The TomTom GO 50 and 60 series hits US shores
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 surprise US introduction of the TomTom GO 50/60 series (more info below).
From GPS Tracklog
Our posts from the past week:
- Best selling GPS for March 2014
- Garmin zumo 590LM motorcycle model announced
- TomTom Cardio series announced
- No fooling: April 1 GNSS fix issue returns (includes info about TomTom suing Broadcom)
Garmin
- Custom maps tutorial
- Garmin Connect’s new golf features
- I *think* this is new: TOPO Mexico
- Software updates this week: BaseCamp for Windows (beta), Monterra, Oregon 6×0, vivofit, zumo 660/665
- Garmin HUD+ review
- PRO series of electronic dog training collars gets new features
- Garmin Introduces VIRB Elite Aviation Bundle and Aviator Action Pack
TomTom
- The TomTom GO 50/60
and 50S/60S series
have made it to the US
- The S models include lifetime traffic; the 50/60 come with a three month trial; traffic data is received via a smartphone app
- TomTom Runner Cardio news release
- DC Rainmaker‘s TomTom Cardio Runner & Multisport with Optical Heart Rate Review
- TomTom Business Solutions renamed to TomTom Telematics
GPS tracking
- Consumer Reports: GPS gadgets that track your kids promise a lot but deliver little
- Great story: Man uses GPS to find stolen van, police make arrests
- Nevada court says phone’s GPS data OK to use if warrant obtained
- Car dealers hiding GPS trackers in financed vehicles
- GPS helps track Florida crews during a forest fire
- SPOT sued in yacht race crash that left 4 sailors dead
When the SOS emergency function on the Spot Satellite GPS Messenger was activated, emergency responders were never notified, the complaint alleges. “They got the signal, the device worked, it was just human error on their end,” Lack said. “There was a Coast Guard boat nearby that could have been there within 20 minutes.”
Satellites and such
- Lockheed Martin wins contract for two more GPS III satellites
- SpaceX seeks end to Atlas V launch vehicle
- House supports GPS backup system
- New GPS Civil Signal Rollout Will Aid Spoofing Countermeasures
- Technical explanation of GLONASS failure
- This is why GLONASS needs more ground stations around the globe:
…a GLONASS fix could not take effect until each satellite in turn passed back over control stations in the Northern Hemisphere to be reset, thus taking nearly 12 hours.
Geocaching
- Makers’ Secrets Revealed: Blueprints for 3 Amazing Geocache Hides
Going mobile
- Israeli Students Hack Waze & Create Fake Traffic Jam
- Iridium GO clears FCC, offers global smartphone connection
MH 370
- Inmarsat explains how it tracked flight MH370
- Related: Alaska-Tested GPS Could Revolutionize US Skies
- Conspiracy theory?
Just geo
- One Click Download of US Topos from Google Maps Gallery
- Digital Globe imagery of Washington landslide
- Related: State used outdated data to allow logging on slope
- Wander through Angkor Wat’s thousand-year-old temples on Street View; more here
- 6 of the World’s Most Worrisome Disputed Territories
- The simple way Google Maps could side-step its Crimea controversy
- Why Google Maps gets Africa wrong
- Augmented-reality sandbox brings topographical maps to life
- 20 ways to slice up Europe
- Image overlays with Bing Maps
- Google Maps Search Nearby is back!…
Looking for a bookstore by your work? Search for places nearby a location in a few ways using the new #GoogleMaps. pic.twitter.com/tUIqoGkjeL
— Google Maps (@googlemaps) April 1, 2014
All the news that doesn’t fit
- NHTSA to require backup cameras on all vehicles
- The 17 Best Bad Reviews of National Parks on Yelp; via @ModernHiker
- ABI Predicts 16% Less Cars in North America by 2030
- Bushnell Introduces a Personal GPS Device for Anglers
- Autonomous Vehicles: The Driverless Fleet of the Future?
- CloudMade’s Predictive Learning System
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