Fisheries advise: tagged Tiger shark detected at Ocean Reef receiver at 02:16:00 AM on 28-Dec-2013
— Surf Life Saving WA (@SLSWA) December 27, 2013
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. Instead of a lead image or video, we have a lead tweet this week. You can read more about the project by reading GPS-Tagged Sharks Post Location to Twitter, Alerting Beachgoers.
From GPS Tracklog
Our posts from the past week:
If you get to choose your own GPS gift this holiday season, be sure to check out these deals on the Garmin GPSMAP 62s, and the nuvi 2555LMT, eTrex 10 and various fitness models.
Garmin
- Does BirdsEye Satellite Imagery ever get updated?
- Android-based Garmin Monterra
now shipping (here’s my review)
- Garmin training tips
- Hitting the Slopes with the VIRB
Interesting. The Garmin VIRB battery is the same as the new Garmin Monterra's battery. pic.twitter.com/JZooekzBlF
— Ray Maker (@dcrainmakerblog) December 26, 2013
Geocaching
- Geocaching Connections: Associations and Clubs
- Reverse geocache on Kickstarter
GPS in the news
- Researchers say changes in Earth’s shape allowed earthquake prediction
GPS tracking
- Thief leaves cops a GPS trail
- One in four GPS devices on criminals in L.A. County were faulty
- Good reason to leave iPad in your car? GPS led officers to stolen vehicle
- GPS is new tool to help police crack cases, but critics worry about privacy
- Satellite GPS Messenger Test: SPOT Gen3
TomTom
- TomTom’s Location Based Services platform
Updates
Going mobile
- Nokia pulls Here Maps from the App Store, blames iOS 7
- Maybe there were other reasons though
The business of GPS
- Apple bought Broadmap, beefs up its cartographical chops
Wind forecast map
Just geo
- Earth wind map (see image above); via Jonathan Crowe
- Cool geo quiz: How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk
- Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States
- The Most Innovative Maps of 2013
- The Most Popular Bing Homepage Images for 2013
- Mapping Uninsured Americans
- MOOC on maps; via All Points Blog
- One Year Imagery Analysis Certificate
- The Most Amazing Images NASA Took of Earth From Space This Year…
One of the best Earth from space images shot by NASA this year
All the news that doesn’t fit
- So you just got a GPS fitness device for Christmas? Start here: 2013 Edition
- Connected car + smartwatch = Connected carwatch?
- What’s In Store For Commuting’s Future?
- LightSquared Proposes New Financing as Way to Emerge From Bankruptcy
About Rich Owings
As always, thanks for your weekly “This Week…” Cool geo quiz was def fun!