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 TomTom’s new units, which boast lifetime world maps and a host of other cool features. Read more about it below!
Here are some other things happening in the world of GPS this week:
From GPS Tracklog
- Affordable Centimeter-Accurate GPS Developed
- New TomTom GO Devices Offer Lifetime World Maps
- Garmin Auto GPS Sales Continue Decline
- The Geotagger’s World Atlas
- GPS eReader Book Alters Story to Your Location
- TomTom Aims at Self-Driving Cars
GPS Tracking
- Tracking Alzheimer’s patients
- Lions census begins, 2700 out to track wild cats in Gir Sanctuary, Gujarat
- 3D Printed GPS Tracker Improves Quality of Life for People with Alzheimer’s
- Timex launches Ironman Move x20 fitness tracker, Run x20 GPS watch
- GPS SmartSole Launches in Australia at CeBIT 2015
Satellite Stuff
- First Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite heads to testing phase
- Global Navigation Satellite Systems Market Outlook 2020
- India to launch 6 more satellites in 2015-16
- Most Advanced GPS Satellite Comes Together
Geocaching
- Thrill of the Cache
- Join the Geocaching Road Trip ’15 – Earn 6 Souvenirs
- The Seanachai: Keeper of the Old Lore, Reviewer of the New Caches
- From the Mailroom…
GPS in the news
- Grieving mother caught graverobber after planting GPS tracking device in teddy bear
- California man loses challenge to warrantless GPS tracking
- Asheville man investigated in GPS stalking
- Domino’s tracks driver ‘safety’ with Uberfied GPS technology
- Simple GPS Technology Helps California Police Foil Gas Pump Identity Thieves
- Samsung and Samsonite Are Making GPS-Equipped Smart Luggage
- Hyper-accurate GPS system could transform virtual reality, mobile devices
- GPS Industries Enjoys Record Breaking Start to 2015
- Pythons Take Over Florida, Are Busted By GPS
- Wisconsin Senate to consider GPS anti-tracking bill
- Who let the dogs out? Russian-made pet tracker set to launch globally
- Russian Glonass welcomed in Vietnam
The business of GPS
- Exelis upgrades and tests GPS threat detection technology
- GPS Insight Celebrates 10 Years Of Innovation And Success
- Research and Markets: Global Mid and High Level Precision GPS Market 2015-2020
- Court’s Reversal Leaves Phones Open to Warrantless Tracking
- Topcon GNSS Network Expands to Latin America
- Next Generation GPS System Faces Delays, Cost Overruns
Drones
Going mobile
- Uber’s updated ‘SOS’ button to send live GPS updates to police control room
- Smartphones are tracking everywhere you go
- App designed to help find small, minority-owned businesses in Cincinnati
- Zupp aims to bridle BlaBlaCar’s Ryde with its GPS-based car pooling app
- Australia’s Domino’s Plans Uber-inspired Pizza tracker app
- ACLU App Records and Sends Video, GPS info for Police Encounters
- Albany app connects businesses with commuters
- Colombian GPS app offers riders monetary rewards for logging their rides
- Find My iPhone app leads officers to surveillance video in armed robbery near UC
- MuskokaTech Releases Redesigned PathAway Outdoor GPS App
