Nov 02

Nokia Maps to be available for all Windows Phone handsets, sans voice navigation

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Just because you don’t have a new Lumia handset doesn’t mean you won’t be able to use Nokia Maps — or most of it, anyway. According to ZDNet, Windows Phone users should expect to see Nokia Maps pop up as a free app on the Windows Phone Marketplace “within the next couple of weeks,” though offline voice navigation feature will remain restricted to the Lumia 710 and 800, in the form of Nokia Drive. No word yet on when the app will officially hit the market, but we’ll definitely keep a close eye on it.

Nokia Maps to be available for all Windows Phone handsets, sans voice navigation originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Nov 2011 07:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 29

Apple reportedly acquires C3 Technologies, iOS Maps overhaul on the horizon?

Posted in: Apple, ios, Ios5, ipad, iPhone, maps, mobilepostcross, navigation, rumor, Today's Chili

Last we saw of C3 Technologies’ 3D mapping software it was making an appearance on Sony Ericsson’s X10, but if 9to5Mac turns out to be right, its next stop could be the iPhone. According to the publication, Cupertino recently scooped up the Saab spin-off and C3 execs have since been working closely with the iOS division. Earlier this year, Apple posted job listings, looking for developers to “radically improve how people interact with maps and location-based services.” On a related note, the outfit previously acquired Poly9, a web-based mapping company. So is the fruity one looking to up its street (navigation) cred? Is it finally ready to give Google Maps the boot? We’ll just have to wait and see.

Apple reportedly acquires C3 Technologies, iOS Maps overhaul on the horizon? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 27

Nature Valley creating Street View-style tour of National Parks, chews through countless granola bars to do so

Posted in: concept, maps, Today's Chili, Travel, us, usa

“There’s a good reason why Street View is done in cars.” That’s a quote from Mat Bisher, associate creative director at McCann, who is teaming up with granola connoisseur Nature Valley in order to deliver a “Street View-style tour” of America’s National Parks. Fast Company reports that the two have embarked on quite the ambitious initiative (dubbed Trail View), sending a cadre of well-trained hikers to some of America’s most gorgeous locales with specially-rigged camera setups in tow. The goal? To capture views from near-limitless hiking trails, and bring them to your web browser starting in February 2012. Sadly, it won’t be integrated into any of the platforms already in existence; it’ll be its own standalone thing, but hopefully the likes of Microsoft or Google will take notice and either contribute or convert it. We’re told that “layers for user-generated content, social networking and mobility, and perhaps form partnerships with travel sites” are on tap, and yes, Woodrow Wilson’s ghost has purportedly approved.

Update: We’ve added a few shots of the actual capturing in the gallery below.

Gallery: Nature Valley Street View-style capturing of National Parks

Nature Valley creating Street View-style tour of National Parks, chews through countless granola bars to do so originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 25

Nokia Maps officially arrives on iOS and Android, touts offline storage

Posted in: Android, gps, ios, maps, mobilepostmini, navigation, nokia, Today's Chili

Nokia Maps is still getting development love, despite the Finnish manufacturer pinning its smartphone hopes and dreams on Windows Phone. The HTML5-powered maps are now willing to play ball with iOS and Android devices. Previously one of Nokia’s strongest built-in functions on its own phones, the maps perform well on rival hardware — although pinch-to-zoom isn’t working on our Google devices. With Microsoft’s Windows Phones touting some impressive HTML5 credentials, it wouldn’t shock us to see something very similar running on Nokia’s incoming WinPho. There’s a smattering of online settings, including transport directions, but the best part is a new offline mode that will download neighborhood maps from your WiFi connection. Navigate your phone browser to the source link below to see how it works.

Nokia Maps officially arrives on iOS and Android, touts offline storage originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 24

Google My Location – Look Ma, No GPS!

Posted in: Google, gps, maps, Today's Chili, videos

This article was written on November 28, 2007 by CyberNet.

Google has launched a service called My Location, and it could be a huge breakthrough in mobile mapping technology. My Location is available at no cost to those who use Google Maps on a mobile device, but don’t have GPS capabilities built-in. Technicalities aside, it uses cell towers to approximate the location of the user so that it is easier to find out where you are headed.

Naturally this is not going to be as accurate as GPS, but they say that it will get you within 1,000 meters (a little over 1/2 mile) on average. That does sound like an awful large variation, but for not being triangulated through a GPS receiver it’s actually rather good.

Sounds pretty cool, huh? Here’s a video demonstration that Google put together to show how it works:

This would be a great addition to the iPhone, and I’m sure iPhone owners will start pushing Apple to integrate this into the already powerful Google Maps application that comes with the device. It might not be perfect, but it’s better than having nothing, right?

And since privacy is always a big issue Google assures us that they are not storing any of our information, and that they don’t even see the name or phone number associated with a device. Who knows though … this could just be one more step in Google’s evil plot to take over the world quest to provide users with wonderful, yet free services.

My Location Press Release [via jkOnTheRun & Google OS]

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Oct 18

Correct Your House or Business on Google Maps

Posted in: Google, maps, Today's Chili, Web Sites

This article was written on November 19, 2007 by CyberNet.

Google Map Marker There has seemed to be a lot of love and care for Google Maps lately. They just announced a new feature that lets anyone customize the location of a business, or even an address such as your own house.

All you have to do is perform a search for the address on Google Maps, and click on the marker that is pointing to the result. You should see a little bubble popup with details about that address/business, and then click the Edit link. After that you should be able to drag the marker around to the new location (pictured to the right).

So what about the people who are going to try and cheat the system by falsely marking locations? Google has already thought about that, and if you try to move the marker more than 200 meters it will be subjected to further review before appearing on Google Maps. They also provide a “move to original location” option so that people can always send the marker back to the original point in just a click.

The new service seems to be working really well, except for when editing some addresses I’ll receive an error saying “Because of technical restrictions, you cannot edit this location at this time.” Changing the location of businesses, however, works without any issues.

If people actually start using this maybe we’ll correctly know what side of the street an address is actually located on! Smart move Google.

Google Maps [via Google Maps Blog]

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Oct 12

TeleNav 7.1 for Sprint Android phones: this time it’s personal

Posted in: Android, app, apps, ctia, gps, maps, mobilepostcross, nav, navigation, Software, Sprint, Today's Chili

Sure, everyone loves Google Maps Navigation, it’s free, and it comes on every Android handset. However, those wanting a more personal experience from their phone’s GPS (and are on the Now Network) should check out TeleNav GPS Navigator 7.1. Among the changes from prior iterations of the app are a new home screen with real-time traffic updates and customizable “Home” and “Work” buttons to show your impending commute times. So you can pick the fastest way home (or the most direct route to happy hour) 7.1 also recommends multiple routes to your chosen destination and provides drive times and traffic conditions for each route. As if that weren’t enough, you can also download three widgets to put on your Android home screen: a map showing your current location, a search bar, and a widget that shows your home and work commute times. We enjoy celebrities giving us directions and all, but it’s good to see some new functional features coming to the GPS game. Full PR after the break.

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TeleNav 7.1 for Sprint Android phones: this time it’s personal originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Oct 2011 08:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 09

Public Transportation Made Easy with Google Maps for Mobile

Posted in: Google, maps, Today's Chili

This article was written on June 06, 2008 by CyberNet.

Just yesterday, Google announced that they have updated Google Maps for Mobile to version 2.2. The big improvement with it this time around is that users will be able to get transit directions for over 40 cities in North America like Chicago, Seattle, and Vancouver and 20 cities around the globe. If you’re familiar with the web version, you’ll have no problem using the mobile version because it’s very similar.

Here are some features that you’ll enjoy (some of which aren’t found on the desktop version of Google Maps quite yet):

  • Searchable transit maps
  • Find the last transit trips of the day (in other words, found out how late you can be out before getting stranded with no way to get back home)
  • Easily browse through earlier or later trips
  • My Location feature makes it easy to set the start point of your trip

With gas prices going up and up and up, more people are exploring other transportation options including public transportation like trains, buses and even ferries. Google Maps for Mobile could make this transition for people much easier by helping them find the routes they need to take and even letting them know how much it will cost.

Below is a video that Google put together which shows off the new Google Maps for Mobile, so if you’d like to see it in action, take a look.

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Oct 05

Google Earth hits one billion downloads, those with fear of flying still getting virtual kicks

Posted in: app, apps, Google, maps, minipost, navigation, Today's Chili, Transportation, video

In a feat that outdoes even Dr. Evil’s vision of worldwide domination, the folks in Mountain View have reported a staggering one billion downloads of Google Earth. Over the years, the service has taken us around the world, giving us a peak into amazing and sometimes obscure places ranging from the bottom of the ocean to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. It’s also evolved from its humble beginnings as a desktop app back in 2005 to include a mobile app and a plug-in, not to mention a 3D flight simulation used with Google Maps — all features that helped it reach the astronomical milestone. For that, we salute you Google Earth. Check out the celebratory video after the break.

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Google Earth hits one billion downloads, those with fear of flying still getting virtual kicks originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 05

Add Directions to your Site via Google Maps

Posted in: Google, maps, Today's Chili, Web Sites

This article was written on August 21, 2007 by CyberNet.

Google Embedabble Maps

Finally! Google now lets you embed Google Maps into your own site, and even customize various aspects of them! The way they implemented it isn’t extremely technical…they just use an embeddable frame for you to put on your site. So you’re essentially serving up another website inside your own site.

Using the "Link to this page" option I was able to embed a map of Iowa State University (where I went to college) below, and as long as your browser supports frames (I think most of them do these days) it should show up just fine. You’ll also notice that the code Google gives you displays a link below the frame to view a larger version of the map.


View Larger Map

I want to point out something that I noticed in the code:

<iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=iowa+state+university&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=55.937499,60.117188&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&s=AARTsJqmDOCbTh7fIz42wDKA1ToJInUvCg&ll=42.031253,-93.645658&spn=0.022314,0.036478&z=14&iwloc=addr&output=embed"></iframe><br/><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=iowa+state+university&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=55.937499,60.117188&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&ll=42.031253,-93.645658&spn=0.022314,0.036478&z=14&iwloc=addr&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left;font-size:small">View Larger Map</a>

That URL that I highlighted is what’s displayed in the frame, and you can use that URL if you want people see a fullscreen view of the map. Click here to see what I’m talking about. There’s no header and no sidebar…it’s just a clutter-free map!

Source: Official Google Lat/Long Blog

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