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 an illustration of Santa in honor of the holiday! Be sure to check back tomorrow to find out how NORAD is using satellites to track Santa’s passage!
Here are some other things going on in the world of GPS this week:
From GPS Tracklog
- Exhibition at the British Library Delves Into Mapping History
- 4 Reasons Why GPS Makes You A Better Driver
- Geocaching Souvenirs Explained
- Amazon’s First Customer Drone Delivery Completed
- TomTom and Microsoft Announce Partnership
- Groundspeak Announces 5 New Country Souvenirs
Satellite Stuff
- NASA launches micro satellites with GNSS receivers for remote weather sensing
- Alpha Defence Company To Make Navigation Satellites For ISRO
- Russia, China Making Progress in Synchronization of GLONASS, BeiDou Systems
Garmin
TomTom
Geocaching
GPS in the news
- Vertical RTK system increases accuracy for agriculture
- Alaska irked at feds’ new GPS survey method
- NASA tech could track firefighters where GPS can’t reach
- GPS devices will track county ambulances
The business of GPS
- Jamming Biggest Danger to U.S.
- Better Protection of Spectrum is a Defense Necessity
- ‘GPS + eLoran Greate than Sum of Parts’ – Dr. Gene McCall
