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 geocache! Adrian outlined some fantastic ideas for getting everyone ready for the geocaching season this spring in his article, which you can read here.
Here are some other things that happened in the world of GPS this week:
From GPS Tracklog
GPS Tracking
- Nova Scotia will not use GPS on forensic mental health patients on leaves
- SkyGolf introduces new GT1 Game Tracker shot tracking system
- New Oxford GPS Tracker Offers 10 Years Battery Life
Satellite Stuff
- ESA’s GNSS Year in (P)review
- Funding Proceeds for More GLONASS-K1 Satellites
- ESA to Launch 6 Satellites in 2015
TomTom
Geocaching
GPS in the news
- Congressman’s Office Claims That Relying on GLONASS Jeopardizes US Lives
- Sheriffs want police-tracking in Waze app disabled
- New Apps, Wearable Aimed at Personal Safety
- College Campus Uses GPS To Help Deter Theft
- Bus-wreck passengers sue GPS-device makers
- Court approves use of GPS data in burglary trial
The business of GPS
- GPS Industries Announces Partnership with Golf Genius Software
- Engineer Honored for Contributions to GPS Technology
- ‘Fitbit For Dogs’ Maker Whistle Acquires Tagg Pet Tracker
- FCC Raises Questions about U.S. Access to Non-GPS GNSS
Going mobile
- OKC Cremation Garden Uses Apps, GPS To Locate Loved Ones
- Sygic unveils Sygic GPS Navigation for Windows Phone
- New app provides GPS campus navigation
- Carly Ryan Foundation launches new child safety app in Australia
- Dog-Walking App Raises Money for Local Shelters
Drones
Just Geo
- Iceland Rises As Its Glaciers Melt From Climate Change
- Drone allows a bird’s-eye view of gorge geology
- UH geology researcher wins ‘exceptional publication’ award
- Particle Analysis in Geology, Pollution and Wear Analysis with Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
- Uncorked: Washington wine’s minerality runs deep
- Geologists solve mystery of Tibetan mountains
- New NASA Satellite to Map Earth’s Dirt From Orbit
