This week in GPS is a weekly link roundup of (mostly) GPS related odds and ends, from GPS Tracklog and other places around the Web. To get a few of the biggest stories as they break, follow me on Twitter. This week’s lead image (above) shows a DIY GPS+GLONASS receiver being tested against a Garmin Oregon 6xx.
From GPS Tracklog
Our posts from the past week:
Garmin
- Garmin VIRB app now available, and a road bike and mountain bike mount have been announced
- And that mystery remote control last week? It was indeed for the VIRB
- Now shipping: Garmin nüvi 66LM
- Georgia man pleads guilty to stealing Garmin GPS devices
- Video: Garmin Topo Map Comparison
- Garmin video on the advantages of LakeVü HD and LakeVü HD Ultra Maps
TomTom
- TomTom Expands Real-Time Traffic Service To China, Taiwan and Singapore
- This post includes a list of Chinese cities covered
- TomTom reports fourth quarter and FY 2013 results
- Reuters: TomTom shares slump after warning of further earnings drop
- And then…TomTom Announces Changes to Supervisory Board
- TomTom GO 50 clears FCC
GPS in the news
- Celebrating 25 Years of Not Getting Lost Thanks to GPS
- Taco Bell’s upcoming mobile app includes GPS locator for timely hot food
Drones
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FAA grounds Valentine’s Flower Delivery Express drone
Updates
- Garmin updates this week: Express, GPSMAP 62/78, Montana, Oregon x50/6xx
- ExpertGPS 5.03
Geocaching
- Using Google Maps Engine to make a custom geocache map
- GeoGearHeads podcast discusses Mac OS geocaching apps
Jamming and spoofing
- GPS pioneer warns about network’s security
- Good background on eLORAN
- UK pioneers new technology to combat GPS jamming
- Spirent Launches SimSAFE to Address GNSS Signal Vulnerability
Satellites and such
- GPS III Payload Facing Delays
- GLONASS-M satellite shipped to launch site
- STMicroelectronics’ Chips Ready for Galileo eCall Approval
- Galileo Achieves In-Orbit Validation
- Survey Seeks Suggestions on Future of GLONASS
- Up to seven GLONASS ground stations planned for outside Russia in 2014
GPS tracking
- Kennedy cousin Skakel granted request to relocate GPS device to fit ski boot
- DIY cat tracker
- Sell your location data for a gift card
- Lawyers in slaying seek to bar cab’s GPS data
- Police: Probation GPS Monitor Put Suspect At Scene Of Indecent Assault In Arlington
- Private investigator’s GPS tracking of cheaters raises privacy concerns
- Live tracking of UP sled dogs
- Justin Bieber Drove Lambo at Breakneck Speeds Hours Before Arrest
Going mobile
- How to Use Your Google Maps Offline
- Using GPS cycle routes on your Android or iPhone; via DC Rainmaker
Updating house numbers in @waze is super easy having StreetView side-by-side with the map/house numbers interface. pic.twitter.com/01zA3pAE43
— Waze Mapping Support (@WazeMapping) February 9, 2014
The business of GPS
- PND Market Down 14% in EU, 26% in North America in 2013
- iWatch iOS 8: Apple sets out to redefine mobile health, fitness tracking; via DC Rainmaker
- Garmin Accelerates Product Expertise Among Sales Associates With Experticity
- Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is making a big move into mapping as it woos AutoNavi
Just geo
- The Best Earth Pics From the Newest Landsat Satellite
- Lots of online folks took issue with this, but…At Sochi Olympics, Crowdsourced OpenStreetMap Trounces Google Maps
- Mountains of the Olympics
- National Scenic Trails Added to Washington State Maps
- Father of GIS passes away
All the news that doesn’t fit
- HERE: Why we’re mapping down to 20cm accuracy on roads
- New Lowrance topo maps, but not for Endura series
- Panbo: Iridium’s GO! satellite WiFi and Globalstar’s mysterious SatFi
- OpenStreetMap Foundation Ready to Sign on Corporate Members
- Prepare to sack the Duke of Garmin (via Louis Caplan)
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