Waypoints — March 13th, 2010
Waypoints is a weekly link roundup of GPS related odds and ends. To get many of these stories as they break, follow me on Twitter.
Hoowee! Lot’s of link love this week, so lets get right to it…
Garmin Oregon series marches on
Garmin adds custom symbols and some awesome track improvements to their latest Oregon x50 beta [...]
Garmin Connect staff lost in SF office shutdown
Garmin has decided to close its San Francisco office, resulting in the loss of most of the team that built MotionBased, the original Garmin Connect platform, which was acquired by Garmin in 2005. A new website, The GC Team, has been posted, saying:
On February 8, 2010 Garmin decided to shut down [...]
GPS beats market research at own game
TeleNav is releasing some data this morning that isn’t too startling in its own right, but it speaks to a revolution in market share analysis. Companies like Nielsen and Arbitron estimate media market share, but GPS-enabled phones can do them one two better, delivering location market share data, and not just estimates either. This [...]
Handheld GPS 101: Routes vs. Tracks
This is the fourth in a series of posts designed to help introduce beginners to the use of handheld GPS receivers.
I’ve covered both routes and tracks in this series, so now it’s time to do a direct comparison. Here are some key differences:
Routes are about where you are planning to go; tracks are about [...]
Waypoints — March 6th, 2010
Waypoints is a weekly link roundup of (mostly) GPS related odds and ends. To get many of these items as they break, follow me on Twitter.
GPS in the news
Blind man to use GPS to hike Appalachian Trail; via @gatorguy2
Another new episode of "My GPS made me do it!"
GPS helps NYC bust taxi driver [...]
Garmin Colorado 400 series discontinued
Earlier this week, Garmin moved the Colorado 400 series to their discontinued list. The Colorado was the first high-resolution handheld introduced by Garmin, but it was quickly followed by the touch-screen Oregon, where it seems most of Garmin’s development efforts were focused. The Colorado series never did get some of the features found on [...]
What does Garmin have up their sleeve?
The crew in Olathe definitely has something up their sleeve. The same guys who gave us 50 nuvi models have only introduced a handful of new ones this past year (the nuvi 1490T, 1690, trucker-friendly 465T and the stealth-introduced nuvi 1450 — only the first two count as major consumer introductions). No new nuvis [...]
Handheld GPS 101: Tracks
This is the third in a series of posts designed to help introduce beginners to the use of handheld GPS receivers.
Tracks are a record of where you’ve been. People often use the term “breadcrumb trail,” a la Hansel and Gretel, to describe tracks. Your GPS receiver creates this record as you go along, allowing you [...]
Top ten GPS for February 2010
February is over (hallelujah!), so it’s time to check the stats and see what grabbed readers’ interest over the past month. There were only minor changes this time around, with neither of the top two spots changing on the auto or handheld top ten list. The biggest items of note are on the auto side, [...]
Waypoints — February 27th, 2010
Waypoints is a weekly link roundup of GPS related odds and ends. I had a hiccup with the plugin this week, so if you spot any broken links, please drop a comment and I’ll try to fix them.
GPS user FAIL
This week’s edition of my GPS made me do it
Smuggling pot? Don’t rely on your [...]
