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. This week’s featured image shows the erroneous orbits of the two wayward Galileo satellites. This week, the board finally announced the cause behind the malfunction. Read on for this and more GPS news!
From GPS Tracklog
- Enhancing Geocaching.com with Greasemonkey & Tampermonkey Scripts
- Discover Wyoming’s Stories with New GPS App
- Waze Updates Allows Geotagging, Parking Reminders
- App Gives GPS Guides to Alabama State Parks
- Galileo Anomaly Revealed by Board
GPS Tracking
- GoTEK7 Launch Worlds First GPS Tracking Belt
- Indiegogo campaign for POD Pet Tracker exceeds goal
- MintPress Investigates: School Districts Using GPS, Ankle Bracelets, & Smartphone Tracking On Truant Kids
- NY proposal: Use GPS tech to fight domestic violence
- GPS-embedded sunglasses ensure you’ll never misplace them again
Satellite Stuff
Garmin
- Opinion article: Navman MiVue and Garmin Nuvi take dedicated GPS to a new level
- Switzerland Tournament-performance Garmin echoMAP™ dv combos
Magellan
- Magellan Introduces New Fleet Features for RoadMate 5190T-LM Commercial Truck GPS Unit
- Magellan Aerospace-Built MAC-200 Bus Celebrates One-Year in Space on CASSIOPE Mission
Geocaching
- Enhancing Geocaching.com with Greasemonkey & Tampermonkey Scripts
- Tips to help your Travel Bug keep travelling
- Geocachers Find a Message in a Bottle from 1970. It says… (Part 2)
GPS in the news
Going mobile
- Nokia’s HERE Maps is now available for Samsung Galaxy devices
- Waze App for Drivers Now Connecting with Cities to Enhance Offerings
- Developers use GPS and gov. data to create SnowFi app for Michigan road safety
Just Geo
- The geology of Estes Park Rock climbing: A thrill more than one million years in the making
- Fossil, Gem, Mineral, and Jewelry Show at Prairie State College on October 18 and 19
- Study: Rivers recover quickly after dams removed
- The heritage that is beneath our feet
- Alaska Volcano Blanketed Europe with Ash 1,200 Years Ago
All the news that doesn’t fit
- Here’s a funny article from a Strava addict
- Two new Apps by Aerovie Make Flying Safer using GPS
- Danger, Will Robinson! Beware the IMES of Japan
- Golf gadgets to change your game
