Sunday, March 18, 2012

This week in GPS – March 2, 2013

Geocache bomb

Gee, it doesn’t look like a bomb to me! Photo: Jami Kinton/Mansfield News Journal

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 from a story about overzealous police who want to press felony charges against some Ohio geocachers. read more

This week in GPS — February 23rd, 2013

Garmin LakeVu HD

Garmin LakeVu HD and LakeVu HD Ultra were announced this week

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 Garmin’s new LakeVü HD and LakeVü HD Ultra products; here are links to coverage details and more info.

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This week in GPS – February 16, 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. Our lead video is a celebration of two million geocaches, a milestone due to be passed this coming week (via Not About the Numbers).

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This week in GPS — February 9th, 2013

GPS distraction blamed for truck-train collision

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.

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This week in GPS — February 2nd, 2013

Street (Trail?) View comes to the Grand Canyon!

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.

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This week in GPS — January 26th, 2013

Garmin nuvi 3597LMTHD

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.

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This week in GPS — January 19th, 2013

 

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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

This week in GPS — January 12th, 2013

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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

This week in GPS – January 5, 2013

NYC speedtraps

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

Waypoints — December 29th, 2012

Waypoints_iconWaypoints is a weekly link roundup of (mostly) GPS related odds and ends. To get a few of the biggest stories as they break, follow me on Twitter.

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