DeLorme employees testing the inReach (presumably the new SE model)
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 shows DeLorme employees testing the inReach, presumably the new inReach SE.
From GPS Tracklog
Our posts from the past week:
Availability of new GPS models
- The Garmin Oregon 650 is now shipping from Amazon
and REI.com
; the 650t is expected to ship any day now
- The Rand McNally FORIS 850
is now shipping
- GPS City is showing Monday as the estimated ship date for the DeLorme inReach SE
Garmin
- Looks like Garmin has a role in the new 72 Hours reality TV show
- Video showing how to customize the main menu on the Garmin Oregon 6xx series
- Garmin Forerunner 10 giveaway
- An inside look at the design of the nüvi® 3597LMT (and they let us know the case is part of the antenna!)
- Forerunner 910XT improvement poll; via @dcrainmakerblog
- TTS3 is the New Voice Format for Nuvi’s with Navteq Natural Guidance
- New mapping product: City Navigator Pan-Africa NTU (coverage map below)
City Navigator Pan Africa coverage map
Geocaching
- Firefighters Rescue Geocacher From Tree
- Hiding Geocaches Tips
- Geocache of the Week — The Secret of the Rolling Stones
- The Birth Of A Shaped GeoTrail
- Mega-Event results in 600 caches published in one day
- Diving for Texas Treasure Challenge; via GPS City
- Help fund a geocaching TV show; via Its Not About The Numbers
Updates
- Garmin firmware updates this week: dezl 560, Montana, nuvi 24xx
- Garmin BlueChart Mobile 1.3
- Magellan Active Website v 1.8.6
GPS in the news
- GPS sending drivers down stairs of Spanish city
- Future of transport is self-driving cars, says GPS inventor
- Farmers Adopting GPS Technology for Tractors
- Stormchaser GPS Memorial (see image below)
Stormchasers GPS memorial
Satellites and such
- Lockheed Martin Completes Functional Testing of GPS III Electronic Systems
- Embezzlement of GLONASS Funds Investigated
GPS tracking
- Passengers can challenge gov’t GPS tracking, court finds
- Orange County (FL) pre-trail monitoring permanently suspended
- TomTom announces new all-in-one solution for tachograph data management
Going mobile
- TomTom launches navigation app for Parrot devices
- Nav N Go intros NavFusion, says it’s bringing ‘true smartphone integration’ to cars
The business of GPS
- Some valid points, but mostly a head scratcher: A Nexus GPS Would Be Google’s iPhone Moment
- Nokia to Lay Off 50 at Fargo Office, Once Part of NAVTEQ
Just geo
- How to locate coordinates on the new Google Maps
- DIY: Put a map on your desk
- Mapping The 31 Million People Displaced By Natural Disasters So Far
- Paper maps still have appeal despite spread of phone apps, GPS devices
- Geoglyphs of the Andes
- If This GIF of 10,000 Years of (Past) Sea Level Rise Doesn’t Freak You Out, Nothing Will
- Johann Christoph Homann’s 1730 Map of Asia
- Google Announces Maps Engine API
- 22 maps showing regional variations in American English (see one of them below); via @maproomblog
Map of regional variations in American English
All the news that doesn’t fit
- REI return policy changes to require returns within one year
- New SPOT Product Replacement Program
- Designation of 28 National Recreation Trails in 18 States
- Regional differences in economic recovery shown by traffic
- Consumer Reports‘ lame (IMHO) list of the best GPS navigators for Fathers Day
- Interplanetary GPS Comes a Step Closer
- Following the Team into Danger: positioning in GPS-denied environments
- Six Implausible But Not Impossible Survival Scenarios
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