I’m not sure how many folks actually take the time to review Garmin’s traffic symbol legend. When you’re fighting traffic probably isn’t the best time to do it, and it’s not that simple to find the legend either. read more
Garmin nuvi traffic symbols
May 13, 2013 By 4 Comments
This week in GPS — May 11th, 2013
May 11, 2013 By 2 Comments
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. To get a few of the biggest stories as they break, follow me on Twitter. This week’s lead image is from an interesting geographic data visualization. read more
2013 Garmin nuvi series traffic is ad-free
May 10, 2013 By 4 Comments
Look ma, no ads!
When Garmin introduced lifetime traffic in 2008, it came bundled with their units but was ad-supported. You can see an example in the screenshot below. Personally, I found the ads low-key, but they certainly annoyed lots of folks. read more
Garmin nuvi 2757LM
May 9, 2013 By 1 Comment
The Garmin nuvi 2757LM is one of the company’s first 7″ navigator outside of their dezl trucker line. In fact, the hardware seems identical to the dezl 760LMT, although the dezl does have a different mount. This 2013 Advanced series model’s improvements over the 2012 series include active lane guidance, “Real Directions” and the slide-out Up Ahead feature (seen above). I’ll explore each of those features in more detail below. read more
SPOT Gen3 satellite messenger vs DeLorme inReach SE
May 9, 2013 By 20 Comments
Which satellite messenger is right for you?
There’s a little more info trickling out on the SPOT Gen3 Satellite Messenger, including its ability to send your position at 30 minute intervals for up to 45 days on a single charge. The SPOT Gen3 lists for $169.99 and is expected to be available later this month. read more
The Earth as Art
May 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Richat Structure, an eroded volcanic dome in Mauritania, captured in this Landsat 7 image from 2001
There’s no GPS focus to this post, but I know a lot of our readers are into geography and satellite imagery, and I just couldn’t pass this up. NASA has published The Earth as Art, available in hardcover, and as an eBook and iPad app (the latter two are available for free). read more
This week in GPS — May 4, 2013
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Russia lanced another GLONASS-M satellite on April 26. Russian Ministry of Defense photo
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. To get a few of the biggest stories as they break, follow me on Twitter. This week’s lead image is from Russia’s recent launch of another GLONASS-M satellite. read more
Garmin Oregon 650 review
May 1, 2013 By 249 Comments
Hands on Garmin Oregon 650 review
This guest review was written by Andy Byers, creator of the Garmin Oregon 6xx wiki, Montana wiki, and BaseCamp wiki.
On being an early adopter
I am an early adopter. Having owned many Garmin GPS receivers in the past, I find myself eager to experience the new features and functions included with each new hardware release. As many Garmin users are aware, this can mean months of buggy operation while software engineers continue to work out all the kinks in an effort to provide the functionality advertised for each unit. read more
Best selling GPS for April 2013
May 1, 2013 By 3 Comments
Our top sellers for April were the Garmin nuvi 40LM and 50LM, and the Oregon 450
Around the first of each month, we take a look back to see which models our readers have bought over the past month. The rankings below are based on the number of units sold on GPS Tracklog through our various partners like Amazon and REI. On the auto side, the Garmin nuvi 40LM and 50LM shared top billing, while the Oregon 450 returned to the top spot on the handheld list. I’ll also note the appearance of some recently released models – the Garmin nuvi 2597LMT and the Oregon 600 (I hope to have one of the latter in hand in the next day or two). On to the charts…
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This week in GPS — April 27th, 2013
April 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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. To get a few of the biggest stories as they break, follow me on Twitter. This week’s lead video shows Google Earth 7.1 support for Leap Motion. read more
