2011 – The GPS year in review
I thought it might be interesting to do a retrospective before we jump into the new year. Take a look and see if you missed anything!
14 tips for your new handheld GPS
If you got a new handheld GPS, I’m hoping the weather is nice enough for you to get out and play with it. Here are some tips to help get you off on the right foot:
Ten things to do with that new auto GPS
Was Santa nice to you? Did you get a new GPS for your car? If so, here are a few tips for using it:
Waypoints — December 23rd, 2011
Waypoints is a weekly link roundup of (mostly) GPS related odds and ends. To get some of these stories as they break, follow me on Twitter. GPS in the news Decorated army veteran jailed for Christmas over GPS mistake Uncharacteristically poor piece from NYT: GPS Watches May Not Track Runs Accurately DC Rainmaker takes them [...]
GPS predictions for 2012
As I’ve been doing in recent years, I’ll play the fool once again, by trying to predict what we’ll see in the GPS industry over the next twelve months. I’m certainly being a bit more cautious than the first couple of times I did this, but it also seems harder to predict things now; I [...]
Waypoints — December 18th, 2011
Waypoints is a weekly link roundup of (mostly) GPS related odds and ends. To get some of these stories as they break, follow me on Twitter. GPS deals Here are some great new deals or price drops I’ve come across in the last week. All Most of the ones below are from Amazon, which is [...]
Last minute GPS holiday deals
Today is "free shipping day," traditionally the last day that many online vendors offer free shipping for delivery by the 24th. And a lot of sites are offering deals to entice you. All of the ones below are from Amazon, which is offering free shipping through Monday, though there is no guarantee that the prices [...]
US drone downed by GPS spoofing?
The Christian Science Monitor is reporting that the US drone held by Iran may have been brought down using a known GPS spoofing exploit. According to the report, an Iranian engineer working with the captured drone claims that: Iran guided the CIA’s "lost" stealth drone to an intact landing inside hostile territory by exploiting a [...]
Use TeleNav on your phone without an app
This is interesting. TeleNav has announced the world’s first HTML5 navigation service. What this means is that a developer can let you click on an address, in an app or on a website, to launch a free browser-based, turn-by-turn navigation service with voice directions. You won’t need to have the TeleNav app on your phone [...]
Feds recommend 50 state ban on cell phone use while driving
In a decision sure to stoke a lot of discussion about distracted driving, the US National Transportation Safety Board has recommended that all 50 states ban the use of mobile devices while driving. The actual statement leaves a little bit of wiggle room, but clearly aims to ban even hands free use of cell phones:
