Waypoints 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.Memorial Day weekend GPS sales
- Monday and Tuesday only – This one includes InvisibleSHIELD screen protectors: 50% OFF Site Wide Memorial Day Sale
- Ends Monday: REI spring sale includes Garmin 62s, eTrex 30, Forerunner 610, MOTOACTV and inReach
More GPS deals
These are other bargains we’re currently tracking at our GPS deals site:
- NEW: Garmin nuvi 50LM shipped for $119.98
- Garmin Oregon 450t for $279.99 shipped
- Garmin Oregon 550 for $309.95
- Garmin Approach G5 golf GPS for $204.99 with free shipping
- Garmin dezl 560LMT truck/RV GPS for $339.99 shipped
- Super-thin Garmin nuvi 3750 for under $130 shipped
- Super-thin nuvi 3760T for $179.95 with free shipping
- Touchscreen Garmin Dakota 20 handheld for $199.99
- $200 rebate on Garmin Chartplotter + 2012 g2 Vision card
Garmin
- I hope this isn’t coming to all nuvis: “Made a change so that Topo/Recreational and City Navigator Maps cannot be enabled at the same time“
- Getting custom POI categories on a nuvi 3590LMT
- Adirondacks High Peaks Garmin Compatible Map
- Looks like Garmin nuvis in India have a sightly different interface
Updates
- New software updates this week: Garmin Edge 500, GPSMAP 62/62sc/62stc/78, MapInstall, Montana , Oregon x50, nuLink 1695, nuvi 465T and 37xx
- Garmin handheld updates listed above include new activity types and improved route transfer
- DC Rainmaker on the Edge 500 update
TomTom
- TomTom map update available
- Why TomTom Speedcam App Launch Is Not a Success
- TomTom Historical Traffic Data Selected to Improve Traffic Flow for US 340 Corridor in West Virginia
- TomTom seeks a route route back to growth
DeLorme inReach
- The DeLorme inReach 2-Way Satellite Communicator for Apple iOS and Android
is now shipping from REI.com
- Announcing inReach for iPhone
- DeLorme inReach 1.5, groovy with an iPad
GPS in the news
- Remember my story on Panasonic disabling GPS in their cameras in China? Well it’s not just them
- First GPS III Launch Delayed by Up to a Year, OCX by Two Years
- SatNav blamed for woman’s death
- GPS loss preceded fatal drone crash
- Texas man gets 20 years in prison for trying to give al-Qaida drone, GPS, documents
- Spoofed (?) car GPS warns of air raid
- 911 GPS fail
Geocaching
- Notes on Geocaching.com site update bringing Google Maps back to premium members
- Geocacher Finds Bomb, Not Cache
- Geocaching Brothers Find Mystery Skulls
- 2012 World Wide Flash Mob Approaching
NextGen cars
GPS tracking
- Surveillance through GPS is not the same as using cellular tower data, say law enforcement officials
- US judge: GPS use illegal in Kentucky drug bust
- GPS collars keep track of wild elephants
- TomTom delivers sweet success for Krispy Kreme
Going mobile
- Updated INRIX Traffic App for iPhone and iPad
- Report Road Hazards Using Trapster
- Engineer Guy shows how a phone accelerometer works
- Cellint to Launch Real-Time Traffic System with Rogers in Canada
Just geo
- MSR/TerraServer Maps will stay online
- Navigation tricks in Google Earth
- Open Source GIS
- A Collection of Geography-Related Films and Shorts, Part III
- Rahul Nagvekar wins 2012 National Geographic Bee
All the news that doesn’t fit
- Have you seen Garmin’s GPS glossary?
- DC Rainmaker is testing the Magellan Switch and Switch UP
- 350m+ OEM and Aftermarket Connected Car Systems by 2017
- INRIX National Traffic Scorecard
- Five OEM navigation systems that are worth your bucks
- Foot Pods Versus GPS
- Backpacker Magazine offers navigation webinar
- Navy dismisses Google’s alarm over ship-tracking
Updated GPS reviews
I’ve updated these review and resource pages with the following links:- Garmin Edge 500 – A first impressions reviews by JohnStoneFitness
- Garmin nuvi 50LM – The LANew Straits Times reviews this auto unit
- Garmin nuvi 2595LMT - DigitalVersus reviews this high-end auto unit
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