An early Google Street View van
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. Today’s lead image is from a cool history of Google Street View.
From GPS Tracklog
Our posts from the past week:
- First look at the Garmin nuvi 2013 Advanced series
- US to mandate GPS training for new commercial drivers
- New on our GPS deals page: Garmin Oregon 450 for $199.95 and the nuvi 2455LMT for under $137
Garmin
- Oregon 600 series gets FCC approval
- Don’t use Garmin Express for 2013.40 map update — use MapUpdater instead
- Garmin fenix withstands the water test
- Custom paracord bands for the fenix
GPS in the news
- Thieves use data posted by apps to plan bike thefts
- China Accuses Coca-Cola Of Illegal GPS Mapping
- Tractor-trailer driver uses GPS, hits Saw Mill overpass
- More info on new federal steps to reduce GPS-caused bridge strikes; more here too
- Five GPS mishaps
Updates
- Software updates this week: Garmin BaseCamp for Windows, nuvi 2xx7/27×7, 35×7, quatix; Magellan eXplorist 510, 610, 710
- Google My Tracks update brings Drive integration and a lock screen widget
- Garmin-compatible MyTrails map gets another update
GPS tracking
Gotta love trail cams (photo courtesy of ODFW)
- Journey the wolf with a GPS collar makes return trip to Oregon (see image above)
- Phone app sends distress signal, GPS location, to police with one touch
- Police: Catholic priest arrested for vandalism installed GPS tracker under car
- GPS devices used to track wild African elephants
- GPSTrackIt Releases Fleet Productivity Tool for Tablets
- Razorfish bikes relay GPS position via tweets
Drones
The business of GPS
- Facebook fitness apps rolling out
- Verizon gets into the fleet management business
- Can Google afford to keep Street View up to date?
- TeleNav to Sell its Fleet Tracking Business for $10 Million
- Google breaks up maps and commerce units
- 3D Mapping & 3D Modeling Market worth $7.7 Billion by 2018
- Why It’s Nearly Impossible to Make GPS Work for India
Geocaching
- Geocaching Just Got Better in Georgia State Parks
- Dinosaur Train Geocaching Challenge
Going mobile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpTqpjT6ZM0
- Pinch, tap and twist to explore on Google Maps for iPhone (see video above)
- Apple’s Maps being updated often and significantly; via @maproomblog
- Can dataless smartphones still use GPS navigation apps?
- MapQuest Mobile App Adds Routing Based on Traffic
- Plotter social map app (iOS) wins at SXSW
- Esri Introduces Collector for ArcGIS App for Android and iOS
- I didn’t know Google Maps starred location s were stored as Google Bookmarks:
Storing @googlemaps starred favorites in obscure Bookmarks service is STUPIDEST thing I've ever seen. Just deleted them all by deleting BM's
— Jeff Carpenter (@jeffcarp) March 12, 2013
Satellites and such
- First Galileo-Only Position Fix Performed!
- When Am I?: The Importance of Time in Navigation (includes info on new Smithsonian exhibit)
- Russia to Test New Star Sensor for GLONASS
Just geo
Gun vs traffic deaths
- Map — Which Kills More People in Your State—Cars or Guns?; via Google Maps Mania (see image above)
- Global Mapper webinar
- Map with all Historic Places in US and Canada; via Google Maps Mania
- Viking ‘Sunstone’ found in shipwreck remains; via Outdoor Quest
- Your Online Map Is Missing Half Its Audience: More Revealing Web Analytics From the Field
- Google Street View maps ghost town evacuated after Fukushima
- Google Earth inspires rediscovery of lost butterfly species; via @OgleEarth
- Portraits Drawn On World and Celestial Map
All the news that doesn’t fit
- Md. Woman Cited for Driving Too Slowly — 63 in a 65 MPH zone!
- China plans to send surveyors to disputed islands
- The End of Federal Transportation Funding as We Know It
- Cool video made up entirely of imagery from Nokia 3D maps:
Wide Web World from Paul Wex on Vimeo.
Updated GPS reviews
I’ve updated these review and resource pages with the following links:
- Garmin nuvi 2495LMT — Techday takes a look at this popular auto model
- Garmin nüvi 3590LMT — ITWeb reviews this high-end model
- Magellan Switch Up — MarathonMTB reviews this sports unit
About Rich Owings
The ‘Just Geo’ article above about gun deaths vs car deaths does not use any facts or real statistics, and amounts to little more than propaganda for the anti-gun agenda.
The story is not even GPS related in any way, shape or form.
I expect better from GPSTrackLog.
No, it’s not GPS-related, but I do try to include interesting maps each week in the Just Geo section. They seem to be citing CDC data.
I used Garmin Express last week to update a new nüvi 3590LMT & the CNNANT 2013.40 map update and it worked just fine on Windows 8/64bit.