There aren’t that many choices for GPS apps on Blackberry. Navguard’s solution is said to offer ‘advanced’ GPS, and will come to iOS and Android later in the year. More »
Nokia and its mapping division Navteq are developing a rival to Street View, one that offers full three-dimensional computer models of villages, towns and cities and could one day allow those urban centres to form the backdrop of realistic games. More »
Navteq has just updated their iGo iPhone turn by turn navigation app, with turn-by-turn navigation for all of Australia and New Zealand, complete with 3D visuals and maps updated quarterly. More »
Google’s Street View team famously photographs all kinds of weird stuff as they drive the world, but Navteq, who basically invented this stuff, just built a mount with seven cameras and 64 lasers to see everything better, in 3D. More »
Regular commenter and tipster poedgirl actually forked out the coin for both Australian navigation iPhone apps currently available on the App Store. Then she reviewed them. And the results aren’t quite what I expected… More »
If you checked out the Lite version of Navigon’s satnav app and want to, you know, actually use the GPS chip with the software, Navigon is today launching the full version of their Australian mapping app. But you should definitely pick it up before August 15. More »
Lowrance isn’t big in the automotive GPS business, but if you’re a boater, you know them. Yesterday they launched the Endura Sierra, Safari and Outback: Sturdy, touchscreen handhelds that take outdoor maps of all kinds.
Google And The Deadly Power Of Data
5:30AM October 29, 2009 | Wilson Rothman
Today, as soon as Google showed off its beta GPS navigator, the stocks of Garmin, TomTom and other companies in that industry fell into the toilet. It’s hard to compete with free Google apps, but that’s not why they’re screwed… More »