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 a story about an Oregon trucker who might want to check his GPS settings.
From GPS Tracklog
Our posts from the past week:
Garmin
- Compass Calibration broken on eTrex 30 with v3.20?
- Garmin VIRB editing software (Windows, Mac version here); via @allory_d
- DC Rainmaker — Garmin Vector In-Depth Review
- Garmin Provides 3D Navigation for Mercedes-Benz Concept Car
- HUD installation video
- New estimated ship dates: Garmin Edge Touring series (11/18), Garmin zumo 390LM (9/18)
Updates
- Firmware updates this week: DeLorme inReach SE; Garmin aera 5xx, Approach S2, S3, dezl 760, fleet 590
GPS in the news
- Did Diana Nyad cheat? Skeptics say GPS data suggest a boost from boat in swim from Cuba to Florida
- S. Korea develops advanced GPS to reduce errors
- A breathalyzer with GPS
- GPS technology helps lost hikers
- Backpack with inbuilt GPS vibrates and makes noises to guide canines
- This GPS-Based Plane Tracker Makes Highways in the Sky
- Driver follows GPS, gets semitrailer stuck in Butterfield Canyon:
GPS tracking
- Romeo & Juliet? Mid-Michigan runaways can’t have contact, must wear GPS devices
- Fowl play? Stork suspected of spying in Egypt was ‘killed and eaten‘ by villagers
- Embedding your DeLorme MapShare page on Facebook
- Another SPOT rescue
- Woman injured, rescued at Lake Park
- Bill boosts penalty for sex offenders who cut GPS
Going mobile
- Apple’s fitness move: iPhone 5S packs M7 motion sensing chip, CoreMotion API for more accurate tracking
- If you want to see the announcement, it s arts around the 44 minute mark
- Nike+ Move for iPhone 5s is a gateway to activity apps, won’t replace a FuelBand
- New iPhone 5S Has Special GPS and Motion Coprocessor
- Is your fitness app sharing private health data?
- Apple Maps Is the 10th Most Popular Mobile App in the U.S.
- TomTom navigation app for Ford SYNC announced
- Kovert Is A GPS That Lets You Keep Your Phone In Your Pocket To Foil Would-Be Muggers
- Trimble launches hunting topo maps (with landowner info) for Android (more info here)
The business of GPS
- Portable GPS market holding steady thanks to new uses
- deCarta Awarded Patent for Search Along A Route
- TomTom maps out the future for GPS
TomTom
- TomTom Speed Cameras now available for third party integration
- TomTom GO PNDs cover Africa
- TomTom Link 100 dongle allows third parties to see how you drive (no GPS though)
- The company hypes the flexibility of their NavKit software:
http://youtu.be/A8I7a-MrLAY
Satellites and such
- GAO: Air Force needs better analysis of new GPS sats
- Todd Humphrey’s TED talk:
Geocaching
- Rand McNally Announces Finalists for 2013 Best Small Town for Geocaching
Just geo
- USGS Releases Updated US Topo Maps of Alaska
- 2013 Boulder Floods Crisis Map
- What’s wrong with this headline?
- The Top 8 Best-Selling Music Singles Featuring Place Names
- Immersive Geography … Really Big Maps in Print
- Astrium to provide Google with satellite imagery
- New Geo Library for Amazon DynamoDB
- Creating Trails and Paths in Google Map Maker:
http://youtu.be/_WBjVBZdaiM
All the news that doesn’t fit
- HERE partners with automakers and automotive suppliers to connect cars to the cloud
- Mio launches new Digital Video Recorders; I wonder if we’ll see these in the US under the Magellan label
Updated GPS reviews
I’ve updated these review and resource pages with the following links:
- Garmin zumo 665 – TFLCar reviews this motorcycle navigator
Give an new gps with buggy software to a person that is just starting out and I guarantee his or her days will be filled with frustration. ALWAYS,ALWAYS,suggest a Time Proven ,Mature software gps .Upgrading does’nt always mean better. This is good advice,but, I have to add that many gps owners are the worst bug a gps has,not all,but, alot.