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 from a new pedestrian GPS Map designed for people with limited mobility. Read more about it and other GPS news below:
From GPS Tracklog
GPS Tracking
- Keeping Track of Your Pets With Microchips and GPS Smart Collars
- Delaware’s sex offender GPS monitoring upheld
- GPS tracker lands suspected thieves behind bars
Satellite Stuff
- Technology can reduce GPS outages from Northern Lights, researchers say
- EGNOS satellite messages changing this month
- SpaceX wins second US Air Force contract to launch GPS III
Garmin
- Garmin® brings advanced navigation to the BMW® Motorrad Navigator VI
- Garmin® introduces a smaller dash cam with bigger features
TomTom
- New Alfa Romeo Stelvio Launches with TomTom Navigation and Maps
- TomTom HD Map for Autonomous Driving Now Covers Mainland US Interstate Road Network
- TomTom Telematics Collaborates with Soti to Deliver Enhanced Mobility Control with Remote Mobile Device Management
Geocaching
GPS in the news
- Anonymous letter with GPS coordinates lead cops to dead man
- Driver of Texas bus in fatal train crash in Biloxi may have relied on GPS, official says
- Benton residents: Despite GPS, you cannot get there from here
- Judge orders release of White House fence jumper, GPS monitoring
The business of GPS
- Sensor role reversal: How lidar can replace GNSS for navigation
- Idaho Airport to Use Instrument Landing System Rather than GPS
- Joint Australia NZ research project to improve GPS accuracy
- OriginGPS Launches World’s Smallest GNSS Module
- Innovation: Position estimation using non-line-of-sight GPS signals
Drones
- Canadian UAVs inspecting beyond line of sight
- How to get started with drone photography
- China’s police are now shooting down drones with radio-jamming rifles
- How Intelligent Drones Are Shaping the Future of Warfare
- Federal privacy laws won’t necessarily protect you from spying drones
- Amazon has an idea for delivery drones with robotic wings and legs to help them land
- 5 ways drones are changing real estate
- Ottawa toughens rules for operating recreational drones
Going mobile
- Pokemon GO Players Say GPS Drifting is Still a Huge Problem
- Pokémon GO News: Android Users Will No Longer Be Able To Spoof Their Location
- Researchers use GPS data to home in on depression and social anxiety
