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GPS distraction blamed for truck-train collision
I might as well call this the train wreck edition, for more reasons than one. Hopefully all the links work; I had some problems this week with the plugin I use to handle bookmarked links – you may see many redirect thru Delicious before resolving to the proper URL. Today’s lead image is a lesson in GPS distraction.
Street (Trail?) View comes to the Grand Canyon!
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 article on the Grand Canyon getting StreetView; here’s the gallery.
Our best sellers for January were the Garmin nuvi 50LM and the Oregon 550
Here’s what our readers 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. The Garmin nuvi 50LM claimed the top spot on the auto side once again, but we have a new champion on the handheld list – the Garmin Oregon 550. On to the charts…
A sneak peek at the Garmin nuvi 3597LMTHD
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 a European hands on with the forthcoming Garmin nuvi 3597LMTHD.
Is GPS tracking of guns possible or practical?
Ever since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary, I’ve been seeing proposals calling for GPS tracking for guns. I don’t really see how this would work, since GPS tracking systems require a power source and a transmitter. read more
Woman blames GPS for turning 38 mile drive into 901 mile tour of Europe
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. The lead image above is a map of the route taken by a woman whose 38 mile trip to Brussels turned into a 901 mile drive. Her excuse? Her GPS of course! read more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fo_5F2VPJE4
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. I’m leading this week with a promo of the Magellan SmartGPS; definitely interesting but I’d say it also creates quite the distracted driving hazard. On to the links!… read more
The Garmin K2 infotainment platform could bring their glass cockpit tech to your car
Ah, new years. It can only mean one thing – the Consumer Electronics Show deluging us with shiny shiny. Here’s a roundup of items that didn’t get their own post, but are GPS/location related:
New Garmin models announced at CES 2013
Well, estimated shipping dates anyway. GPS City has posted pages for all the new units and here are the dates: read more
NYC has the most speed traps and enforcement cameras in the US
Since I’ve been tweeting it for years, I decided to change the name of my weekly link roundup from “Waypoints” to the more descriptive “This week in GPS.” I’m also trying out some different formatting and layout options. So, on with the show… Waypoints 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 (an NYC map) is from an article on the US cities with the most speed traps. read more
