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 a preview of the new Forerunner 935 which Garmin announced today. Be sure to check back next week for details!! Until then, here are some other things going on in the world of GPS this week:
From GPS Tracklog
GPS Tracking
Satellite Stuff
- Spacex Outbids ULA for Military GPS Contract Igniting Fierce Launch Competition
- BeiDou Milestones Include Accuracy to Within 1 to 2 Meters
Garmin
- MTN Nigeria And Garmin Collaborate To Increase Wearable Uptake
- Garmin brings home theater sound quality to the cockpit with the GMA 345/342
- Garmin introduces the G5 electronic flight instrument as a DG/HSI in certificated aircraft
- Garmin adds visual approach guidance to the GTN 650/750 touchscreen navigators
- Garmin TeamX introduces new G3X Touch display for experimental aircraft
Magellan
TomTom
Geocaching
GPS in the news
- Rand McNally unveils its next generation of truck GPS device at MATS
- Woman who survived 5 days alone lost in the Grand Canyon describes her ordeal
- Berkeley cops recover drugs, guns, suspect’s GPS monitor in bust
- Mother tracks down car stolen from daycare with GPS
The business of GPS
Drones
- Swiss hospitals will start using drones to exchange lab samples
- Drone project aims to deliver rapid disaster response after cyclones
- Drone racing gets off the ground
- Connecticut considering weaponizing drones
- The solution to the declining bee population may lie in drones
- Fears Grow of Terror in U.S. With Weaponized Civilian Drones
