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Google Maps Navigation coming to Android 2.0

October 28, 2009

I’ve been saying for a while that I think Android will overtake iPhone in 2010, and recent news seems to be pointing that direction.  First you have the impressive-looking Verizon Droid, which comes out in early November.  By all accounts it will be an awesome device.  It will be the first phone running the Android [...]

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Very cool 3D navigation product released

September 6, 2008

A cool looking 3D navigation program called Navi2Go from 3DVU has just been released.  It uses real world imagery and terrain and puts it in the palm of your hand as a GPS navigation device.  It’s got the look and feel of Google Earth, with the usefulness of a TomTom.
Of course, the usefulness of a [...]

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Tons of new features in Virtual Earth

April 11, 2008

To go with the new ClearFlow traffic, Microsoft has just released a slew of new features for Virtual Earth.  They include:

Export collections to GPS using KML, GPX and GeoRSS.
Improved 3D cities.  Las Vegas, Dallas, Denver and Phoenix are now in “version 2″, which includes higher-res textures, more buildings and even rendered tress.  Other cities will [...]

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Microsoft launches “ClearFlow” traffic on Live Maps

April 11, 2008

Microsoft has just released “ClearFlow” traffic data on Live Maps, but it’s far more interesting than you might think.  While it shows the colored traffic speeds in a similar manner as Yahoo, Google and Mapquest, it also goes much deeper.
From Search Engine Land:
In addition to real-time traffic data, the service offers traffic predictions across highways [...]

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Location information in Google Maps for mobile — without GPS

November 28, 2007

Google has just released a new version of Google Maps for mobile today.  This version includes a new feature called “My Location”.  By using cell tower triangulation, it can pinpoint your location to within a few hundred meters.  It’s not as accurate as GPS, but it’s pretty darn good.
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GPS for the iPhone — sort of

September 21, 2007

Gizmondo has a nice write-up about a GPS-like add-on for the iPhone from Navizon.  Using cell tower data, along with any local wifi that it can find, the software calculates your location to within a few hundred feet.  While it’s not as accurate as real GPS, it provides a nice starting point for driving directions [...]

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