Category Archives: LBS

Austrian Wikitude Drive at Google I/O

The AR (Augmented Reality) specialist Mobilizy was the first Austrian company, who was part of the Google I/O developer conference. They invited US users to test their “Wikitude Drive” for Android. Wikitude Drive is an Android app, which does navigation … Continue reading

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Google is investing in Location Based Game

var flattr_url = ‘http://joesonic.com/blog/2010/05/13/google-is-investing-in-location-based-game/’; Google is investing in a new startup company with the strange name SCVNGR. SCVNGR was founded back in 2008 and and developed a location-based game for mobile devices. Up to now more than 600 customers, like … Continue reading

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Navigon released for Android Market – But be careful!

NAVIGON is a well known car navigation manufacturer and has now released Mobile Navigator for Android. NAVIGON Mobile Navigator was released before also for the IPhone and Windows Mobile smart-phones. There are several navigation applications out now for Android but … Continue reading

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Offline OpenStreetMap for Android (2 Alternatives)

Location based applications (LBS) or mapping applications are very useful especially if you are abroad or in a foreign country. Unfortunately roaming costs are still very expensive and most of these “travel” or mapping applications require Internet connection to download … Continue reading

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Google Maps Mobile 3.2 (Android Version)

Google Navigation was announced to push location aware applications on Android one step further. Beside Google Navigation Google Maps Mobile is still the major location based application on Android (also because of the lack of Google Earth for Android). The … Continue reading

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Augmented Reality Navigation System – A car navi without maps

Today Mobilizy GmbH reveals a preview of it’s augmented reality navigation system. They claim to introduce the first fully functional mobile Augmented Reality (AR) navigation system. The software should be available for the iPhone and Android phones. Wikitude Drive was … Continue reading

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Nokia Ovi Maps Player API – Just another Maps API

Is it just another Maps API or is there something new? Every big player in the Internet and mobile industry try to establish their own Maps API. Why is this so and what are characteristics of Nokia’s OVI Maps Player … Continue reading

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Get a free IPhone for GPS based study…

… unfortunately only in Japan. Nearly 500 students and faculty at Aoyama Gakuin University in Japan will receive free iPhones as part of the school’s Mobile & Net Society Education and Training program. The mobile is used to determine presents … Continue reading

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OffMaps – Allows to use maps without Internet Connection

OffMaps is an application for the iPhone or iPod touch which can be downloaded via the Apple AppStore.  Online map services consume quite a bit of bandwidth and mobile internet services are often limited. Therefore many users are looking for … Continue reading

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Playing James Bond with your GPS Device

Spys often track their enemies. Now spy tracking becomes affordable for everyone. Watch the following video from David Pouge, who explains the Zoombak Personal Locator. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video [via NYT]

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