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 a photo from the ESA of one of the ground stations for Cospat-Sarsat, the Search and Rescue service that went into testing this week. Read on for more GPS news!
From GPS Tracklog
- Map Your Runs and Give To Charity at the Same Time
- Russia, China Agree to Build GLONASS Stations
- Garmin Oregon 600 Sale at REI
- Testing Begins for GNSS-Enhanced Search & Rescue
GPS Tracking
- GPS and RFID-enabled solutions for child safety in India
- GPS solves Mysterious movement of whitetail bucks
- Cat tracking collar looking for funding on Indiegogo
- Newest Wearable Pet Tracker From Tagg Reports When Pet May be Too Cold or Hot
Garmin
- Garmin Announces Availability of the G3X Touch 7-Inch Touchscreen Display
- Garmin Expands G950 Flight Deck Upgrade Program
Magellan
TomTom
- TomTom throws its hat into the Intel Wearables ring
- TomTom Technology in New Fiat
- TomTom Map Updates to Come Sooner Than Ever
Geocaching
- 5 Tips for Writing the Best Log in the World
- Before GPS and Geocaching Existed: Three Navigation Systems
- It was a Dark and Stormy Night… for Reading about Geocaching
GPS in the news
- Ohio Supreme Court upholds search, seizure precedent
- Santa Monica approves GPS-enabled smart bike program as does Phoenix
- Man allegedly plants tracking device in wife’s car to plan beating
- Friends stuck in snow rescued after GPS leads them astray
- GPS technology could help in understanding Dark Matter
- Is car technology creating stupid drivers?
- Normandy Park Police bust hanging basket thief using GPS tracking unit
The business of GPS
Going mobile
- Stay healthy with My Trainer GPS App
- TMH Living Well: Bring lifeline along with new go-safe device
- Target takes first step towards in-store navigation with new app
- Google Maps update with ‘lite mode’
Drones
- New Panic App Can Send a Drone To Your Exact Location
- The Mind4 could take auto-tracking drones to new heights
Just Geo
- New Paltz Geology
- Rock Trail brings dramatic geology up close
- Enormous Gorge Shaped by River’s Tectonic Transformation
- ‘Darwin’s Dilemma’ May Finally Have Been Resolved by Geology
- A Comet Did It! Mystery of Giant Crater Solved
All the news that doesn’t fit
- PathSense: Precise Location without GPS and Battery Drain
- GPS Luggage hits Kickstarter Goal and Then Some
