Traffic hack!
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 story saying hackers can cause traffic jams by manipulating real-time traffic data; here is the full research paper (PDF).
From GPS Tracklog
Our posts from the past week:
- Garmin Smartphone Link comes to iOS for 2013 Bluetooth nuvis
- Rove connects your Garmin GPS and smartphone
- Our GPS deals page features some hot deals going on the Oregon 450 and nuvi 2455LMT
Garmin
- Are there Bluetooth issues with older nuvis and Smartphone Link? More discussion here
- HuffPo showcases Garmin Connect’s running route heat maps for 30 US cities
- Looks like the nuvi 3597LMTHD has cleared the FCC
- BaseCamp version 4.1.1.0 on Mac known problem with time machine
- Oregon 600 estimated ship date slips to April 5
- Garmin Oregon 600 video review from the UK (review starts about 6 minutes in):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGfOY-YTBWc
GPS in the news
- Can overuse of GPS lead to Alzheimers? Via @maproomblog
- Driver Looking at GPS Ran Red Light, Police Say
The business of GPS
- Unintended Consequences – The Roles of Google and Crowdsourcing in GIS
- Rand McNally introduces IntelliRoute TND 520 connected GPS (see pic below)
- And there is a freight matching service coming to their connected units
- Patent wars: Garmin v. Cuozzo Speed
Rand McNally IntelliRoute TND 520
GPS tracking
- Rape-murder suspect takes apart & reassembles GPS monitor
- Wow, long list: CA Dept of Corrections & Rehabilitation GPS Wanted Alerts; via Sen. Jim Nielsen
- Ankle monitor didn’t dissuade Seattle child rapist
- Feds: No Warrant Needed to Track Your Car With a GPS Device
- Lawmakers push bill to limit GPS tracking
- BikeSpike – a GPS tracker in a water bottle cage; via Pocket GPSWorld
- Four dog teams rescued from blizzard during race
- Bald Eagles Get Onboard GPS…
Bald eagle tracklogs! Image courtesy Center for Conservation Biology
Satellites and such
Updates
- Garmin updates this week: ANT, dezl 760, GPSMAP 62/78, nuvi 24×5, 25×5, 34xx, 35xx, Oregon x50, quatix
- BlueChart Mobile Updates Mapping, Provides More Extensive Coverage and Data
- ExpertGPS v 4.76 & 4.77
- Geocaching updates: Geocaching.com, Caches v 1.2 for iOS, Geosphere v 3.0 for iOS
Geocaching
Drones
- Texas all over the map when it comes to drones
Magellan
- Giveaway – win a Magellan Switch
- Magellan finally got out a news release about this: eXplorist GC gets National Geographic TOPO! and Digital Globe Satellite Imagery
- Magellan RoadMate Commercial 5370T-LMB
now shipping
- Hmm, wonder if we’ll see this released in the US by Magellan…
The Mio Cyclo 500 (made by the parent company of Magellan)
Going mobile
- Trimble goes after the hunting and fishing market
- Anyone tried this smartphone mount
? It was just written up in the NYT
- Garmin Updates iPhone Navigation Apps with Bluetooth Audio Support and Wikipedia Integration
- Best GPS Apps for Travel
- An In-Depth Comparison Between iOS Map Frameworks: Apple MapKit vs. Google Maps SDK
- Trapster Android 4.0 Hitting The Street
- NAVIGON for Windows Phone 8, App Now Remembers Where You Parked Your Car (see image below)
Navigon for Windows Phone 8
Just geo
- Street View goes to Everest and the Canadian Arctic
- Global sea level rise maps; via Google Maps Mania
- A map of the gender gap in U.S. life expectancy; via @maproomblog
- ISS photos mapped; via Macleans.ca
- Crumpled maps and backwards globes; via @maproomblog
- A giant map of Pennsylvania
- Finding Craft Beers with Google Maps; via Google Maps Mania (see image below; I couldn’t resist highlighting Beer City USA)
Craft brewery map
All the news that doesn’t fit
- Repairing a TomTom mount with a 3D printer; via @PocketGPSWorld
- If You’re a Foreigner Using GPS in China, You Could Be a Spy
- DC Rainmaker: Timex Run Trainer GPS 2.0 In-Depth Review; here’s the product announcement
- Visitors to public lands seek different experiences than in the past; via @modernhiker
- Wearable Tech GPS Gloves (see pic below)
- Connected car: Abalta Tech Launches Platform for Smartphone Apps on Car Headunits
GPS glove
Updated GPS reviews
I’ve updated these review and resource pages with the following links:
- Garmin Forerunner 10: PC World Australia reviews this sportswatch
- Garmin Forerunner 210: The Southern Wife looks at several models but likes this one
- Garmin nuvi 2495LMT: Brian Morris checks out this 2012 model
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