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 soldier because a new method of tracking which will supplement GPS was introduced for the military this week. Read more about it below!
Here are some other things that happened this week in the world of GPS
From GPS Tracklog
- 8 GPS Features Smartphones Can’t Match
- Magellan Announces New Navigation Platforms
- Polar Announces New GPS Cycling Computer
- TomTom’s In-Dash Navigation Accesses the Cloud
- Tips for Avoiding GPS Theft
- New Device Tracks Soldiers without GPS
GPS Tracking
- Great American Safety Drive to Use Outerlink GPS Tracking
- Second snow leopard successfully collared with satellite-GPS technology in Nepal
- Employer Sued For GPS-Tracking Salesperson 24/7
- Retrievor Introduces Their Eagerly Anticipated RT-101 GPS Tracker
- US Fleet Tracking Explains 3 Incredible Ways That GPS Trackers Reduce Driver Distractions
Satellite Stuff
Garmin
TomTom
Geocaching
- Geocaching Road Trip ‘15 – Ain’t no Mountain High Enough… for Geocachers
- Chronicle Your Road Trip with #Geocaching15 Photos!
- How to Find a Multi-Cache
GPS in the news
- Undocumented Immigrants being Fitted with GPS Tracking Devices
- GINCAN GPS Anti-Jam Antenna Trialled on Blue Bear Hex Copter
- Fitbit had 34% of Q1 wearables market, Garmin 6%
- Russia, China to install GLONASS/Beidou on trucks
- The new wave of crime prevention: GPS tracking devices
- Pyxis system would use GPS signals to gather more accurate weather forecasts
- British Jeweller creates ‘fidelity’ engagement ring that doubles as tracking device
- Guided-Bomb Makers Anticipate GPS Jammers
- Lower costs with GPS dispatching
The business of GPS
- Global real time locating systems (RTLS) market expected to reach $43.7 billion by 2020
- Topcon Acquires Agriculture Sensing Company NORAC
- Scientists test early-warning system for solar storms that can disrupt power grids, GPS
Going mobile
- Teeing up for a game of golf? There’s an app for that
- Law enforcement pushes Google to tweak Waze app
- Tee off with these free golfing apps
- City of London unveils augmented reality app… to help you find nearest free toilet
- Fetchr to use GPS to deliver goods in the Middle East
- App promises to be the ‘Uber’ for filling up your gas tank
- Top 10 Best Roadside Assistance Apps for Android
Just Geo
- Geology of Yellowstone area topic of Saturday talk
- Explore Black Butte Crater on Geology Walk
- Cañon City Geology Club to discuss Red Rocks formation
- Burren Geology Field School opens
All the news that doesn’t fit
- Russia, China Plan to Equip Commercial Trucks With Glonass, BeiDou
- Mapping the great indoors is new final frontier for tech giants
