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 an airplane in honor of the awesome new app Flyover Country, which debuted recently. With this app, you can check out geological features while on a flight, using GPS. Super cool! Here are some other things going on in the world of GPS this week:
From GPS Tracklog
- GPS Smartwatch for Kids Encourages Creativity
- Artist Hides Work in Central Park, Sells GPS Coordinates
- Simplifying Buying a Handheld GPS
- Garmin Wearables Were Bestsellers this Holiday Season
- New GPS App Shows Geological Points of Interest Along Route
- New CA Driving Law Requires Phones to be Mounted
GPS Tracking
Garmin
- Garmin expands its automotive segment with ConnectedCAM Citroën™ on the new C3
- Garmin expands integrated driving recording technology with auto manufacturer Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroën
- Garmin introduces G1000 NXi, the next generation integrated flight deck
- Garmin reveals its latest infotainment interface with prominent test results at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show
TomTom
- Lucid Motors Selects TomTom as Infotainment Partner for its First Vehicle Launch
- TomTom Automotive Powers the Future of Driving
Magellan
- 2017 Subaru BRZ Gets New Magellan Navigation App
- Magellan Brings the Connected Car, DashCams, Off-Road Navigation and More to CES 2017
Geocaching
GPS in the news
- Feds hid GPS on car in case involving $400,000 of cocaine
- New Haven riders continue to wait for GPS program on CT Transit buses
- GPS receives $847 million in NDAA funding for FY 2017
The business of GPS
Drones
- Passenger rescue drone airborne ‘by 2020’
- At CES, flying drones are Alarm.com’s home security moonshot
- Newest Big Thing in Drones Is Technology to Block Them
