Archives for February 2013

Garmin nuvi 52LM review

February 12, 2013 By Rich Owings 56 Comments

Hands on Garmin nuvi 52LM review

The Garmin nuvi 52LM is one of the company’s 2013 Essential series models, and while considered an entry-level device, it includes features such as speed limit display, junction view and lane assist – things that were relegated to high-end models not that long ago. It’s a great choice for someone who needs a basic navigator without the bells and whistles, and it’s got an extra-large 5″ display to boot. It also comes with preloaded maps of the entire US except Alaska and lifetime map updates. read more

TomTom for Android (brief) review

February 11, 2013 By Rich Owings 4 Comments

TomTom for Android map screen

The long-awaited TomTom navigation app finally came to Android in October, only to disappoint those of us with larger screen phones like my Samsung Galaxy Nexus, which weren’t compatible. Fortunately an early December update brought compatibility to a larger range of phones and I’ve been testing it on and off ever since. How did it do? Read on to find out… read more

Filed Under: Android apps, Featured, Mobile, Mobile apps Tagged With: TomTom for Android

This week in GPS — February 9th, 2013

February 9, 2013 By Rich Owings Leave a Comment

GPS distraction blamed for truck-train collision

I might as well call this the train wreck edition, for more reasons than one. Hopefully all the links work; I had some problems this week with the plugin I use to handle bookmarked links – you may see many redirect thru Delicious before resolving to the proper URL. Today’s lead image is a lesson in GPS distraction.

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

Free Garmin compatible maps of Europe

February 7, 2013 By Rich Owings 5 Comments

Screenshots of these free Garmin compatible maps of Europe

I’ve posted links to free international maps before, but it’s been awhile. Here’s a new site I came across that offers free European maps, including topo maps, for Garmin devices. The maps are routable and include 25 meter contour intervals. read more

Filed Under: Featured, Garmin handheld GPS, Handheld/Sport Tagged With: Free, Garmin maps, Maps

New DeLorme all-in-one GPS + satellite communicator?

February 4, 2013 By Rich Owings 5 Comments

DeLorme GPS satellite communicator mockup

My mockup of a DeLorme GPS + satellite communicator

DeLorme recently posted a request for beta “testers for an upcoming product,” in their community forum, which got me wondering what they were up to. The post is gone now, but still available in Google’s cache (see image below): read more

Filed Under: DeLorme handheld GPS, Featured, Handheld/Sport Tagged With: Satellite Communicators

Garmin dezl 760LMT

February 3, 2013 By Rich Owings 5 Comments

The seven-inch Garmin Dezl 760LMT updates the 5″ dezl 560LMT, and is Garmin’s largest truck GPS. In addition to the larger screen, the 760LMT also adds voice command, a headphone jack/audio line out, and display of the elevation grade for the road you’re driving. read more

Filed Under: Auto, Featured, Garmin auto GPS, GPS Reviews Tagged With: Garmin dezl 760LMT

This week in GPS — February 2nd, 2013

February 2, 2013 By Rich Owings Leave a Comment

Street (Trail?) View comes to the Grand Canyon!

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 an article on the Grand Canyon getting StreetView; here’s the gallery.

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

January 2013 best selling GPS

February 2, 2013 By Rich Owings Leave a Comment

Our best sellers for January were the Garmin nuvi 50LM and the Oregon 550

Here’s what our readers bought over the past month… The rankings below are based on the number of units sold on GPS Tracklog, through our various partners like Amazon and REI. The Garmin nuvi 50LM claimed the top spot on the auto side once again, but we have a new champion on the handheld list – the Garmin Oregon 550. On to the charts…

Filed Under: Featured, More GPS News, Top ten GPS

UPDATED: Garmin’s new .ggz geocaching file format

February 1, 2013 By Rich Owings 17 Comments

Garmin Oregon 600 series ggz OpenCaching

The Garmin Oregon 600 series uses a new .ggz file type for geocaches

UPDATE: The new format may just be a compressed .gpx file (speculation, but it makes sense). Also, apparently the new Oregons will support .gpx files:

The Oregon can hold an unlimited number of geocaches and supports GPX files from OpenCaching.com for downloading geocaches and details straight to the unit.

UPDATE 2: Read our hands on Garmin Oregon 650 review.

When Garmin announced the new Oregon 600 series, they mentioned the ability to load a nearly unlimited number of geocaches: read more

Filed Under: Featured, Garmin handheld GPS, Handheld/Sport Tagged With: Garmin Oregon 6xx series, Geocaching