The Scottish island of Jura has gone missing from Google Maps.
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. Our lead image this week shows Google Maps annihilating an entire 141-square-mile island.
Garmin’s Smartphone Link app gets Foursquare integration and a new look
From GPS Tracklog
Our posts from the past week:
Garmin
- Garmin HUD estimated ship date: August 19
- Turns out you can crack a Garmin Oregon 6xx screen
- Garmin Oregon 650(t) photo album
- GizzMoVest cases
now available for Oregon 6xx series
- The Monterra clears the FCC; there’s a quick start manual posted
- Garmin RV 760LMT now shipping from Amazon
and GPS City
- Big Desert Southwest Map
- A new external GLONASS antenna for Garmin marine units
- Garmin Smartphone Link for iOS and Android gets Foursquare and a new interface (via @QuizzicalOne)
Geocaching
- Three Travel Bug Travel Tips
- Cemetery Geocaches Dead And Buried?
- Thanks to Geo Gear Heads for including me in their podcast this week:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnSqqrNUF84
Going mobile
- The new Google Maps for iOS is here
- Capture the Hours With a Time-Lapse App (has a cool GPS feature)
- Garmin Navigation Apps Reduced in Price for Summer Travel
- The Ten Best Driving Apps
- Telenav Scout adds real-time, user-reported traffic data to iOS and Android apps
Telenav’s Scout app gets crowdsourced traffic
GPS in the news
- Distorted GPS signals reveal hurricane wind speeds
- 2 SOPS’ GPS operations center answers firefighting call
- TPD’s New Helicopter GPS System Makes Chases Easier, Safer
- New GPS system set to improve fire response time
- USDA Grants $149,074 to Study Food Shopping Patterns with GPS
Satellites and such
- Russia to Launch Two GLONASS Satellites After Proton Disaster
- UK deploys eLoran to protect shipping against GPS jamming
GPS tracking
- Police Need Warrants for Phone GPS Data, NJ Supreme Court Rules
- States Not Waiting for Congress on GPS Tracking Laws
- GPS tracking helps nab former Gator and ex-NFL’er who left toddler in car outside strip club
- Hawaii to use state-wide GPS tracking on school buses
- Hidden GPS used to nab Charlotte thieves
The business of GPS
- Class Action Lawsuit Filed against MyFord Touch Infotainment System
- Apple working on improving maps, buys HopStop and Locationary
Just geo
- Try out the new Google Maps (as for me, I’m not a fan)
- Accuracy, Datums, and Geospatial Data and other Updates
- 3D printing from Google Maps
Want to make a map app that works in China? Just hack the coordinates: http://t.co/aTd6hw6Rb6 Here’s the math: http://t.co/c6fQem92px
— Ogle Earth (@ogleearth) July 19, 2013
All the news that doesn’t fit
- TomTom Multi-Sport watch
- Consumer Reports: Pricey Garmin and Magellan GPS navigators add features that may not be worth the cost
Updated GPS reviews
I’ve updated these review and resource pages with the following links:
- Garmin fenix — Gear Junkie has posted a brief review
- Magellan eXplorist GC — Susan’s Disney Family reviews this geocaching unit
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