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Garmin Adds Features to GPSMAP and echoMap Lines

January 17, 2015 By Leave a Comment

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This week, Garmin International has released a pretty massive update to several different chartplotter units in their marine sector including the full echoMAP line and several of the GPSMAP lines. The update is free and available for download now and includes some pretty nice features including Auto Guidance 2.0, the ability to import waypoints, advanced sailing and safety features, routes and tracks via GPX and more.

GPSMAP units that will qualify for the update include:

  • GPSMAP 8000
  • GPSMAP 7400
  • GPSMAP 7600
  • GPSMAP 8×0/10×0
  • GPSMAP 5×7/7×1

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Filed Under: Featured, Marine

Why You Need Traffic On Your GPS

January 11, 2015 By 3 Comments

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Being stuck in traffic is the worst. It’s the only time you’ll see me get excited to inch forward a couple of feet before slamming on my breaks again. The cacophony of horns and shouts is enough to make anyone grumpy and overall, it’s just a colossal waste of time and gas. I would be happy to wager it’s probably everyone’s least favorite part about driving. I know I hate it, and I don’t have to be psychic to guess you do too.

So what if I told you that last year alone you and everyone else combined sat in enough traffic that you could have traveled to the moon and back two and a half times. For those of you a little rusty on your astronomy, that’s roughly 1.4 million miles of traffic. That’s entirely too much traffic.

See where I’m going with this? read more

Filed Under: Featured, GPS News

This Week in GPS — January 9, 2015

January 9, 2015 By Leave a Comment

 

The Garmin 2015 Nuvi Essential Series is the first budget-friendly line that supports a backup camera

The Garmin 2015 Nuvi Essential Series is the first budget-friendly line that supports a backup camera

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 one of Garmin’s 2015 Nuvi Essentials series, which was debuted at CES this week. Here are some other things happening in the GPS world this week: read more

Filed Under: Featured, More GPS News, This week in GPS

Garmin Introduces Fēnix 3 Watch

January 5, 2015 By 1 Comment

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Garmin has finally released details about their newest multisport GPS watch, the Fēnix 3. This awesome watch does, well, everything, and is clearly Garmin’s reponse to the concern that GPS watches are in danger of being replaced by smartwatches. And I have to say, while the watch is a little pricey, it definitely sounds like its worth it.

The watch itself isn’t expected to be available until sometime in the first quarter of this year, and will retail in the $499 – $599 range, depending on which version you buy. The Fēnix 3 will be available in gray and silver with a premium sapphire edition with a sapphire glass screen.

As far as specs, well, this little beauty basically does a little bit of everything, and I can only hope that I’ll be able to get my hands on one to try it out. Keep your fingers crossed! Anyway, here are the details Garmin gave me about the device: read more

Filed Under: Featured, Garmin handheld GPS

Win a TomTom Runner GPS Watch

December 30, 2014 By Leave a Comment

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The TomTom Runner was released last year and is a pretty solid device for casual runners and marathon trainers. So, if you have been waiting for the ideal chance to get your hands on one of these devices, you might just be in luck. hexus.net is currently giving away two TomTom Runner GPS Watches to two lucky winners next week.

You can enter this giveaway twice: once on Facebook and once on this page, simply by answering a quick spambot question, entering your name, email, age and country and hitting ‘enter.’ While it sounds like some sort of marketing ploy, you can de-select the boxes opting you in for spam mail and advertisements and you don’t have to be a member to win or even make any kind of account. It’s a pretty sweet deal, and entries will be accepted until January 2, 2015. read more

Filed Under: Current GPS Deals, Featured, GPS Deals

After Christmas GPS Sales

December 29, 2014 By Leave a Comment

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Christmas is over, which means… you guessed it… more sales! Several different companies are hosting their Boxing Day sales or doing After Christmas rollbacks on prices to try and empty out that excess inventory and bank on all of that Christmas cash you were gifted during the holiday season.

There are a ton of deals going on, but here are a few that caught my eye: read more

Filed Under: Expired GPS deals, Featured, GPS Deals

This Week in GPS — December 26, 2014

December 26, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Grizzly Bear

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 Ethyl the grizzly bear, who made an epic 2800-mile trek (over the course of two years) in search of home, presumably. It’s a pretty neat story. Here are some other things that happened in the world of GPS this week: read more

Filed Under: Featured, More GPS News, This week in GPS

Merry Christmas from GPS Tracklog!

December 25, 2014 By Leave a Comment

From all of us at GPS Tracklog, I wanted to wish you and yours a very safe and merry Christmas! We’ll be back tomorrow with This Week in GPS roundup!

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Tracking Santa’s Christmas Journey

December 24, 2014 By Leave a Comment

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Christmas Eve is finally here, which means that Santa’s big day of delivering presents to boy and girls across the world is finally here! While we all know that Santa won’t come to any house until all the little boys and girls are fast asleep, you can still keep an eye on him as he makes his fantastic journey across the globe!

Thanks to advanced satellite technology, specially-designed SantaCams, radar (to pick up Rudolph’s nose) and communication with the elves that make up Santa’s flight team, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has been able to track Santa’s amazing journey for the last 60 years and—we feel safe to predict—for the next 60 years as well! read more

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Stocking Stuffer Ideas

December 20, 2014 By Leave a Comment

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At my house, stockings were always done on Christmas morning, but it can sometimes be hard to find that perfect little something to put inside your loved one’s stocking. If you’re short on stocking stuffers for your GPS lover or outdoor enthusiast, then here are a few ideas: read more

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