GPS drone (UAS) with GoPro camera; Creative Commons image courtesy Don McCullough
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 GPS drone. This week, the FAA finally submitted the draft of their regulations for the use of UAS. Yay!
Here are some other news from the world of GPS:
From GPS Tracklog
- FAA Submits UAS Regulations
- GPS Reveals Cat’s Three-Mile Nightly Trek
- Garmin Adds Four 16-inch Marine Devices
- Volkswagen Partners with TomTom Traffic
- Wis. Senate to Vote On GPS Bill
- Your First Geocaching Find
GPS Tracking
- GPS to track big cat’s exact location
- On the Run: GPS devices make mistakes, too
- These GPS Shirts And Pants Can Help Protect Kids With Autism
- GPS Tracking Group Introduces All-in-One, Professional GPS Tracker
- AGUILA1000 smallest GPS tracker
- Tracking Wyoming’s big game herds
Satellite Stuff
- GLONASS becoming a key element in an international rescue network
- Fugro launches G4 satellite positioning augmentation
Garmin
- Garmin getting fitter on health-tracking device
- Garmin Reports Strong Fiscal 2014 Revenue and Pro Forma EPS Growth
Geocaching
- Your First Geocaching Find
- Read Interviews with Geocaching Filmmakers Part 1 and Part 2 then Vote for your favorite film!
Marine GPS
GPS in the news
- Farmers embracing technology on many levels
- Thailand to install GPS tracking devices on fishing boats
- ISP troopers arrest two women in stolen car equipped with GPS monitor
- Stolen laptop’s GPS locator leads Salt Lake City cops to 3 suspects
- GPS system for CATS falls short of ‘real time’ bus tracking promise
- Police officer ‘used GPS tracker to monitor colleague’s girlfriend’
- Nevada lawmakers hear bill allowing GPS tracking of people on parole or probation
The business of GPS
Going mobile
- Don’t trust GPS? Try the journey before you leave on the Google Maps driving simulator
- Omaha Zoo Launches Free GPS-Enabled Mobile App
- Calgary company hopes GPS-powered app will help stop distracted driving
- Sweden; True Heading releases Seapilot Navigation app for windows devices
- The Best (and Worst) GPS Navigation Apps
Just Geo
- Dark matter may have killed the dinosaurs, claims scientist
- Mars Hills Hide Icy Past
- Distinctly Driftless: A geological wonder exists right in our backyard
- Surprising Discovery From Really Old Moon Rocks
- Seven hidden underground gems in Nottinghamshire
- Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation present film that showcases nearby geological wonders
