Section of one of the new USGS GeoPDFs
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 (above) comes from a USGS page with some great samples of their new GeoPDFs.
From GPS Tracklog
Our posts from the past week:
- First looks at the Android-based Garmin Monterra
- And I noted some Oregon 450 deals
Garmin VIRB Elite G-force screen!
Garmin
- Some cool VIRB Elite screenshots, including G-force (see above)!
- And a heads up, the VIRB Elite is now shipping
- Update 10 Garmin Fleet devices at once
- DC Rainmaker: Garmin Forerunner 220 review
- Ready for a new Garmin watch series? How about the venu?
- A way around the map tile limit on the Garmin Monterra?
The business of GPS
- Maybe this is why Garmin is introducing the Edge Touring series
Updates
- Garmin updates this week: Approach S4, Edge Touring fenix/D2/Tactix, Forerunner 220/620, MapInstall, Time Zone Map, Oregon 6×0, POI Loader for Windows
- ExpertGPS v 4.92
Magellan
- DC Rainmaker: Magellan Echo review
Traffic
- TomTom names the worst cities for congestion
Geocaching
- What Type of Geocacher are You? Check out the answers for tips for your type
- Lost cache found years later, downstream
GPS in the news
- Homeland Security Will No Longer Assess Risks to GPS!
- But the GAO says they need to do more
- New foundation formed to pursue eLoran as GPS backup
- Palm Beach officer specializes in GPS forensics
- Meet The Guy Who Drove Across The U.S. In A Record 28 Hours 50 Minutes, assisted by two Garmins
- Assured PNT: Army Links Smart Phones and GPS devices
- Meet another of the fathers of GPS
- Gran Turismo 6’s GPS Will Let You Drive Your Favorite Real-Life Routes
Satellites and such
- Budget Battle: GPS Program Funding Appears Solid
- GPS III payload issues resolved
GPS tracking
- Deputy, 911 dispatchers use GPS to locate, save stabbing victim
- A canine GPS vest
- Metadata Shows GPS Location On Photos Posted Online
- AT&T announces second child tracker
- Child GPS Tracker Is Dry Run For Qihoo Smart Watch
- Hedgehogs given GPS ‘backpacks’ to boost survival rates
- GPS tracking device funding proposed for autistic children; I had no idea the US already funds a similar program :
The DOJ already funds devices for Alzheimer’s patients, costing about $100. The GPS tracking service ranges from $5 to $50 a month.
Going mobile
- Waze Updated With Voice-Based Search and Event Reporting
- INRIX updates traffic app
- Interesting Android app with offline maps; via Hongkiat
- Who is winning the infotainment war? Apple and MirrorLink
- I know its a prototype, but I still have a hard time believing they are calling this a heads up display
The Earth from Space; Image © CNES 2007 – Distribution Astrium Services / SPOT Image
Just geo
- These Are Some of the Most Amazing Views of Earth You’ll Ever See (see above; here it is on Amazon
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- Senate Committee Approves Relaxing Satellite Imagery Resolution Restrictions
- A World of Data on NOAA View
- Waze incidents come to the Google Maps desktop
- Google Earth helps discover lost forest
- Mapping Gunfire in Washington DC
- Google wants to build maps that customize themselves based on what they know about you
- This 5 Year Old Knows More About Geography Than You; (via Very Spatial)…
All the news that doesn’t fit
- FAA drone plan advances
- 10 longest rail-trails for bicycling
- A review of GPS Declassified: From Smart Bombs to Smartphones; here it is at Amazon
Updated GPS reviews
I’ve updated these review and resource pages with the following links:
- Garmin HUD – Pocket GPS World reviews this Head-Up Display
About Rich Owings
Wow, tons of great material this week! Thank You!