Archives for April 2011

Garmin Forerunner 610

April 27, 2011 By Rich Owings 4 Comments

The Garmin Forerunner 610 is Garmin’s first touchscreen sportswatch. Eliminating the poorly performing touch bezel of the Forerunner 400 series, this new model retains their high-end feature set, and adds a magnetic charging cable and a virtual racer that allows you to race against previous runs (or other people’s runs downloaded from Garmin Connect). read more

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Five reasons to upgrade your Garmin handheld

April 25, 2011 By Rich Owings 41 Comments

UPDATE: Here’s a sixth reason – Garmin BirdsEye Topo.

Still rocking a Garmin 60CSx or maybe an eTrex? Have you wondered what the new units offer? Here are our top reasons to pony up for a new Garmin:

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Google Map Maker lets you edit US maps

April 19, 2011 By Rich Owings 4 Comments

Google Map Maker has come to the US. Instead of just reporting an error, you can now go in and make changes yourself. All edits will be reviewed for accuracy before being committed to the publicly available map. The information posted today talks about POIs, bike lanes and the like, but it appears that you can edit/add streets and addresses as well. Eventually, this should improve Google Maps Navigation, which definitely needs it! Check out the video promo below and then have at it my cartographic friends!

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Sneak peek at the WiFi-enabled Magellan RoadMate 5175

April 16, 2011 By Rich Owings 3 Comments

UPDATE: Read my hands on review of the Magellan RoadMate 5175T-LM.

Hey, look what showed up on the FCC website this morning – a WiFi-enabled Magellan RoadMate 5175 series. We don’t have a lot of specs at this point, but we can tell you that it rotates into portrait or landscape orientations, and that it will come in traffic (5175T) and traffic plus lifetime map (5175T-LM) editions.

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Magellan eXplorist PRO 10

April 14, 2011 By Rich Owings 9 Comments

A little over two years ago, MiTAC purchased the consumer products division of the old Magellan Navigation company. The latter went on to become known as Ashtech, continuing to sell professional grade GPS receivers under the MobileMapper brand. I don’t know if there was a two-year non-compete clause or if that doesn’t apply in this case, but MiTAC’s Magellan GPS is back in the game as of today, announcing the Magellan eXplorist PRO 10.

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Garmin nuvi 2300LM

April 12, 2011 By Rich Owings Leave a Comment

The Garmin nüvi 2300LM is a lower-level model in Garmin’s 2300 series, bringing some of the best features from the 3700 series, minus the exorbitant price tag, including the ability to learn your preferred routes.

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GLONASS to outperform GPS in northerly latitudes?

April 11, 2011 By Rich Owings Leave a Comment

Is there a GLONASS receiver in your future? You may be more motivated if you live at a northerly latitude. A Swedish firm, Swepos, which demands one-meter accuracy for their work, has integrated the Russian system into their operations, saying…

"It functions somewhat better at northern latitudes because its satellite orbits are located higher in the sky and we see them better than we do the GPS satellites," said Bo Jonsson, deputy head of a geodesic research unit at Swepos.

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Garmin nuvi 2370LT

April 10, 2011 By Rich Owings 6 Comments

UPDATE: The Garmin nuvi 2475LT is a newer trans-Atlantic navigator.

UPDATE 2: This model has been discontinued.

The Garmin nüvi 2370LT is Garmin’s newest trans-Atlantic navigator. As one of the new models in Garmin’s 2300 series, it brings some of the best features from the top of the line 3700 series, minus the exorbitant price tag. These include a historical road speed database for improved routing and the ability to learn your preferred routes over time.

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Garmin nuvi 2360LT

April 10, 2011 By Rich Owings 6 Comments

The Garmin nüvi 2360LT is one of the recently released models in Garmin’s 2300 series, bringing the best features from the top of the line 3700 series, minus the exorbitant price tag. They include a historical road speed database for improved routing and the ability to learn your preferred routes over time.

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Garmin nuvi 2450

April 9, 2011 By Rich Owings 1 Comment

The Garmin nüvi 2450 is one of Garmin’s recently released 5” ultra-widescreen navigators comprising the nuvi 24xx line. In addition to the big screen, these navigators bring many other high-end features at a relatively reasonable price, including several not found on the nuvi 37xx series, such as custom route avoidances.

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