Um, cross the runway? Image via AlaskaDispatch.com
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 comes from this story: Apple Maps Sends Two Users Driving Across An Airport Runway.
From GPS Tracklog
Our posts from the past week:
- Good satellite days and bad satellite days
- Garmin nuvi Advanced series models with HD traffic coming soon?
http://youtu.be/ujwZt76LbiY
Garmin
- Above: A look at VIRB Edit software, along with info on how to import/sync GPX files for the basic VIRB (non-GPS) model; here’s the Mac version video
- And the basic VIRB is now shipping
- Smartphone Link / Google Maps problem
- Save up to 35% on Garmin nav apps
- Land Ownership Nevada Map
- Ontario Trails project map updated
- GLONASS-induced error in Oregon 6×0 series (image below); via Atlas Cached and Garmin Oregon 600 wiki
GLONASS bug in Oregon 6×0 series?
TomTom
Satnavs to become more connected:
In addition we will also start to do away with complete maps in the sat nav. Routes for specific journeys will be downloaded direct to the device in the car, which will mean less data needing to be stored.
GPS in the news
- Georgia cop tickets drivers for using Google Maps, but not Garmin
- GPS stats of the highest bicycle ride in the world
- How consumers react to outdated location info
- GPS may be to blame for truck traffic on West Main Street in Alden
- The New Generation of GPS Maps is Changing How We Hunt
- Google Earth, GPS leads to discovery of stolen SUV
Updates
- Firmware updates this week: Garmin Astro 320, fenix, Forerunner 220/620, Montana, nuvi 24×5, 25×5, 34xx, 35xx, Oregon 6×0, RV 760, VIRB
- Magellan Active website v 1.10
Geocaching
- 8 Tips to Answer the Eternal Question, “Is it even here?”
- Laser-activated geocaching stages
GPS tracking
- NSA Uses Facebook And GPS Data To Identify Suspects In Networks Of Americans
- Wanted men picked up after cops ping phone’s GPS
- GPS tracking keep your firearms safe inside the Gun Box
- Man commits many house break-ins while being tracked by GPS?
- U.K. Agency Tracking Cellphones and GPS Inside Cars
- Only 32% of small fleets track vehicle speed
- Trackdot GPS luggage tracker recalled
The business of GPS
- New approach uses geomagnetism to map buildings GPS can’t reach
- Nokia’s Mapping Business Has Options, Issues
- Garmin, Others Accused Of Violating Navigation Patents
Just geo
- Powerful earthquake strikes Pakistan, raises new island; NASA photos confirm it
- New York Signs on to Enhance OpenStreetMap with its Open Data
- FInd the elevation of any city or address in the world
- Landsat Images Show Devastation Caused by Colorado Floods
- Yahoo Maps Gets A Facelift, New Features
- Minecraft game adds Ordnance Survey GB terrain data
- “Why does Google Earth keep tilting the view when I zoom in?”
- Things that look like other things in Google Earth
- QGIS 2.0 Released
- Food stamp recipients by county: An interactive map
- Map your world with Maps Engine Lite…
http://youtu.be/PouA1rl728Q
All the news that doesn’t fit
- Inaccurate article too! Why GPS Track Recording Can Be Inaccurate
- Partially automated Nissan Leaf prototype approved for use on Japanese roads
- Suunto introduces the Ambit2 S White — a GPS watch made for women
- BBC Podcast on The Future of Navigation; via Pocket GPS World
- A Fantastically Clear, Concise Explanation of Why Traffic Happens
- Watershed Moment Approaching for the Connected Vehicle
- GPS antenna filters out noise to improve urban accuracy…
VRay antenna
Updated GPS reviews
I’ve updated these review and resource pages with the following links:
- Garmin HUD – This heads up device is reviewed by The Independent
- Magellan SmartGPS – Shibley Smiles reviews this smartphone-connected unti
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