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Archives for May 2017

TomTom Announces New TomTom GO 52

Dutch mapping and Sat Nav manufacturer TomTom announced a new GPS device last week. The device, which is called the TomTom VIA 53 in Europe, is available now in the UK and provides users with a midrange device that includes Wifi, which is usually only available on higher-end devices.

The press release from TomTom states that the device would be available in “select countries” starting last week and that in the United States, it is called the “TomTom GO 52.” However as of the time of writing, it still doesn’t seem to be available on the US version of the TomTom website. Regardless, we’re still going to go ahead and look at it; operating on the assumption it will be available in the US eventually. read more

This Week in GPS — May 12, 2017

After a brief hiatus due to illness, we’re back with this week in GPS, 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 Garmin’s newest dash cam, the Dash Cam 65W, which was released this week. Read about it and other GPS news below: read more

New Logging Experience Coming Soon to Geocaching Site

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It’s been a busy few months for the folks over at Groundspeak. Yesterday was the launch of a brand new souvenir celebrating 17 years of Geocaching, and last week the company announced that it was working on updates to the cache logging pages.

According to the blog post outlining the changes, the site code hasn’t really been changed much since it was created 17 years ago and the old code is preventing the team from adding much-requested features such as adding a favorite point and photo to drafts. read more