We’re revigint the This week in GPS link roundup here on GPS Traklog! This segment, which will be every Friday, is a roundup of (mostly) GPS related odds and ends from GPS Tracklog and other places around the Web. This week’s featured image is, of course, Black Friday deals! Make sure to take advantage of all of the deals going on. Find more info here! Then, read through these other things going on in the world of GPS below:
From GPS Tracklog
- Black Friday Deals on GPS 2016
- Findster Duo Provides Real-time GPS Pet Tracking with No Fee
- Garmin Announces vivofit jr. for Kids
- Clerical Error Causes Plane GPS to go Haywire
- Garmin Adds JOIN Cycling Platform to Edge 820, 1000
- Google Maps May Be Adding Speed Limits
- Australia’s GPS Coordinates Are Off Due to Drifting
GPS Tracking
Satellite Stuff
- Four Galileos launched at once, speeding constellation completion
- Swarm reveals why satellites lose track
Garmin
- Fitbit and Garmin Leave Investors Unimpressed With Their Latest Reports
- Garmin Pilot Adds New Flight Planning Tools To Apple Devices
- Garmin receives FAA installation approval for all-in-one ADS-B transponders in helicopters
- Garmin introduces GMR Fantom 18 and 24 dome radars
- Garmin updates its popular GPSMAP offerings, introduces new touchscreen and keyed chartplotter/combo units
- Garmin introduces Panoptix PS51-TH FrontVü transducer
TomTom
- TomTom opens its new state-of-the-art office in Łódź
- TomTom Sports launches advertising campaign to strengthen its Sports wearables brand
Geocaching
- 15 of The Strangest Things People Found While Geocaching
- Introducing My Lists beta
- Geocachers Save A Woman’s Life
GPS in the news
- Are GPS Apps Messing With Our Brains?
- “Aging in Place” Technology – Locating the Wanderer
- Charged extra for a GPS, but Payless said it wouldn’t
- Stealth, GPS, ‘Smart Bombs’ and More: How Desert Storm Changed Warfare Forever
The business of GPS
Drones
- The 6 Best Drones For 2016: All Budgets. All Styles
- Email chain shows that Amazon has been testing drones in the UK for longer than initially thought
- The drone-catching drone is here to keep the skies safe from drones
- Amazon’s delivery drones just might be on the job in 2020 … at least in Britain