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 video (above) is from an article titled “Speeding driver fidgeting with GPS nearly hits cop car in Boston.”
From GPS Tracklog
Our posts from the past week:
- Is the Garmin Approach S4 a golf smartwatch?
- Traffic: TomTom vs Garmin (and a comment worth reading)
And don’t miss this great deal on the Garmin GPSMAP 62s bundled with 24K topo maps. And you’ll get a $25 bonus gift card too.
TomTom
- Interesting quote from a TomTom Exec:
In an example highlighting this personal navigation experience, de Vries said the map could switch to commuter mode when a driver doesn’t need turn-by-turn directions. Instead of navigating, the map would pass on weather and traffic updates, and link to third-party applications.
Garmin
- Southwest Trails map updated
- Software updates this past week: Approach G6/S4, Dakota, dezl 560, fenix/D2, Forerunner 10/x20, Monterra, nuvi 24xx, RV 760, VIRB Edit, zumo 3×0
- South Dakota fish & game maps updated
Interesting bit in this interview that implies Recon Jet HUD & Garmin Edge devices will directly talk to each other: http://t.co/tTbd6V6REQ
— Ray Maker (@dcrainmakerblog) October 15, 2013
The business of GPS
- Hunting GPS Maps has staff of 25, may add 40 more
- Apple goes after $4 billion indoor location market
- Adidas unveils $399 fitness smartwatch with GPS tracking and heart rate monitoring
- Why Google can’t give you driving directions in South Korea
- DeLorme lays off 10 as focus shifts away from mapping:
We’re continuing a transition from a traditional provider of mapping products to a satellite-enabled communications and data-delivery company.
Satellites and such
- U.S. Air Force Delays Upcoming GPS 2F-5 Launch; doesn’t say why
- But it could be due to previous fuel leak at ULA launch last year
Geocaching
- Geocaching Quick Quiz: Geocache or Log?
- Podcast: Getting good coordinates
- One (Offline) Geocaching App Trick to Rule Them All
- Geocaching.com release notes
GPS in the news
- GPS in police car shows officer speeding more than 700 times
- GPS leads joyriding teens to cross US border; chase ensues
Drones
GPS tracking
- Cell phone GPS helps rescue a woman in Ithaca
- Police use GPS tracking, Facebook to bust shoplifting ring
- Probation, GPS for man who stalked Batavia woman
- Man charged with stalking ex-girlfriend by placing GPS unit in her car
- New California law punishes sex offenders who ditch GPS devices
- School Bus GPS Systems Picking Up Steam Nationwide
- Novatel accelerometer/GPS system checks how you drive
Jamming
- Pilots shut off GPS, other tools to train for future wars
- Companies See Market for Systems To Counter GPS Jamming Devices
Going mobile
- Mobile GPS accuracy ain’t
- Google Maps update for iOS brings in-line route previews, tips for beginners
- Cellphone Data Could Help in Developing Transportation Plan
- Scout gets Halloween icons
Just geo
- Five tools to make Google Earth more useful
- Crater Lake LIDAR map
- Mapping the ‘Time Boundaries‘ of a City
- Banksy in New York Maps
- Google continues to try and explain how to use their new maps …
All the news that doesn’t fit
- Development of autonomous vehicles involves ethical issues, say experts
- Driver-less cars are coming – and they can see cyclists coming too
- Skully P-1 motorcycle helmet packs a heads-up display, rear-facing camera and Android
About Rich Owings