The Garmin nuvi 2798LMT’s backup camera in action
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 photo is from a Garmin blog post on the nuvi 2798LMT backup camera.
From GPS Tracklog
Our posts from the past week:
Magellan
“I’ve been told to expect to see this unit sold under Magellan branding (and thus, in the US) likely later this spring or early summer.”
Garmin
- GPSMAP 64s now shipping; here’s my review
- Another Garmin Monterra review
- How to transfer custom routes from MapQuest to your Garmin
- Tracking Your Sleep with vívofit
- Garmin mounts for mountain bikers (focuses exclusively on Edge line though)
- Garmin to Sponsor Tough Mudder and offer new VIRB color choice
- Pilot training classes offered by Garmin
- How to Create & Navigate Waypoints on the fenix/tactix…
TomTom
- Connected version of 7″ Android tablet for fleets won’t be sold in US?
Updates
- Garmin updates this week: Edge Touring, eTrex 20/30, Express, fenix/D2/Tactix (beta), fenix 2, GPSMAP 62/64/78
- ExpertGPS v 5.08
- Magellan Active API v 1.13
- Magellan Active Website v 1.16
Satellites and such
- Galileo Countdown to 10 Sats by Year’s End
- Russia Launches another GLONASS-M Satellite
- Meanwhile, US GPS Modernization Stalls
MH 370
- Amateur hour at the Malaysian Remote Sensing Agency?
- How Vintage Tech Helped Us Track the Missing Malaysia Airlines Jet
- Updated route, final radar plot
- Ghostly False Positives in Satellite Hunt for Missing Plane
GPS in the news
- GPS unit gets driver stuck in Oregon back country
- GPS technology could be NFL game-changer
The business of GPS
- Cool Garmin job for fitness types
- TomTom changes auto revenue reporting
- Most Mitac revenue comes from North and Latin America
- Garmin shares head north
GPS tracking
- Police use of GPS tracking devices rare
- Wandering wolf’s GPS collar won’t be revived
- 5 things businesses should measure in company vehicles
- World’s smallest tracking device?
DeLorme
- DeLorme inReach Receives FAA Approval for Enhanced Special Reporting
Drones
- US Navy’s Triton UAV completes initial flight testing
Going mobile
- Google Now gets traffic notifications (I’m assuming you have to be actively navigating a route though)
- AT&T’s Galaxy Note 3 gets Android 4.4 and GPS fix?
Just geo
- U.S. Geological Survey and Google Maps Gallery
- Mudslides Explained: Behind the Washington State Disaster
- Map crafts!
- First steps with the HERE Map Creator
- NY Public Library map collection goes online
- The Lost Art of Critical Map Reading
- Getting started with HERE Maps for Windows 8.1
All the news that doesn’t fit
- Snakebite First Aid on the Trails; via Outdoor Quest
- DC Rainmaker: Suunto Ambit2 R review
- Skyhook now combines GPS and Wi-Fi for location
- In-car navigation: an invaluable feature or a distraction too far?
- Casio Introduces New G-SHOCK; Receives GPS and radio signals for time correction
About Rich Owings
That Monterra review by Dave DeBaeremaeker says “The touchscreen is resistive” and “In general if you have used any Garmin touchscreens, this one acts exactly the same. ”
Huh? Garmin’s own site says “4” dual orientation, sunlight-readable, durable mineral glass display with multi-touch interface”.
I would say that is quite different from “any Garmin touchscreen” since AFAIK the only other model with a glass multi-touch screen is the Oregon 6xx….
Good catch!