom announces deal with Ford in Europe
• A GPS module for under $3

LightSqaured

• JAVAD GNSS Offers to Upgrade Other Receivers to LightSquared Compatibility
• Federal Agencies: LightSquared Unacceptable Safety, Environmental, Economic Consequences
• The American Farm Bureau testifies before Congress
• LightSquared’s own estimate for GPS fix? $400 million
• Groups Urge FCC to Consider Effects of GPS Problems on Ag
• LightSquared Says FCC Network Guidance Likely by Year’s End
• Lightsquared’s Lobbying

iOS

• Details on how the iPhone uses location data
• Backpacker Map Maker iPad app
• Waze moves on up to 3.0
• Magellan Roadmate Gets Updated To 2.2
• skobbler releases hybrid onboard/offboard solution for iOS
• Kenwood Preps Head Unit with Link to Garmin iOS Navi

Going mobile

• Update: GPS Will Not Be Required in All Cell Phones by 2018, FCC Says
• TeleNav GPS Navigator 7.1 for Android puts the focus on your commute
• Navigon releases first Windows Phone 7 nav app with onboard maps

Just geo

• Mapquest rolls out a social mapping site
• Jellyfish Lake
• Distances Between World Capitals
• Google MapsGL is new, but my high-end MacBook Air couldn’t handle it
• Sea Ice Extent Animation updated for 2011
• Murder rates around the world (and no, the US isn’t highest); via Google Maps Mania
• The geography of the death penalty; via VerySpatial
• Streets Shared By Two Countries, Part II

All the news that doesn’t fit

• BC Ministry of Transportation Bans Geocaching
• Magellan introduces the RoadMate 2055T-LM and 2120T-LM
• Really? Stealthy GPS trackers to protect loved ones?
• Trapster releases Trapmap beta
• OSM updates their tile usage policy
• Auto tech gadgets more appealing to Americans than safety features
• Rooftop advertising going mainstream?
• INRIX expands I-95 project

GPS deals

These are some bargains we’re currently tracking at our GPS deals site:

• Truck & RV-friendly Garmin dezl 560LMT for $399.99
• Garmin Forerunner 310XT $50 rebate
• Garmin nuvi 2350LMT for $157
• Garmin nuvi 1250 for $79.95

Updated GPS reviews

I’ve updated these review and resource pages with the following links:

• Garmin Forerunner 210 – Runstreet reviews this runner’s watch
• Garmin Forerunner 610 – GadgetReview looks at this sportswatch
• Garmin GTU 10 – BikeRadar reviews this tracking device