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 video (above) is of an Earth-year through stunning NASA imagery; via Engadget.
From GPS Tracklog
Our posts from the past week:
- Best selling GPS for March 2013
- It’s official — DeLorme inReach SE
- Garmin Monterra and Virb coming this year?
And our GPS deals page has lots of rebates, plus sweet deals on the Oregon 450 and nuvi 2455LMT
Android-based handheld GPS
- The Garmin Monterra
has shown up on Amazon!
- Magellan units coming too?
Garmin
- Ship dates slip again: Oregon 600 series (April 23); nuvi 3597LMTHD (April 28)
- A reminder that JaVaWa is a great way to build a transparent trail map; via Travis H
- Garmin Forerunner 10 giveaway, and another
- TOPO Mexico announced
DeLorme inReach SE
- Win an inReach SE
- Panbo has gotten to play with the inReach SE
Updates
- Garmin updates this week: BaseCamp for Mac, fleet 590, nuvi 30, 40/50, 42/52, 465T, zumo 660
- c:geo v 2013.04.03 for Android
- ExpertGPS v 4.80 and 4.81
GPS Drones
- The GPS-Enabled DJI Phantom Quadcopter Makes The AR.Drone Look Like A Toy (and you can buy one
):
The DJI Phantom Quadcopter Drone
GPS in the news
- Naveo announce Barrier Free SatNav for wheelchair users
- Distracted GPS use leads to death in Highway 1 crash
- My GPS made me do it (by locking up)…
Geocaching
- Wanna see the last 1,000 log pics posted to geocaching.com?
- Remember the Rove that connects your Garmin GPS with your smartphone? The price has dropped to $99; here’s a video
- Smithsonian Natural History GeoTour
- Behind the Scenes of the PodCacher Podcast
- GeoGearHeads podcast is now on video: Caching Lights I
- April Fools: A T.I.N.Y New Geocache Size
Satellites and such
- What is the economic value of satellite imagery? (PDF) Via Geospatial Solutions
- Four Galileo Birds Sighted over Asia
- More details: Galileo Logs First Autonomous Fix
- Wanted: Out-of-this-world apps for Europe’s GPS rival
- Japan to Expand QZSS with Three Birds, Ground Control
- Sources of public, real-time, high precision corrections
- First Weather Satellite Image of Earth, April 1 1960
GPS tracking
- California: Tests found major flaws in parolee GPS monitoring devices, leading to…
- Judge rules state GPS contract expansion violated bidding laws
- Meanwhile, in Florida: GPS monitoring company may be charged in Easter shooting case, leading to…
- Judge suspends use of GPS monitoring in new criminal cases
- More fallout: Could Orange County GPS suspension mean less safe streets?
- Other states are asking questions
- Police, fire unions urge limits on GPS in emergency vehicles
- Um, washable lingerie equipped with GPS system to fight sexual crimes?
The business of GPS
- Garmin to Provide In-Dash Navigation for Future Mercedes-Benz Models
- Police in India investigate Google’s “Mapathon 2013” contest for jeopardizing national security; via @GPSGIS_Eric
- Apple aims to outdo Google’s Street View:
Credit: Apple/USPTO
Going mobile
- Google Patent Combines GPS and Weather Data to Change Camera Settings
- Pocket Caddy Golf GPS App Factors Wind, Elevation Change
Just geo
- 28,000 rivers wiped off the map of China; via All Points Blog
- 1600 years of ice in Peruvian Andes melts in 25 years
- Google Geo Developers Blog: Map of the Week: OpenSignal
- United States Map Quiz
- 23 beautiful roads around the world (too bad they aren’t labelled as to location)
- Teaching Resources for GIS Educators; via All Points Blog
- Mapping the future with Esri
- Safe and not so safe countries to visit (see image below); via Google Maps Mania
Canadian travel advisories
All the news that doesn’t fit
- Lowrance releases new topo maps but they aren’t compatible with the Endura series, and the Sierra is gone from their product page
- Why Is USDA Stripping the Forest Service of its Pine Tree Logo?
- TomTom Congestion Index shows that Moscow is the Most Congested City
- 82 MS Streets & Trips tips & tricks; via Streets & Trips Team Blog
- Geeks on Tour use MS Streets & Trips on a Windows 8 Surface Pro laptop
Updated GPS reviews
I’ve updated these review and resource pages with the following links:
- Garmin Forerunner 10 — NYC Running Mama reviews this entry-level sportswatch, as does the Dallas News
- Garmin Forerunner 910XT — Cort the Sport reviews this triathlete’s watch
- Magellan eXplorist 510 — A user review of the marine edition
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