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 the SmartTracker 2, a small GPS tracker that has gained a lot of traction on Indiegogo recently. Check out our article below for more info!
Here are some other things going on in the world of GPS this week:
From GPS Tracklog
- Smart Tracker Still a Hit on Indiegogo
- Garmin Announces Tracking Collars for Small Dogs
- Garmin Announces New Advanced HRMs
- China Launches Two BeiDou Satellites
- Amazon Proposes New Drone Airspace
- 4 Common GPS Misconceptions
GPS Tracking
Satellite Stuff
- Galileo satellites begin final preparations for launch from French Guiana
- ISRO is hoping its ‘BIG’ offering would gain popularity in the market
Garmin
TomTom
Geocaching
- Incredible Geocaching Road Trips from Around the World
- The Quest for the Oldest Unfound Geocache in Washington
- Your Sneak Peek at Geocaching Block Party 2015
GPS in the news
- Local Law Enforcement Not Yet Ready to ‘Endure the Pain’ of GPS Tracking Technology
- Boswells’ schoolboys succeed in getting tiny craft 24 miles above Earth
- Private investigators could be banned from using GPS tracking
- More than $30k worth of equipment stolen from boats in Mt. Pleasant
- Garmin Connect IQ: In-depth guide and the best apps to download
- GPS snafu prompts Ramsey to change school’s address
- Police use ‘bait bike’ to decrease bike thefts on campus
The business of GPS
- Tariff cut could reduce prices on tech products from GPS to gaming systems
- TASC nabs $67M contract to support GPS directorate
- Nokia’s HERE Maps sold to BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen
Drones
Going mobile
- Millennials embrace mobile health, fitness apps
- How to stop Apple and Google tracking your every move using your smartphone GPS
- GPS lap timer apps tested
- Uber explains why accurately showing all cars in its app is ‘not always possible’
Just Geo
- Havasu kids get hands-on geology experience at Museum of History
- Connecting People and Geology on Volcanoes
- Ice flows, haze offer more clues to Pluto’s geology
- Oregon state geology agency’s future a little shaky
- Geology of the Pilanesberg Ring Dike complex
