Sunday, March 18, 2012

This week in GPS — May 11th, 2013

Geo visualization of majority of the world's population

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

This week in GPS — May 4, 2013

GLONASS-M launch

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

This week in GPS — April 27th, 2013

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

This week in GPS — April 20th, 2013

Garmin Skunkworks

Courtesy DC Rainmaker

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 DC Rainmaker’s tour of Garmin HQ.

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This week in GPS — April 13th, 2013

Bridge to Nowhere in the San Gabriel Mountains, five miles from any road

Bridge to Nowhere in the San Gabriel Mountains, five miles from any road (Image credit: Wikipedia)

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 (above) is of a very cool bridge to nowhere; via @modernhiker.

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This week in GPS — April 6th, 2013

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 (above) is of an Earth-year through stunning NASA imagery; via Engadget. read more

This week in GPS — March 30th, 2013

Small cat GPS tracker

A GPS tracker small enough for cats!

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 of a cat tracker (via Outdoors Magic)! read more

This week in GPS — March 23rd, 2013

Traffic hack

Traffic hack!

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 story saying hackers can cause traffic jams by manipulating real-time traffic data; here is the full research paper (PDF). read more

This week in GPS — March 15th, 2013

early Google Street View van

An early Google Street View van

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. Today’s lead image is from a cool history of Google Street View. read more

This week in GPS — March 9, 2013

stranded bus gps yosemite

This school tour bus got stranded in Yosemite when the driver followed his GPS onto a one-lane dirt road. Courtesy photo, copyright 2013

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 the result of a GPS snafu that stranded a tour bus in Yosemite. read more