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. The video above fills you in on geocaching etiquette.
From GPS Tracklog
Our posts from the past week:
- Garmin universal smartphone mount review
- TomTom Runner review
- There’s still some good deals out there too
Garmin
- What are the file limitations of my Garmin handheld?
- The Garmin VIRB app is now available for Android and iOS (update your VIRB software first)
- DC Rainmaker: Garmin VIRB & VIRB Elite In-Depth Review
- End of the line for Basecamp on Windows XP?
- Sure do miss this area: Moab Trails 2013 Garmin Compatible Map
- Southwest trails map updated too
- Now shipping: Garmin D2 Pilot Watch
- Updating Maps with Garmin Express…
http://youtu.be/ubqqAs1aikU
TomTom
- TomTom multi-function display for Daimler and Renault clears the FCC
- Profitable Lessons from TomTom’s Brush with a Data Privacy Controversy
Geocaching
- How to Keep Your Geocaching Streak Going in the Snow
Going mobile
Nautiz X1 waterproof smartphone
- Android vs. iOS In-Car Battle: Google to announce industry consortium connecting phones with cars at CES
- Scout for iPhone adds Hey Scout, a new, hands-free voice recognition feature
- App developers tackle domestic violence
- Panbo: Marine navigation on Pebble!
- NAUTIZ X1 Ultra-Rugged Smartphone Is Now Shipping (see image at right)
Updates
- Garmin updates this week: BaseCamp for Windows, dezl 760. Express Fit software, fleet 590, Monterra, Oregon 6×0, quatix, RV and Camper 760, VIRB, VIRB Edit software
- TomTom v 1.16 for iOS
- Magellan Echo v 4.0.1.6
- ExpertGPS v 4.94 and 4.95
GPS in the news
- Travelers getting lost visiting Lexington’s Southern Lights due to GPS; and a “your GPS is wrong” photo to go along with it
- Difficult Task: Placing an Economic Value on GPS
- Boeing, Kaman to Build GPS-Guided Weapons for the Korean Military
- Motorist who drove onto Newton train tracks says he was following GPS…
My GPS made me do it!
Satellites and such
- Will GPS Break Down Next Year?
- Let’s hope not given this timetable for GPS III
GPS tracking
- Ashley Judd Breaks Silence on GPS Tracking Device Case
- Google’s Location History Browser Is A Minute-By-Minute Map Of Your Life
- GPS helps track stolen tow truck
- Nepal Successfully Attaches GPS Collar to Wild Snow Leopard
- Zubie hopes there is a consumer telematics market
Just geo
- Custom Maps in the New Google Maps
Before and after atmospheric correction. Via @mapbox. http://t.co/iayKe11mE2 More at http://t.co/J72ltMxQ6H pic.twitter.com/0M2xPSFoKC
— NASA Earth (@NASAEarth) December 18, 2013
All the news that doesn’t fit
- The 50 Most Insane Driving Laws Around The World
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