Archives for January 2013

Magellan eXplorist GC gets support for topos and aerial imagery

January 28, 2013 By Rich Owings Leave a Comment

Magellan eXplorist GC with National Geographic Topo maps

The latest update to the geocaching-centric Magellan eXplorist GC has given it the ability to accept National Geographic Topo and Digital Globe aerial imagery content. The GC has no expansion slot, but does have 500MB of memory available for added maps, etc. This doesn’t turn the GC into a great hiking unit, as I believe it still lacks some significant navigation features, but it should expand its capabilities for both urban and backcountry geocachers. read more

Filed Under: Featured, Handheld/Sport, Magellan handheld GPS Tagged With: Magellan eXplorist GC, Magellan eXplorist x10 series, National Geographic TOPO

This week in GPS — January 26th, 2013

January 26, 2013 By Rich Owings 4 Comments

A sneak peek at the Garmin nuvi 3597LMTHD

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. To get a few of the biggest stories as they break, follow me on Twitter. This week’s lead image is from a European hands on with the forthcoming Garmin nuvi 3597LMTHD.

Filed Under: Featured, More GPS News, This week in GPS

UPDATED: Garmin Cloud Storage

January 25, 2013 By Rich Owings 6 Comments

Garmin Cloud Storage lets you sync data between computers

UPDATE: Now available for Mac too.

UPDATE 2: Looks like it has been temporarily pulled.

BaseCamp 4.1.0 for Windows has been released and with it has come Garmin Cloud Storage. Here’s what they have to say about it in the Garmin BaseCamp forum: read more

Filed Under: Featured, Garmin handheld GPS, Handheld/Sport Tagged With: Garmin BaseCamp, Garmin Cloud Storage

Rand McNally enters handheld GPS market with Foris 850

January 23, 2013 By Rich Owings 3 Comments

The Rand McNally Foris 850

Well this is a surprise. Rand McNally has just announced their first handheld GPS, the Foris 850. The Foris is a result of a partnership with Falk Navigation, a European manufacturer. The Foris 850 appears to be based on their Lux 22 model. read more

Filed Under: Featured, Handheld/Sport, Other handheld GPS Tagged With: Rand McNally Foris 850

Garmin Approach S2 golf GPS announced

January 23, 2013 By Rich Owings 1 Comment

The newly announced Garmin Approach S2 golf GPS

UPDATE: Read our hands on review of the Approach S2.

The Garmin Approach S2 is being announced this morning, the third wrist-top golf GPS by the company. A mid-range unit, the same size and shape as the Approach S1, the S2 adds a digital scorecard and scorecard review. read more

Filed Under: Featured, Garmin handheld GPS, Handheld/Sport Tagged With: Garmin Approach S2

GPS tracking of guns

January 22, 2013 By Rich Owings 8 Comments

Is GPS tracking of guns possible or practical?

Ever since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary, I’ve been seeing proposals calling for GPS tracking for guns. I don’t really see how this would work, since GPS tracking systems require a power source and a transmitter. read more

Filed Under: Featured, More GPS News Tagged With: GPS Tracking

This week in GPS — January 19th, 2013

January 19, 2013 By Rich Owings Leave a Comment

Woman blames GPS for turning 38 mile drive into 901 mile tour of Europe

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. To get a few of the biggest stories as they break, follow me on Twitter. The lead image above is a map of the route taken by a woman whose 38 mile trip to Brussels turned into a 901 mile drive. Her excuse? Her GPS of course! read more

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Garmin’s Android strategy

January 17, 2013 By Rich Owings 18 Comments

Screenshots from Garmin Navigator for Australia

When Garmin and Asus ended their ill-fated nuvifone partnership, Garmin gave Asus an exclusive for any preloaded navigation apps through the end of 2012. Because of this, quite a few Garmin watchers expect an announcement of a Garmin navigation app for Android early this year. But that may not happen. read more

Filed Under: Android, Featured, Mobile

Garmin quatix marine watch unveiled

January 17, 2013 By Rich Owings Leave a Comment

The newly announced Garmin quatix marine watch

Garmin has a history of using existing hardware platforms for multiple market segments, as seen in the Approach golf series use of the Dakota, Oregon and Edge hardware. They now appear to have taken the fenix backcountry sportswatch platform and repurposed it as a marine watch – the Garmin quatix, announced this morning. read more

Filed Under: Garmin handheld GPS, Handheld/Sport Tagged With: Garmin quatix, Marine GPS

POLL: Do you want your GPS to say recalculating?

January 15, 2013 By Rich Owings 29 Comments

Recalculating!

Recalculating. It’s a word from your GPS that’s become part of the popular culture, quite often being made fun of. Miss a turn (even intentionally) and your GPS keeps saying it over and over until you return to the route, stop navigation or mute the blasted thing. read more

Filed Under: Auto, Featured, Garmin auto GPS Tagged With: Polls