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 GPS satellite to go with our article on the top 10 most common GPS myths, which we debunked on Saturday.
Here are some other things going on in the GPS world:
From GPS Tracklog
- Meet the Flashlight that Does Everything
- 10 Common GPS Myths
- Galileo Satellites Declared Fit for Launch
- Garmin to Continue Auto GPS Despite Decline in Sales
- Will Self-Driving Cars Be on the Road in 2017?
- HERE for Android Adds Indoor Maps
GPS Tracking
- New GPS system tracks persistent parrots
- GPS Tracker Sales Hit Record Highs After “50 Shades of Grey” Movie Debut
- GPS system is being piloted in Hampshire which helps families track loved ones with dementia
- New training device catapults into Vanderbilt
- Moose collaring study continues, despite calf deaths
- Robbinsdale To Provide Real-Time School Bus Tracker App
- Want to track (or stalk) your pet? Data and gadgets will do it
- Iotera Raises $1 Million For Its Super Simple GPS Tracking Device
Satellite Stuff
Garmin
- Garmin Announces Global Brand Partnership with the Wings for Life World Run
- Revenue Update on Garmin Ltd.
- Garmin Introduces Helicopter-Specific ADS-B Solutions with Industry-First Features
Geocaching
- Houston, TX 2015 GeoChallenge
- Geocaching with Tweens
- Earn Pi Day Souvenirs
- And the Winner of the Global GIFF Audience Award Is….
GPS in the news
- Local Footy clubs starting to look to GPS technology to find an edge
- GPS leads to alleged thief
- New technology cracking the cycle of crime
- New Bill Aims To Track Nevada Parolees By GPS
- Crash System Likely Saved Lives in Train Derailment
- Government makes GPS, panic buttons mandatory for taxis across the country
- Schools fail to see farming is more about GPS and drones than getting muddy, says Cambridgeshire college director
- Dash hounds: Runners create images of dogs and other animals using GPS app which records their routes
The business of GPS
Going mobile
- GPS-enabled apps changing shopping experience in India
- App Aims To Improve Graduation Rates By Tracking Students
- Apps to Track Massachusetts’ Transportation in Real Time
Drones
- Companies increasingly turn to tech to keep drones out of no-fly zones
- Drone Piloted by Brainwaves Demonstrated in Portugal
Just Geo
- Geology lecture: ‘Death from Space’
- At last, Ceres is a geological world
- Confirmed: Space Rock Created Swedish Lake
- Central Texas Drought Is Worst on Record
- Earth’s Worst Mass Extinction Preserved Ancient Footprints
- Bucknell Answers: Fossils at Winfield Quarry
- Antarctica: Mystery continent holds key to mankind’s future
