A GPS tracker small enough for cats!
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 a cat tracker (via Outdoors Magic)!
From GPS Tracklog
My posts from the past week:
- Why I love Eneloop batteries
- New GPS deals this week: Garmin rebates on the Edge 800 and zumo 350LM (perhaps the latter one is due to this?)
Garmin
- Nice comparison of how much detail you get on a 24K GPS map vs 100K vs BirdsEye aerial imagery
- Geocacher’s Oregon Withstands the Elements for More Than a Year
- Garmin nuvi 3597LMTHD ship date now showing as April 5
- New map product: Garmin Topo Chile; via GPS City
- 10% Garmin discount codes… forever?
DeLorme
- Remember my post on the inReach SE? It’s being used in the wild!
- Meanwhile the estimated ship date is now April 15
- Win a DeLorme inReach and other gear
Updates
- Firmware updates this week: Garmin Alpha 100, fenix (beta), Oregon 6×0, quatix; Magellan eXplorist 110/310
- ExpertGPS v 4.78 and 4.79
GPS tracking
- I’ve said it before: Anonymous data isn’t
- Woman uses phone GPS to track purse thief
- @AndrewMcGann makes and sells custom wildlife tracking units
- TomTom opens up its fleet management technology to integrated mobile applications
- GPS Helps Tulsa ‘Yard Sheriff’ Track Down Stolen Equipment
- Losing track: Is GPS monitoring a misused tool?
- Facial recognition and GPS tracking: TrapWire company conducting even more surveillance
- Apple updates Find My Friends with new UI, more in-depth location controls:
Apple Find My Friends
Satellites and such
- Galileo: Constellation of 18 by 2015, Rising to 26 by the End of That Year
- Are we ready for private sector approach for NOAA weather satellites?
- ESA Summer School Will Navigate Students through Satnav World
Geocaching
- Will You CITO?
- An Easter (Island) Geocache
- Geocache in the Great Urban Race
The business of GPS
- Apple Buys Indoor Location Company, What’s It Up To?
- Expert Advice: Setting Standards for Indoor Position
- Garmin Introduces New Avionics for Experimental Aircraft
- Apple Hiring More ‘Ground Truth’ Managers Worldwide To Improve Maps
- Garmin Southern Africa announces two-year warranty on automotive products
- Apple patent shows pen with GPS, phone
- Garmin Becomes #4 Most Shorted Nasdaq 100 Component, Replacing DENTSPLY International
Evernav for Firefox mobile OS
Going Mobile
- EverNav: AtlasCT ‘s forthcoming voice-guided navigation for Firefox OS (see image at right)
- Your cell phone may soon pay for toll roads; via @AirSage
- New Scout for iPhone Update: Calendar Sync and Real-time ETA Sharing
- Live transit information in more cities on Google Maps
- Managing KMZ and KML files on mobile devices
- Mobile World Congress Features Connected Car Deals
Just geo
- Cartographic proof that North Korea is bluffing
- Create, collaborate and share advanced custom maps with Google Maps Engine Lite (beta)
- Newspaper School Security Map Taken Down after 20 Minutes
- How to Store Maps
- Map publisher points its compass in digital direction; via All Points Blog
- The Flawed Economics of Closed Government Data
- The effects of climate change on growing coffee and wine
- Google Lat Long: Imagery on Google Maps of Fukushima Exclusion Zone
All the news that doesn’t fit
- A discussion on Bluetooth GPS receivers
- Backpack-mounted system maps places unreachable by GPS
- 5 Best GPS Running Watches For 2013
- Traffic congestion jumps as US economy rebounds
- That’s one curvy road!…
Stevio Pass, Italy
Updated GPS reviews
I’ve updated these review and resource pages with the following links:
- Garmin Edge 200 – Light and Wheels reviews this entry-level GPS cyclometerr
- Garmin fenix – Military Times reviews this backcountry sportwatch
- Garmin Forerunner 310XT – The Happy Athlete reviews this triathlete’s watch
- Garmin Forerunner 405 – Half-athoner reviews this popular runners watch
- Magellan Switch Up – Trail Runner Nation reviews this multi-sport watch
- TomTom GO 2535 M LIVE – Geek Magazine reviews this connected TomTom
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