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 from Adrian Faulkner’s excellent post about creating your own Geocaching Resolutions this year. You can read it here to get more tips on how to start off your 2015 right! Here are some other things that happened in the world of GPS this week…
From GPS Tracklog
- Happy New Year from GPS Tracklog
- Friday is Last Day to Enter to Win a TomTom Runner GPS Watch
GPS Tracking
Satellite Stuff
- Russia to Debate US Discrimination of Glonass System in UN: Reports
- China’s Beidou navigation system sees slow expansion
Garmin
- No updates this week, but be sure to check back next week, as Garmin has several big releases coming up!
Geocaching
- Your 2015 Geocaching Resolutions
- 5 Best Geocaching Posts of 2014 from geocaching.com’s blog
- All I Got for Christmas was a DNF
GPS in the news
- GPS Tracking Bracelet Didn’t Stop Northfield Burglaries
- GPS used to track some immigrants
- Device designed for the soles of shoes allows GPS tracking
- How Do Airplanes Disappear In The Age Of Modern Technology?
- Cars Stolen off Lot Found Using GPS Tracking
- Trial of GPS to track dementia patients in Australia
- Researchers Developing Camera-Based GPS
The business of GPS
- Russia to Debate US Discrimination of Glonass System in UN: Reports
- India’s GPS freebie for neighbors soon
Going mobile
Just Geo
- Six Top Geology Stories Of 2014
- Montana History Minute: Geology of captures a glimpse into the past
- Geology lecture features ‘25,000 Feet Under the Sea’
- State geologists seek money for landslide mapping
- Mourne mountains explored for rare earth elements by geologists
All the news that doesn’t fit
- Why Americans should just say no to GPS tracking of their cars and trucks
- Humor: GPS that takes you to the Hamptons, no matter what
