This week in GPS - January 18th, 2014

Semi-legible GPS marriage proposal

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 is of a semi-legible GPS marriage proposal; via DC Rainmaker.

From GPS Tracklog

Our posts from the past week:

Also, our GPS deals page is back with hot prices on the Garmin nuvi 2597LMT and 3597LMTHD.

Garmin

Garmin and Groundspeak sittin’ in a tree
Now shipping: Garmin tactix
Estimated release dates: GPSMAP 64/64st (Feb.3) 64s (Feb. 10), 2014 nuvi 5x/6x series (has slipped to Feb. 3), HUD+ (now Jan. 20), nuvi 2798LMT (now Feb. 25)
Jim Cyr on how to install maps on the Garmin fenix/tactix:

TomTom

TomTom wants to return PND category to growth; plans new fitnness introductions for 2014
TomTom fleet management business grows with 38% to 330,000 connected vehicles

DeLorme

After powering down inReach, messages are queued for 12 hours

Magellan

Looks like the Magellan Echo is going to get an interface refresh

Updates

Garmin updates this week: Chartplotters, Forerunner 110, 210, 610, VIRB Edit
ExpertGPS v 5.01

GPS in the news

I don’t think this is true. Black box? Yes. GPS? No. GPS system required in all new vehicles
Virtual horse race has riders track miles using GPS

Satellites and such

GLONASS: Dispelling the myths around Russia’s GPS; via @GPSGIS_Eric
20th Anniversary of Initial Operational Capability of the GPS Constellation
World Superpowers Are in a Space Race to Build the Best GPS
GAGAN system ready for operations

GPS tracking

Henpecked husband being ‘tracked’ by wife pleads with strangers to take GPS device
Sled dog race gets GPS tracking
Police Lose Track of ‘Bait Bike’ after GPS is Disabled
Franken presses Ford on use of GPS data
A Month of Surveillance by GPS is up to 6,875 Times Cheaper Than Using People
Tracking the GPS trackers: Survey hits roadblock
GPS Dating App Yields Position-Shifting Technology for Social Media

…enabling users to select an option that separates their actual location from their displayed location by a couple of miles….We expect to license it out—we’re confident we’ll be able to control the technology through our patent. We anticipate licensing the technology to app developers to include within their apps, and to phone manufacturers themselves…

Geocaching

Visit the home of the hobbitses
Geocaching pics

Drones

The next attack: “An explosive-stuffed model airplane guided by GPS”
Drones At CES 2014: Parrot Lets Jumping Sumo And MiniDrone Fly

The connected car

Honda Joins Google Alliance to Develop GPS Solutions
Next: a car that looks around corners; but this looks like trouble…

Of course, highly precise and rapidly updated maps are essential to make this a reality. Only maps with information such as lane markings, speed limit changes, no passing signs and other detailed road geometry can be used to build enhanced anticipatory driving.

Going mobile

Code hints that Google may bake fitness sensor support into Android

The business of GPS

Google and Apple Consolidate Positions in Driving Directions During 2013
Taiwanese GPS Firm PAPAGO! Targets U.S. GPS Watch, Dash Cam Sales
Sygic partners with Jaguar for integrated smartphone nav

Just geo

State hate: Which state is your state’s enemy?
In praise of the static map
State Department’s new push to recruit citizen mappers
XKCD on the shape of the Earth; via @GeoEntelechy

All the news that doesn’t fit

California woman who drove with Google Glass beats traffic ticket
Are MEMS Coming of Age?

This week in GPS — January 18th, 2014