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 new cycling computer that Garmin released this week. Called the Garmin Edge 20 and the Edge 25, this little GPS device is one of the smallest cycling computers on the market.
This week was chock-full of Garmin announcements and other things. Check out some other notable stories below:
From GPS Tracklog
- Garmin Debuts World’s Smallest Cycling Computers
- Get Directions from the Terminator with Waze
- Garmin Introduces New Aviator Watch
- Garmin Updates Pilot App for Android
- Apple iOS 8.3 Causes GPS Issues for Pilots
- Garmin Pilot Expands Canada Chart Coverage
GPS Tracking
Satellite Stuff
TomTom
- Luxoft chooses TomTom NavKit for its AllView car infotainment reference design platform
- A look inside the TomTom GPS Watch
Geocaching
GPS in the news
- New Hampshire Legislators Propose Law Banning Warrantless Use Of Tracking Devices
- eLoran Signal Tests Start, Could Demonstrate GPS Backup Alternative
- GPS Signal Leads Police To Suspect
- GPS Industries Launches Troon Connectivity Program
- Global Positioning System: A generation of service to the world
The business of GPS
- SkyBitz, a Telular Company, Enters Agreement to Acquire Reltima and GPS North America
- Spectra Precision’s Offers Flexible GNSS Receiver for Surveyors
- Aspen Avionics Acquires GPS Manufacturer Accord Technology
Drones
Going mobile
- New and now: Route 66 books, app, audiotours
- Apple Inc. Awarded Patent for New Location Technology
- OnStar alarms via text, email or phone when car is being stolen
Just Geo
- Magnetic complexity begins to untangle
- Giant Crab Display Comes Back to Rutgers Geology Museum
- Special geology of salt dome island
- Layers of conflict: Syria between history and geology
- Doe Run Geologists Share Fun Activities to Explore Missouri Geology This Summer
All the news that doesn’t fit
- How Understanding GPS Can Help You Hit a Curveball
- How to Reduce Your GPS Dependency and Actually Find Your Way Around
- Jeff Fox: Machines shouldn’t replace need to think
- The challenge of building a better atomic clock and why it matters
