Archive for February, 2010

Solar flares set to wreak havoc on GPS signals

Yazan: HighSpeedSat | 11 February 2010 | No Comments
Categories: GPS News & Reviews

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 sy…

Solar flares set to wreak havoc on GPS signals

Yazan: HighSpeedSat | 11 February 2010 | No Comments
Categories: GPS News & Reviews

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 sy…

Solar flares set to wreak havoc on GPS signals

Yazan: HighSpeedSat | 11 February 2010 | No Comments
Categories: GPS News & Reviews

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 sy…

Solar flares set to wreak havoc on GPS signals

Yazan: HighSpeedSat | 11 February 2010 | No Comments
Categories: GPS News & Reviews

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 sy…

Solar flares set to wreak havoc on GPS signals

Yazan: HighSpeedSat | 11 February 2010 | No Comments
Categories: GPS News & Reviews

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 sy…

Scenes from Miami International Boat Show

Yazan: Garmin | 11 February 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Garmin, GPS News & Reviews

It’s day one of the Miami International Boat Show, and the Garmin booth is packed! Captains, fishermen and pleasure boaters alike are all wowed by the GPSMAP 700 series, and can’t believe their ears when they hear the price. These…

Garmin-Asus nüvifone M10 and A50 Announced

Yazan: Garmin | 11 February 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Garmin, GPS News & Reviews

We took the wraps off of two new devices today. The nüvifone M10 and A50 are our latest smartphones for Europe and Asia. They’ll be on display at Mobile World Congress next week at the Garmin-Asus booth (Hall 8, #8B127)….

Victor’s Vectors: G1000 Databases

Yazan: Garmin | 10 February 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Garmin, GPS News & Reviews

I get several calls from customers asking about the G1000 and the databases the system is able to utilize. There are several G1000 databases, and I can see where someone who is new to the G1000 could run into some…

Garmin Connect: All About Uploads

Yazan: Garmin | 10 February 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Garmin, GPS News & Reviews

In last week’s post, we told you about the importance of keeping your device software and upload applications up-to-date. Now that you’ve updated your device software and the ANT Agent (PC/MAC) and/or the Garmin Communicator Plugin (PC/MAC), let’s cover everything…

AIS 300 offers affordable solution for AIS traffic monitoring

Yazan: Garmin | 10 February 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Garmin, GPS News & Reviews

With the Miami International Boat Show around the corner, we just announced the Garmin AIS 300 – a receive-only AIS traffic monitoring solution. This space-saving black box receiver enables monitoring of other nearby Class A and Class B AIS-enabled vessels…

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