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 image above shows what’s next in my review queue; now if the weather would just cooperate!
From GPS Tracklog
Our posts from the past week:
- 2013 — The GPS year in review
- Best selling GPS for December 2013
- Magellan Echo to get hiking, golf, skiing and Android support
- Latest TomTom GO series coming to US
More CES news
- Magellan to Demonstrate SmartGPS Eco Cloud & Content Services for Connected Car
- Navigation Solutions and Hertz NeverLost Harness Magellan’s SmartGPS Eco Content Services
Garmin
- It can help to include address numbers in Favorite names
- A 16th handheld GPS tip
- Updated Garmin Custom Maps guidelines and limits posted
- 3 Ways to Automatically Copy Your Garmin Training Data to Other Fitness Sites
- A complaint about Garmin Bluetooth support
- Is your phone officially supported?
- Video comparing the latest Garmin handhelds
- Garmin Pilot and VIRB Integration Sneak Peek
Drones
- The NYT reviews the DJI Phantom 2 Vision Photo Drone
- FAA announces six drone test sites…
FAA drone test sites
Geocaching
- 10th Anniversary of the EarthCache
GPS in the news
- GPS is ruining Arizona’s cultural treasures
- Really? Robbed of GPS at gunpoint?
- Advanced GPS System Will Improve Natural Disaster Warnings
- GPS satellites suggest Earth is heavy with dark matter
- Beer delivery driver following GPS, not paying attention when he crashed into bridge
Satellites and such
- New Law All but Bars Russian GPS Sites in U.S.
- China to add satellites to navigation system to compete with U.S. GPS
GPS tracking
- Not all states are flat enough to do this via cellular: Florida provides GPS to protect those fighting wildfires
- Stranded Nunavut man rescued on Christmas Day
- Cops turning to GPS tracking to bait thefts
- GPS helps cops track stolen lumber
- Iran to use GPS Monitoring System to track parolees
Updates
- Garmin updates this week: Chartplotters, fenix/D2/tactix
- Magellan Echo Utility App Version 1.1.5
- ExpertGPS 5.0
Going mobile
- Google, Apple Forge Auto Ties
- Fitbit to use iPhone 5s M-7 co-processor
- The best ski apps
Just geo
- ESRI Launches its Own Propriety Compressed LiDAR Format: .zlas
- Cartonerd: Favourite maps from 2013
- Google Maps Mania Maps of the Year
- New daily map blog; via All Points Blog
- Mapping the rise of craft beer
- The 13 Best Maps of 2013
- Geo predictions for 2014
Do you trust CNN for weather information when they don't even know where Boston or New York City are? pic.twitter.com/Aq68iCQ6UG
— the Weatherboy (@theWeatherboy) January 3, 2014
All the news that doesn’t fit
- Collapsing backpack charges gadgets as you walk
- Hyperloop possibilities via Google Earth
- A brief history of rock cairns
- Thumb-sized 32-bit GPS/GNSS dev board seeks crowdfunding
- DOD Shares 25 Year Unmanned Vehicle Roadmap
About Rich Owings
Updated Garmin Custom Maps guidelines and limits posted: https://support.garmin.com/support/searchSupport/case.faces?caseId=%7B9eb27dc0-6377-11df-f5aa-000000000000%7D
You would think Garmin know their own product better than anyone else, right?
The last line is incorrect for Monterra and Oregon 6×0 users. On these units, the user can enable each Custom Map (KMZ) independently, as desired.
Ha! Thanks for pointing that out.