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 airplane because GPS and Galileo both have announced that they will be working together for airline safety. Read more below, and other GPS news as well:
From GPS Tracklog
- Couple May Receive Fine After GPS Led Them on Train Tracks
- GPS, Galileo to Work Together For Airliner Navigation
- Runkeeper Adds GPS Support to Apple Watch Series 2
- Hudify Uses Your Phone and Apps For HUD
- Norad to Track Santa’s Trip
- 4 Reasons Why Handheld GPS is Better Than a Phone
GPS Tracking
- GPS ankle bracelet company grows rapidly in Indianapolis
- Austrian cows swap bells from ‘hell’ for GPS
Satellite Stuff
Garmin
Geocaching
GPS in the news
- Mom Walks Nearly 30 Miles In Snowstorm To Get Help After GPS Detours Them
- Scared of ‘GPS chips’, robbers keep loot intact
- Virginia bill to limit phone and GPS use while driving
The business of GPS
- US Congress Leading GPS/PNT Issues — see article fm ‘Inside GNSS’
- GNSS CEOs see bright future; Alt-PNT also promises well
Drones
- Your New Vacation Photographer: A Drone
- Ehang preps its flight command center for passenger drones
- Drone falls from sky almost striking Niagara police cruiser
- Two immigrants, their drone and American agribusiness
- Not just me–many drones crash over holiday
- These $189 drone sweaters make your drone warm and cuddly
- Got a drone for Christmas? Don’t fly it until you know the rules
Just Geo
- Canyon trek in Oregon Badlands offers lesson in geology
- That Sinking Feeling When Pa. Geology Swallows Part Of Your Town
- Nevada geology calendar puts state’s natural wonders front and center
- Geologists Find Largest Exposed Fault on Earth
