All the stories tagged with GPS
Global Posting System: The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite system (space-based) that provides geographical location and time information in all weather, anywhere on Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites. It is maintained by the United States government and is freely accessible to anyone with a GPS receiver
Telenav Scout gets offline navigation
08/14/2012, Telenav has just announced that it has added offline navigation to its Scout personal navigation application on iOS. Before going on the road, users can download regional maps that contains huge areas of the country so that they won’t have [...]
Wifarer app provides real-time indoor navigation
08/01/2012, If you’re paying a visit to the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, BC, Canada, be sure to load up your Android phone with Wifarer’s recently launched app. Available for free on the Google Play Store (iOS version coming soon), the [...]
Magellan eXplorist TOPO! Special Editions for hikers announced
07/30/2012, Any readers out there who are into hiking as well? If you are, and you’re looking for a GPS receiver to take on your future trips, you might want to check out Magellan’s new eXplorist TOPO! Special Edition receivers. These [...]
Garmin announces GLO portable GPS and GLONASS receiver for smartphones
07/11/2012, If you think that the GPS on your phone sucks and you’re looking for a way to improve it, Garmin might just have the solution for you. Called the GLO portable GPS and GLONASS receiver, this handy little device can [...]
Magellan announces partnership with Effigis to add OnPOZ software to its eXplorist Pro 10 GPS
06/20/2012, Magellan Navigation, the California-based creator of professional-grade global positioning system receivers, recently announced a partnership with Canadian geospatial solutions provider Effigis. Both companies will be working on a solution that will collect and post-process geo-localized data using Effigis’ own OnPOZ [...]
TomTom to launch on Android devices “fairly soon”
06/06/2012, In case Google Maps was not enough for you as far as navigational systems are concerned, you might be somewhat jealous of iOS users who have access to GPS apps such as TomTom. Well if you’re an Android user and [...]
GPS tweak for the HTC One S now available
05/22/2012, Do you own the HTC One S? If so, do you find that getting a GPS lock on the device seems a bit slow? While a slow GPS lock on the One S isn’t exactly a complaint made by many [...]
Apple to introduce their own maps app in iOS 6?
05/11/2012, WWDC will be held next month and it has been assumed that is when Apple will be introducing to the world the next major iOS update – iOS 6. So what sort of features can we expect in the next [...]
RIM and TomTom announces partnership to bring real-time traffic onto Blackberry apps
05/08/2012, If you’ve enjoyed TomTom’s services when it comes to offering real-time mapping, navigation and traffic data, you will be pleased to learn that if you own a Blackberry device, those services will be available to you on official Blackberry apps [...]
Magellan RoadMate portable automobile navigation range announced
05/07/2012, Magellan has just announced its new RoadMate portable automobile navigation family that was specially designed to elevate motorists’ daily driving experience with greater safety, convenience and time savings. I have always wondered just where the zenith of dedicated GPS machines [...]
Pessimisting Airplane GPS finds you best landing place during emergencies
04/30/2012, Vertical Power has come up with an interesting GPS-based co-pilot that targets smaller private planes which will be able to figure out the nearest and safest place to land in the event of an emergency. Laminar Research has come alongside [...]
Asus Transformer Prime GPS dongles are here
04/25/2012, A little over a week ago, we wrote about the GPS dongle that was meant to improve the Transformer Prime’s GPS reception. As you know, Asus received a lot of complaints about the slate’s all-metal design, which is believed [...]
Foursquare Passes 20 Million User Mark and Records Over 2 Billion Check-Ins
04/23/2012, The famous geo-tagging app Foursquare has passed 20 million users worldwide and subsequently its users have churned out a staggering 2 billion check-ins. The announcement was made to commemorate the third annual 4sqDay which resulted in US-wide meet-ups. In June [...]
