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. This week’s featured image is one of Magellan’s three new massive GPS units released this week. All three units measure 7 inches and are designed for larger vehicles.
From GPS Tracklog
GPS Tracking
- Dorothy Device hails cabs and sends your GPS coordinates with three clicks of your heels
- Trekkers in Nepal could be soon be made to take GPS tracking devices
- Study seeks to surveil growing Summit County moose population
Satellite Stuff
- Russian State Development Bank to Offer 5 Billion Rubles for GLONASS Navigation System
- Lingering Doubts Drove Europe To Sideline Galileo Launches until Next Year
- Indian Satellite Successfully Launched
- GPS modernization continues with quick pace of launches
Magellan
Geocaching
- Geocaching Souvenirs
- Omaha Police Confuse Geocache with Pipe Bomb
- EarthCache trail teaches geology of Missouri River
Auto GPS
- Teletrac Announces Partnership With Samsung Through Integration of Drive App with Android-Powered Galaxy Tab
- Self-driving Cadillac to debut for 2017
- Driverless buses on the way
GPS in the news
- Rumor: Fitbit ‘Superwatch’ with built-in GPS
- Beginning today, NY’s stalking law restricts using GPS to track someone
- NYPD to get GPS trackers, fingerprint scanners, more
The business of GPS
Just Geo
- Geologizing in the Realm of the Beast
- Four-Part Hill Country Geology Workshop Includes Field Trips
- Distant planets provide a glimpse of the future of Earth’s
