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 Galileo satellite in honor of the recent successful launch which firmly brought the constellation to the one-third mark for completion. The full constellation is expected in 2020.
Here are some other things going on in the world of GPS this week:
From GPS Tracklog
- Offline GPS App Provides Walking Directions
- 8 Things Only Geocachers Will Understand
- Tumi to Launch Luggage GPS
- Galileo Now Has 10 Satellites in Orbit
- BMW and Garmin Announce New Motorcycle GPS
GPS Tracking
- Football League supports Wycombe over GPS trackers under shirts
- Most Norwegians want GPS tags for children
- GPS tracking devices in dental fillings
- MapmyIndia launches match box size GPS tracking device
- 2 Ways GPS Tracking Helps Lower Pollution
Satellite Stuff
- GLONASS orbital grouping upgrade to start in 2018
- Brazil and Russia Boost Space Cooperation With New GLONASS Station
- New Galileo satellites being moved into position
TomTom
- New Alfa Romeo Giulia launches with TomTom Navigation and Maps
- Bookings in TomTom Automotive exceed EUR250 million Year to Date
- New Lancia Ypsilon launches with TomTom Navigation and Traffic
- TomTom and Frogne Develop Advanced Fiscal Taximeter
- TomTom extends the delivery of Maps and Navigation Software to SsangYong Motors in Europe on new Korando
- TomTom and Tech Mahindra Collaborate for Connected Car Solutions
Geocaching
- 6 Tips for Hosting a GIFF Weekend Event
- Celebrities who Geocache
- Walk a Mile In My Geo-shoes — 15 Stories
- Earn a new souvenir for International EarthCache Day
GPS in the news
- Stolen breaker recovered thanks to GPS tracker
- Commissioners postpone vote on GPS tracking technology
- Government to push ahead with trial for tracker devices for domestic violence offenders
- Haiku Man Allegedly Steals GPS-Equipped HC&S Backhoe
- Landfill Construction Is More Efficient, Less Expensive with GPS
- Dempsters introduces new technology to map farmer’s fields with GPS
- Israeli teen develops GPS-enabled ID tag to prevent kidnappings
The business of GPS
- Garmin Technology Boosts US Radar GPR Systems
- TCS Makes Strong Play in Indoor Location Market with Loctronix Acquisition
- Applanix Offers Entry-Level Georeferencing Solution for Airborne Mapping
- US Fleet Tracking Provides 3 Electrifying GPS Tracker Benefits For The Electrical Industry
Going mobile
Just Geo
- Minerals, fossil and more at Cañon City Geology Club auction
- The geology of Ridgefield
- Geology: Lost-and-found fossil helps date elevation change
- Colorado’s geology boasts volcanism evidence
- ‘All you needed to get a well-paying job was a geology degree and a pulse’
All the news that doesn’t fit
- A Stolen Car Found, With the Help of Cold War Technology
- Balloon With Students’ GoPro Attached Lost, Found 2 Years Later With Stunning Space Footage
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