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 the new bicycle computer from fitness company Wahoo. The Elemnt is the company’s first foray into GPS.
From GPS Tracklog
GPS Tracking
- Tracking system might reduce risk, high-speed chases
- Research project tracking deer with GPS
- GPS sports tracking start-up attracts investors
- Revolutionary GPS Tracking and Safety Device in a Shoelace
- New sports technology provides a GPS alternative
- TrackingTheWorld Releases Enduro Pro 3G GPS Tracker
Satellite Stuff
Geocaching
GPS in the news
- Local law enforcement hoping to launch new GPS technology
- Cab’s GPS helped track down gang-rape accused
- Use technology to enhance service delivery
- Investigators say incorrect GPS may have led to man’s death
- NBA Players May Soon Be Wearing GPS Devices
- Oregon Wants to Install a GPS “Mileage Tracking Device” in Cars to Tax Per Mile, Wisconsin Could Be Next
- Paul Anthony Evers: State’s bid to make mass killer wear GPS tracker
- GPS tracker leads deputies to stolen equipment and arrest
- Cheraw eyes GPS tracking for town vehicles
The business of GPS
- GPSWOX Tracking Solutions for Personal Households and Businesses
- New GPS Director Brings Technical, Space Program Background
- Rockwell Collins wins DARPA contract for GPS alternatives
- The End of GPS-only Modules
- Development Risks May Slow GPS Military Receiver Program
- Mobile Wallets, GPS & Beacons: How To Dominate The “Next Moment” Of Local Search
Going mobile
- TransportMe App Rolled Out
- How to use Google Maps GPS offline
- Making GPS more human
- New app helps dog owners find, track walkers
- Companion App Lets You Virtually Walk a Friend Home
- App-based GPS games build on hobby of exploring
- Swarm now lets you check in belatedly based on your GPS history
Just Geo
- Volcanoes :Earth’s Geology Changers
- University of Illinois Extension to host geology presentation
- Geology of Mount Arafat
- A good introduction to geology course is actually a course in time
- Elsevier and AGU to increase the precision of geology research
- 458-Million-Year-Old Twin Impact Craters Found in Sweden
- Pluto reveals its spectacular geology in new backlit panorama
