Google Aerial Imagery Hits 3 More Us Cities
Posted at 2:18 pm | Filed Under GPS devices
Back in December, Google announced the launch of aerial imagery for 2 cities in the United States. The high-resolution imagery augments the satellite imagery of Google Earth and the street-level imagery of Street View, giving viewers a look at the ground as if they were flying in a helicopter or some other low-flying aircraft. Originally [...]
New Zealand Bans Mobile Phone Navigation While Driving–but Pnds Are Legal
Posted at 4:01 am | Filed Under GPS devices
Tell me if I’m missing something here, but a new New Zealand Transport Ministry law will prevent drivers from using mobile phone navigation software while driving, even if it is mounted on the dashboard or windshield–while still keeping traditional navigation devices legal.
Called the Road User Amendment Rule 2009, the law will allow drivers to make [...]
Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition
Posted at 3:56 am | Filed Under GPS devices
Nokia today unveiled the ‘Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition’. The device ships with lifetime voice-guided drive and walk navigation licenses for Nokia’s Ovi Maps software and service. Included in the box is a Nokia self-mount car kit, consisting of a Nokia Car Charger (DC-4), Car Holder Pack (CR-103), Rotating swivel adaptor (AD-69) and Easy Mount [...]
B-cycle Bike Sharing Startup Mashes Up Bikes, Gps, Solar Power And Fancy Branding To Save Our Health And The Environment
Posted at 3:56 am | Filed Under GPS devices
Would you opt for a GPS-packin’, retro-lookin’ bike to make short trips in your city instead of a car? That’s the premise behind B-cycle, a bike-sharing startup put together by Humana, Trek and Crispin, Porter + Bogusky.
It may seem strange that a bike manufacturer, health insurance provider and big-name advertising agency decided to team [...]
Tomtom Xl 340
Posted at 3:56 am | Filed Under GPS devices
Also announced just today from TomTom was TomTom XL 340 and TomTom XL 340S. Just like the TomTom ONE 140 we mentioned earlier, the two new 340 models will also include the IQ Routes and Advanced Lane Guidance feature. These two features used to be exclusive to higher end models but now they’re standard on [...]
User Generated Maps And Real-time Traffic For Free
Posted at 3:56 am | Filed Under GPS devices
That’s the promise of Waze. A new service for smartphones (currently Android only) that is planning to do an Alpha launch this Tuesday.
Their goal is to let drivers to create, share and use real-time information (such as Traffic updates or road accidents) straight from their Smartphones. You can join the alpha here. We’ll have to [...]
Chinavasion Kicks Out Another Gps Watch
Posted at 3:56 am | Filed Under GPS devices
Chinavasion is invading again with the CHVN-G96 GPS Locator Watch, an analog-style wrist watch that functions as a GPS logger, receiver, location finder and photo tagger. One of its handy features is the car-finding function. Upon leaving your vehicle, a button press will begin logging your trip. On the way back, LEDs surrounding the watch [...]
Google Map Maker Hits Mexico
Posted at 3:56 am | Filed Under GPS devices
Google this morning announced editable Map Maker maps for Mexico. Google Map Maker lets users add details to Google Maps, a tremendously popular platform for some non-profits and NGOs that are attempting to assist in mapping several developing countries. The addition of Mexico extends Map Maker’s Latin American coverage which previously included several countries located [...]
Nikon’s Gp-1 Geotagger Gets Reviewed
Posted at 3:51 am | Filed Under GPS devices
The folks at Digital Review have performed a thorough review of Nikon’s GP-1 GPS geotagging device and were suitably impressed. If it’s not available now, it should be in the next few days for a little less than $300. Compatible with Nikon’s D90, D200, D300, D700, and D3 digital SLR camera models, the GP-1 uses [...]
Copilot Live Gps App Launches For Android
Posted at 3:26 am | Filed Under GPS devices
ALK Technologies has just launched an Android version of its popular CoPilot Live turn-by-turn GPS software. Like its Windows Mobile and Symbian siblings, CoPilot for Android comes with a full database of maps which are stored on the phone, voice-guided directions, 3D maps, real-time traffic alerts, direct dialling to POIs, a safety camera database, and [...]