Magellan eXplorist GC geocaching GPS handset

The Magellan eXplorist GC is a new GPS handset designed to cache in on geocaching, a hobby for people who own their own waterproof trousers. It boasts a SiRFstarIII GPS chipset for 3-metre accuracy, and integrates with the Web to track down secret stashes hidden by fellow geocachers. Geocaching is a 21st-century cross between orienteering and Anneka Rice running around the countryside. Geocachers...

Garmin’s New Forerunner Is King of Wrist-Mounted Trainers

Garmin’s newest wrist-top fitness watch is a 50-megaton blast forward that combines the best of the company’s past two Forerunner models — the 305 and 405 — but easily laps both on almost all counts. Like its predecessors, the 310XT uses GPS to track your runs and rides, but it adds so much more to the equation that it feels like a breakthrough device rather than an upgrade. Triathletes...

Garmin GPSMAP 640

GPSMAP 640 is the latest dual purpose GPS navigation system from Garmin for both the land and the sea. GPSMAP 640 is portable and rugged, and has a waterproof (IPX7) 5.2″ WVGA touchscreen display with 800×480 pixels resolution. It comes preloaded with maps of North America and worldwide shaded relief mapping in addition to detailed U.S. coastal BlueChartg2 charts. GPSMAP 640 is smart enough...

Using Google Maps with your Garmin GPS Device

Did you know that you can send Google Map information directly to your Garmin GPS device? In this video, you will see how.

Magellan RoadMate App for iPhone for the USA

Nipping at the heels of Google’s evil plan to decimate the navigation industry, Magellan joined the iPhone app party with a new GPS app last year. The application basically replicates the functionality of a typical Magellan PND, right down to the interface. In fact, rather than give the Magellan iPhone app an ‘Apple-y’ look, Magellan chose to stick to its own look, right down to replacing the...

Solar flares set to wreak havoc on GPS signals

The sun’s activity isn’t usually a hot topic around these parts, but when it threatens to derail satellite navigation services around the world, it must surely take center stage. UK researchers have corroborated Cornell’s 2006 warning that our solar system’s main life-giver is about to wake up and head toward a new solar maximum — a period of elevated surface activity...

Apple iPhone or Motorola Droid: Which one is better GPS capability wise?

Smart phones come equipped with built in GPS. So now it can be not be an excuses if one turns up late. Exactly, that’s what we are trying to explore. Smart phone’s destination navigation application will help you to get to your destination faster. We now try to find out which of the two best smartphones is better. One we have picked is Apple iPhone and the other competitor is Motorola Droid. Both...

Geosense brings GPS-free location awareness to Windows 7

Two of my favorite Windows tinkerers — Rafael Rivera and Long Zheng — got tired of waiting for someone, somewhere to make use of Windows 7’s cool, built-in sensor support. Rather than twiddle their thumbs like certain non-coders who are writing about them (read: me), they decided to do something about it. Enter Geosense, a free download for Windows 7 which allows you to activate location...

GPS: Great – if you already know

If you already know where you are going, an in-car GPS unit can be helpful, and fun. But there are limitations to Global Positioning Satellite units. One of our riders received one at Christmas fand have been trying it out, intermittently. I haven’t yet had to go to a totally new area of the country. I did go to some new (for me) homes and businesses in our area. I programmed things, buzzed along,...

Raytheon Wins Next-Gen GPS Award

The U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base has awarded the Next Generation GPS Control Segment (OCX) program to Raytheon Intelligence & Information Systems of Aurora, Colo. Raytheon beat a rival Northrop Grumman team for the $886 million, 73-month development contract, which represents the first two OSX development blocks. The contract will include...