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 is a Garmin GPSMAP model that got a new update this week! Check back tomorrow for more details and links to the download.
Here are some other things that happened in the world of GPS this week:
From GPS Tracklog
- SPOT Satellite Devices Rescue 600 in 2014
- Epson Steps from Printers to GPS
- Why You Need Traffic On Your GPS
- GNSS is the Future of GPS
- Connected Pedal Tracks Your Bike
- FAA Grants Two More Drone Exemptions
GPS Tracking
Garmin
TomTom
Geocaching
GPS in the news
- Guam Considers GPS trackers to help ease prison overcrowding
- Police Use GPS to Track Stolen Mercedes Belonging to Jimmy Buffet
- GPS Foils Alleged Teen Burglar
- Australian emergency services seek phone GPS access
- Hapless criminal jailed after trying to dodge speeding fine – while wearing GPS tag
- Why a commercial GNSS test bed could help to deal with GPS spoofing
- GPS technology refines takeoffs, landings at Love Field
The business of GPS
- U.S. Army Interested in eLoran PNT for the Warfighter
- CNN Signs UAV Research Agreement with the FAA
- Air Force looks to speed development of modernized GPS gear
- Verizon Vehicle Service Designed for Unconnected Cars
Going mobile
- Safety Apps aplenty, but used how often? Times of India shows Safety Apps get a lukewarm response
- iKeyMonitor for iPhone is updated with GPS location tracking
Just Geo
- Meltwater on Greenland’s ice sheet contributes to rising sea levels
- Shedding some light on Chinese geology
- Geology expert explains Columbus homeowner’s erosion issues
- Geology by the millions
- In memoriam: Yale Professor Robert Berner, a ‘giant of geology’
- Rare Earth Metals in Ireland’s Mourne Mountain a Geologic Puzzle
- Fossil Treasure Trove in Downtown Vancouver
