Garmin LakeVu HD and LakeVu HD Ultra were announced this week
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 of Garmin’s new LakeVü HD and LakeVü HD Ultra products; here are links to coverage details and more info.
From GPS Tracklog
Our posts from the past week:
And our GPS Deals page has a hot one – the Garmin nuvi 2455LMT for $109.99.
Garmin
- Garmin’s Android app to show up next week? Via GpsPasSion
- NYT gives the inside scoop on Garmin Real Directions, which is currently limited to 52 US cities; via All Points Blog
- City Navigator NA 2013.40 now available for download
- Trouble updating? Try Lifetime Map Updater rather than Garmin Express
- Garmin fenix beta brings skiing mode
- Garmin gives updated Vector power meter schedule
- A slide from Garmin’s earnings call mentions RVs as a market segment they will be capitalizing on; I expect we’ll be seeing RV models like this in the US soon
- And an outdoors market quote from the earnings call referencing mobile apps:
Long term, we will continue to create new opportunities by identifying adjacent markets and product categories. We will maintain our focus on utility, content and innovative form factors to engage both new and repeat customers in the segment and embrace the opportunities created by mobile platforms to expand our market reach.
Updates
- Firmware updates this week: Garmin fenix and quatix
- ExpertGPS v 4.71
Geocaching
The business of GPS
- Garmin’s Q4 earnings report (PDF)
- Garmin shares fall sharply on poor financial results
- Broadcom Launches GNSS Chip with Geofence Capabilities
Drones
- Latest Draft Legislation for Drones from U.S. House of Representatives
- Head Turning Geo Company Name: DroneMapper
Going mobile
- Looks like Magellan will be previewing their SmartGPS apps next week at Mobile World Congress
- Sony preps extra-low power mobile GPS chips, draws on motion sensors for help
- ParkMe picks up 2,000 parking facilities
- Bad Elf GPS gains Apple approval
- An update to the Google Maps SDK for iOS
- Not sure they are the first but: Art Institute First Museum in the World to Offer ‘Indoor GPS App’
- Scout navigation app for iPhone gains location sharing and ETA notifications:
Satellites, jamming and spoofing
- Thousands using GPS jammers on UK roads pose risks, say experts
- GPS Spoofing Threat Grows
- First GLONASS Station Outside Russia Opens in Brazil
- Build your very own LEGO GPS satellite:
A Lego GPS IIF satellite!
GPS tracking
- North Carolina State Finds Success with GPS Locator To Reduce Bike Thefts
- GPS tracking bill passed by Virginia Senate
- Illinois Representative to introduce GPS tracking bill for all guns
- GPS (or cell tower triangulation perhaps?) & Google Earth help nab fugitive father
Just geo
- New National Water Trails System Website Rolled Out; via The Smoky Mountain Hiking Blog
- U.S. Forest Service looking for better online solution to sell maps
- Online course: Maps and the Geospatial Revolution; via Slashgeo.org
- And two more online resources via @GeoEntelechy:
- GIS Tutorials and Exercises (Harvard)
- GPS and GIS Online Courses & Tutorials (Stanford)
- Free ebook about online GIS; via Directions Magazine
- “Google, GPS cannot track illegal mining”
- Pinnacles, Our Newest National Park
- 600 Hikes in the Bay Area (California)
Miscellany
Even movie stars love maps:
Maps. I love them. Love reading them , love planning adventures. Love seeing how things relate topographically.
— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) January 24, 2013
- How you can get your hands on Google Glass early (updated with new UI video)
- Josh Topolsky of The Verge tries them out
- Road Tested: Five GPS Training Computers
- For you DIY types: Adafruit Ultimate GPS Logger Shield
- Oxford University tests out their new self-driving car system
- How an automaker’s Connected platform could spark a seismic shift in infotainment expectations
- Can This Design Student Build An Open-Source Alternative To GPS? Seems highly unlikely
- Another designer’s idea: Laser GPS Navigation Device For Bicycle
A laser-guided bike GPS concept
Updated GPS reviews
I’ve updated these review and resource pages with the following links:
- Garmin Approach G6 – I’ve linked to this video review
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