My GPS made me do it! Image courtesy The Martha’s Vineyard Times (mvtimes.com), all rights reserved
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 an article on trucks jamming up Vineyard Haven traffic.
From GPS Tracklog
Our posts from the past week:
- Wallabee – A location-based collectibles game for iPhones
- Garmin nuvi 2497LMT review
- iOS 7 to feature in-car integration
- Garmin RV 760LMT and wireless backup camera announced
- Google acquires Waze
- Load multiple maps to your Garmin without renaming them
Garmin
- PSA: Garmin City Navigator 2014.10 now available
- Yes, I wrong on my Monterra prediction
- July 14 is the estimated ship date for the Garmin RV 760LMT
- How to download Garmin workouts to your tablet (Android, iPad, Windows Surface)
- I may have mentioned this before, but ExpertGPS supports Garmin Custom maps
- Montana Land Cover/GAP Habitat Map
- Looks like the UK is getting a Garmin Edge Touring model (via Bike Rumor)…
The Garmin Edge Touring edition
GPS in the news
- GPS distraction blamed for man’s death
- GPS could lead you astray, with dire consequences
- Jeep GPS Purposely Gets Drivers Lost To Take Them Into Nature (see pic below)
Finally, a GPS with a get lost option!
The business of GPS
- Consumer Watchdog: Don’t Let Google Acquire Waze
- Waze Probably Won’t Exist in Three Years
- Google’s Acquisition of Waze Could Prompt Nokia Patent Fight
- And of course, the Waze acquisition brings more speculation on…TomTom, an Acquisition Candidate? Here’s another perspective
- Will Apple Inc.’s ‘iOS in the Car‘ Upend the Entire Auto Industry?
- Garmin expanding in Chandler AZ with nearly 150 new jobs, $11 million investment
Satellites and such
- 3 New Satellites to Join GLONASS Constellation in July
- SpaceX GPS Satellite Launch Option?
- Earthquakes greater than 8.0 magnitude create GPS errors
- GPS Receiver Testing
Geocaching
- A 350 mile, 28 stage multi-cache
- Tutorial: Cache Creator Plays Dirty
Going mobile
- Apple’s New iOS 7 GPS, Mapping, and Location Features
- Apple adds automatic updates, location-based recommendations to iOS 7 App Store
- Tip of the Week: Go Offline With Google Maps for Android
- Waze review
- CoPilot GPS Now Available For Windows Phone 8
GPS tracking
- Court: Thief Has No Right To Privacy Against GPS Search For Stolen Phone
- The Secret Life of a Cat: What mischievous moggies gets up to behind their owners’ backs
- Sandusky police use GPS to catch suspect in Oakland Cemetery statue thefts
- Bait and snatch: Brookline Police using GPS-equipped bike to catch would-be thieves
Updates
- Garmin updates this week: RV 760LMT, zumo 350
- Magellan Active API v 1.7
El Capitan geology map
Just geo
- El Capitan geology map (see image above)
- 2013 Open Street Map data report
- Map of all American rivers
- Open source repository of geospatial data; via Google Maps Mania
- One person’s take on the Google Maps MOOC
- US Wildfires map
- Maptorian vector map creation tool
- Correcting map and location errors in Google Earth
- The Revolution Will Be Live-Mapped: A Brief History of Protest Maptivism; via All Points Blog
- NC craft beer map; via Google Maps Mania
- Christmas Islands Around the World
- Bing Maps Publishes Equivalent of 100,000 DVD’s of Bird’s Eye Imagery (new coverage map below):
New Bing Maps birds eye coverage
All the news that doesn’t fit
- New TomTom GO‘s to hit European shelves this month
- Update on Leikr delivery timeline
- Self-Driving Cars Spark New Guidelines
- Reviewed: Nikon COOLPIX AW110 GPS-Enabled Digital Camera
- INRIX Webinar – Clouds, Crowds and Traffic: The Internet of the Automobile
- Remember the Blind AT Hiker
? He’s got a pricey book out about it
Updated GPS reviews
I’ve updated these review and resource pages with the following links:
- Garmin Forerunner 10 – Runblogger reviews this entry-level sportswatch
- Magellan SmartGPS – Ouch! Engadget says it’s further proof your smartphone is the only navigator you need!
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