Last week, Garmin released the newest device in the Forerunner series. The Forerunner 935 is aimed at serious athletes and has the ability to track multiple sports including running, cycling, swimming, skiing, golf, hiking, and others. The device features both GLONASS and GPS and is compatible with a variety of sensors for measuring exercise statistics.
At first look, the Forerunner 935 stands out from the rest of the Forerunner line with a more slim appearance–more like a smartwatch than a running watch, which may have been the intention. This device shares many features with the fēnix 5 Series, including the replaceable QuickFit bands, but rather than just being a generic watch for active people, the Forerunner 935 is focused entirely on athletes looking to get the most out of their given activity. read more
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 preview of the new Forerunner 935 which Garmin announced today. Be sure to check back next week for details!! Until then, here are some other things going on in the world of GPS this week: read more
On multiple levels, geocaching is one of the most fun outdoor activities for adults. Not only is it sort of like a treasure hunt, but it’s also great exercise and often involves going to new locations and discovering beautiful natural scenery that you probably wouldn’t have otherwise found. For this reason, geocaching tends to be tied with earth-friendly practices, such as Cache In Trash Out, or CITO events where geocachers clean up natural sites.
So, since the first day of spring was last week, I though today we’d look at some tips for geocaching in an ecologically-friendly way. read more
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 one of the fabled APE caches since Groundspeak recently announced the fate of the recently recovered Mission 9: Tunnel of Light cache. Read on below to find out about this and other GPS news: read more
In November 2016, a team of dedicated geocachers went searching for one of the missing APE caches. The Mission 9: Tunnel of Light cache was muggled in 2011 and the original container was thought to have been stolen. However, the original box bearing the APE logo was recovered, and Groundspeak put out a call for the geocaching community to decide its fate. And, as the headline says, geocachers overwhelmingly voted to reactivate the cache.
More than 10,000 geocachers took part in the voting process, which was launched at the end of February. Voters were given four options: to activate it once a year, to display it at Geocaching HQ due to its historic nature, to make it a traveling artifact, or return and reactivate.
Here’s how the actual vote percentages broke down: read more
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 from a new pedestrian GPS Map designed for people with limited mobility. Read more about it and other GPS news below: read more
Whether you’re walking, hiking, cycling, or driving, GPS directions are incredibly useful for finding your way around. However, as anyone who has ever used a GPS knows, it is far from 100% accurate, although directions are getting better and better each year. One thing that hasn’t seemed to see a lot of improvement, however, is pedestrian directions.
Sure, there are plenty of GPS devices which claim to offer pedestrian-specific directions, and even Google Maps has this functionality… but it’s far from perfect and many times things like curb cuts, sidewalk interruptions, and ramps are often not taken into account. However, a Seattle-based company is looking to change that with the new program AccessMaps. read more
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 from the recent study that TomTom released, which shows that we’re all spending way more time sitting in traffic than ever before. Read it, and other GPS-related news below. read more
Many GPS devices include some sort of traffic information—even Google Maps now has this ability. While in the past it was a subscription service, now it’s offered free with many dedicated automotive GPS devices. However, I constantly hear people saying that their GPS traffic is useless or that it is one of those bloat features that you don’t really need. But after reading a recent report from TomTom, I think that some people may start to change their minds.
For the last six years, TomTom has conducted a study of traffic and congestion across the world. Called the TomTom Traffic Index, this study was released recently with information on 2016 traffic trends. And, as anyone who drove in a major city could tell you, traffic definitely didn’t reduce in most places. In fact, globally, traffic rose an average of 10% in 2016, and is up a whopping 23% since 2008, when the study was first conducted. read more
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 GPS tribute to actor Bill Paxton, who passed away this week. The GPS dots that spell out his initials were made by storm chasers motivated by Paxon’s role in the 90s film “Twister.”
Read about other important GPS news and articles from this week below: read more
"We were desert mystics, my few friends and I, the kind
who read maps as others read their holy books."
– Edward Abbey from Slickrock —
The Canyon Country of Southeast Utah
