Brady over on Radar posted up about GeoRSS, a very simple to use OGC format that extends RSS by adding location data, can now be consumed via Google Maps and the Google maps API - here's a blurb from Google.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:51
We don't normally chase after commercial products, but when I ran across this guys work, I was impressed. My favorite has to be this solar powered GPS logger.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:49
Hack-A-Day friend [Limor] AKA [ladyada] has been promising a portable RF jammer for a while. guess what she sent me for Christmas? The Wave-bubble is a self tuning RF jammer - good for around 20 feet of RF enforced peace.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:48
Kevin writes - "I have been searching for a good way to connect a Nikon D200 to a GPS in order to geocode photos. I have not found a solution that I thought was near a reasonable price.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:48
Alex writes -
My goal is to build a kind of a mobile tracker. There are many different use cases you can think of but one of the obvious is a device, that is able to report where it is.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:46
From the author of Blackberry hacks - "Running Logs for Google Maps is a software package that lets you automatically upload your runs from a GPS watch (like the Garmin Forerunner 201 or 301) to your web site to be displayed in a nifty Google Map.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:45
CMPalmer writes "This may be old hat to most, but I've posted an example of using GPS tracklogs and Google Earth to virtually recreate vacation trips.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:45
Next time you get lost, you might wish you were wearing the "Active Belt". Consisting of seven pager motors and a GPS unit, this prototype will buzz you in the right direction (forward, back, right left) in order to direct you towards your destination.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:43
Street art google maps, you take photos of street art, geotag them, search/view with a Google map - Link. On a side note, please, please bring back geobloggers! Or something just like it.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:42
Garrett spotted this really neat way to view the past without getting a Delorean, Google Earth now allows you to travel back in time - almost. There is an incredible set of old maps that can be turned on an explored, maps include: World globe 1790, North America 1733, US 1833, Lewis and Clark 1814, NY 1836, San Fran 1853 and a few others.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:40