Waypoints is a weekly link roundup of (mostly) GPS related odds and ends. To get a few of the biggest stories as they break, follow me on Twitter.
December GPS deals
Bargains we’re tracking in our GPS deals section:
- UPDATE: Garmin nuvi 50LM for $89.99
- I’ve been updating my cyber week GPS deal roundup each day this week; there are still some great buys including new deals on the nuvi 2555LMT and 2595LMT EDIT: I’ve added new deals on the Forerunner 410 and Dakota 20
- SPOT Connect Satellite Communicator for $99.95 after rebate
- DeLorme inReach for $174.95 after $75 rebate
Giveaways
- Garmin Forerunner 10 giveaway
- TomTom has another contest, this time giving away six driving adventures plus a lot more
Garmin
- A nice Garmin map reference
- Garmin GLO review
- Be careful removing that Garmin Montana screen protector!
- Video: The Garmin Nuvi Carry-All Case; available at GPS City and Amazon
- BaseCamp support for transparent overlays coming? Thanks Boyd!
- Panbo goes hands on with Garmin BlueChart Mobile
- Garmin MapConverter helps you migrate from Windows to Mac; via Groundspeak Forums
- Montana Topo + Public Land map v 2012.2
- Garmin maps for several Eastern European countries; via OSM Forum
Updates
- Garmin software updates this week: Forerunner 910XT, MapInstall and MapManager for Mac, nuvi 2xx5, 34xx and 35xx
- TomTom updates for iPhone 5 and iOS 6 (but loses Google Local Search)
- CacheSense v 2.8 for Android
- Other updates: ExpertGPS v 4.62, Magellan Active API v 1.3, Magellan Switch series, Suunto Ambit
- Magellan Active website updated
Geocaching
- Tutorial: Design Your Own Geo-Art – Shaped Geo-Trails
- OpenCaching: Hide Some Caches and Win!
- Geocaching Word Search Answers
- Pathtags come to your OpenCaching profile
Going mobile
- Gizmodo ranks the best navigation apps for iOS
- Google Maps Navigation for Android comes to Mexico
- Magellan iPhone cradle mini-review
- Scout bridges navigation gap between car and phone
GPS tracking
- File under irony: Mass. Probation Department having trouble tracking its GPS equipment
- Tracking a two-ton great white shark along the Atlantic Coast
- New GPS dog tracking device hits the market
- GPS Trackers Catch U of M Employees Not Working
- GPS Used To Track Galapagos Tortoises Migration
- GTX Gets Approval For Custom Two-Way GPS Tracking Devices On Planes (doesn’t explain the two-way though)
Satellites and such
The business of GPS
- Even printer-maker Epson is getting into the GPS sportswatch game
- Apple Said to Fire Maps Manager After Flaws Hurt iPhone 5
- Then… Apple seeking ‘advice’, prodding TomTom to fix its POI data in Maps
- Rand McNally Supplies Navigation Software to RV OEMs
- Amazon takes Maps API out of beta
Just geo
- Pakistanis outlaw mapping
- NatGeo on the 20 best national park hikes
- World’s tallest tower to overshadow monumental equator goof in Ecuador
- Jonathan Crowe reviews Game of Thrones map book The Lands of Ice and Fire
- GPS + Video + Google Earth
- Street View gallery of ski resorts
- Here’s the Chinese passport map that’s infuriating much of Asia
Miscellany
- From 1946: What to do when lost in the woods, from the U.S. Forest Service
- Review of Hiker Alert web app; looks like this could be really good once they get mobile apps in place
- Did my Sportablet post interest you? Then this might too – Tablet to GPS
- Interview with Eric Larsen on cycling to the South Pole
- Book review: The Science of Navigation: From Dead Reckoning to GPS
Updated GPS reviews
I’ve updated these review and resource pages with the following links:
- Magellan Switch series – How to use auto-lap
- TomTom Nike+ SportsWatch — Everything for the man reviews this sportswatch
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