Geo-News: Cool, Sexy & European

October 24th, 2011 by kjwx

The Californian giant this week updated the Location specifications for its latest handset to include the Globalnaya Navigazionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema – a move which sparked some commentators to speculate that the 4S may be using a new Broadcom chipset to do so.

Although the Russian satellites are considered less accurate than their American counterparts, they can work in tandem with GPS to give users improved navigation in the Northern Hemisphere. The radio-based network was launched in 1992 but only achieved global coverage this month when the last of its 24 satellites took orbit.

CZECH-MATE

Upwardly mobile is the best way to describe Petr Sejba as he works on improving his new GeoCheckpointing service.

Since It’s Not About The Numbers profiled the Czech’s geo-game last week, he has almost completed his promised smartphone application and is about to launch a premium membership option. Players can experience the new premium services – including member-only checkpoints – for free during the testing stage.

AND THE WINNERS ARE …

Ladies and geocachers, allow me to introduce the newly-crowned Sexiest Cachers for 2011 … in the men’s category, we have Pennsylvania chiroprator drneal; in the women’s, Leslie Nevin of Tennessee geo-family Mlrs1996; and for the last-minute addition of a couples title, Derk Grant and Angie Sylvie-Grant of California (GC handle: Deranja).

Announcing the winners on October 16, judge Angela Boykin (GC handle: Doctor A) said it had been a tough choice deciding between the 14 individual entries – including two glamorous felines and one Groundspeak moderator – in her week-long contest on GC.com’s forums.