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 the newest geocaching souvenir, which you can only get on May 2! Read more about this and other GPS news below:
From GPS Tracklog
GPS Tracking
- Yosemite Rangers Use GPS to Save Bears From Cars
- Florida Farmers Get Precise With Planting
- Lobstermen Testify in Support of GPS Tracking Bill in Maine
- GPS Tracking Makes it Easy to Comply with States’ Varying Traffic Safety Laws
Satellite Stuff
Garmin
- Garmin® announces G5000H upgrade program for the Sikorsky S-70 and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters
- Jayco chooses premium RV OEM infotainment system powered by Garmin® Navigation and FUSION® Entertainment for its 2018 fleet
- 4 reasons to consider Garmin’s new vivosmart 3
- Opinion: Why Garmin’s New Fitness Tracker Is the Best I’ve Ever Used
- Garmin® introduces the Varia™ UT800 high-intensity cycling headlight
- Garmin’s new Varia UT800 automatically adjusts brightness to match light conditions
TomTom
- TomTom Telematics and BP Partner to Help BP Customers Boost Fleet Efficiency
- New TomTom BRIDGE Hub Connects Your Business
Geocaching
GPS in the news
- GPS error may have led doomed plane off course
- Woman Says Her GPS Told Her To Turn Too Late, Ends Up In Pond
- Police: Driver checking GPS caused head-on collision on Route 1 in Wiscasset
- Driver Distracted By GPS Found With More Than a Kilo of Heroin: Police
- GPS Police in Canada Adds Driver Behavior Monitoring to its Fleet Management Service
- San Diego Police Department Helicopters to Get Internet, GPS
- GPS leading drivers to restricted Portsmouth police station area
Drones
- FAA Begins Drone Map Release
- NAVMAR and UAVT plan to demonstrate turboprop engine for drones
- Smuggling, spying and other ways to get arrested for flying a drone
- Behind the making of a synchronized drone light show
- Where to fly a drone in the UK and abroad
- 17 Ways Drones Are Changing the World
Going mobile
Just Geo
- Landslide Guide for Homeowners Released by Oregon State Geology Officials
- Geology rocks ecotourism
- New book explores Herefordshire’s geology
Garmin???