June 20, 2007

Waypoints - June 20, 2007

Odds and ends from the past week or so.

GPS Hardware

GPS maps, software, firmware and data

GPS in the news

  • GPS shock collars for cows. Hmm, I hope position accuracy improves by then or those cows are going to be hard to train and really stressed out!
  • Australia looks to GPS to reduce speeding.

GPS for golfers

The business of GPS

GPS and cell phones

Virtual globes

Updated GPS reviews

All the news that doesn't fit

Jun 20, 2007 5:10:00 AM | Waypoints

2 Comments

TheGPSGuy

Hey Rich. Just wanted to say thanks for the links. Glad you liked my reviews. Please feel free to quote any of my reviews on your blog (so long as you tag them as coming from my page, of course ;P). I've placed a backlink on my site to your nuvi 350 page. Keep up the good work!

-Bill
thegpsguy.info

Posted by: TheGPSGuy | June 20, 2007 at 07:51 AM

Rich Owings

Bill,

You're welcome! Keep up the good work. And thanks for the backlink.

Posted by: Rich Owings | June 20, 2007 at 06:23 PM

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