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 logo for a new GPS app that gives directions like a local and allows users to record information about their routes. Read more about it and other GPS news below!
From GPS Tracklog
GPS Tracking
- GPSTrackIt.com Releases The Top 5 Questions Guide To A GPS Tracking Solution
- Parents respond to GPS tracking on LISD buses
- David Renz talks about the escaping the GPS tracker
- Woman fights for harsher punishment for criminals who track victims with GPS
Satellite Stuff
- Russia’s Glonass System Can Fully Switch to Domestic Electronics in 2 Years
- Russia, China May Create Joint Satellite Navigation System Receiver
- Galileo Satellites Handed over to Operator
- The System: Galileo Turning Ten
- China Launches 20th BeiDou Satellite with Hydrogen Clock
- GPS III Launch Services RFP Released by Air Force
Garmin
Geocaching
GPS in the news
- Hidden GPS devices to track suspects raise legal concerns
- Athletes use GPS and wearable technology to improve performance
- New sports technology provides a GPS alternative
- GPS technology gets one hiker to safety
- GPS jammers recovered from cargo thieves, says FreightWatch
- The End of GPS-only Modules
The business of GPS
- TrackingTheWorld Releases Enduro Pro 3G GPS Tracker
- Fourth Edition of GPS Satellite Surveying Book Published
- Fleet Management Company Omnitracs Unveils New Brand Identity
Going mobile
- Boston-based GPS company Mapkin wants to give directions like a local
- Sygic Shows Community Navigation App for Motorcycles at Frankfurt Show
- Forest Rangers use iPhone app to help rescue teens
Drones
Just Geo
- Student trades geology for sustainability
- NASA’s Highest-Res Photos Yet Show Pluto’s Bizarre Geology
- University students travel to Cyprus for summer geology course
- Geology: Lost-and-found fossil helps date elevation change
All the news that doesn’t fit