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GIS for the iPhone

There are a lot of LBS and Mapping applications for the iPhone or Android phones for downloading in their markets. But since now real mobile GIS software is not common yet. iExtMap tries to go one step further and includes … Continue reading

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Download ArcGIS 10 for iPhone & Co from Apples App Store

ArcGIS for iOS is now available for download from the App Store. ESRI has focused on the last few months on the iOS platform to enhance their mobile GIS portfolio. First impressions about ArcGIS for iPhone where showcased at the … Continue reading

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The GIS Market Leader and Mobile GIS

ESRI is well known for providing professional GIS solutions from desktop to server. But they always struggling with mobile GIS. For a long time ArcPad was ESRI’s reference application when it comes to mobile GIS. ArcPAD tries to be the … 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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Should a phone be pretty?

… this question asks Motorola and Verizon in their newest Droid marketing campaign. As Droid spots before it is a site blow against Apples iPhone and their AT&T service with following sogan: Its not a princess, its a robot. A … Continue reading

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Market Share of mobile AppStores by number of Applications

I have tried out to compare mobile application stores by their number of available applications. Starting with Apple mobile application stores have become very popular to download programs and games directly to the users smartphone. Now nearly every big player … Continue reading

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TomTom Navi now available for the iPhone

At Apples WWDC in San Francisco CTO and Co-founder of TomTom, Peter-Frans Pauwels introduced TomTom turn-by-turn navigation for the iPhone. The application looks very slick and fast and can switch between portrait and landscape mode. The text to speech functions … 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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First real Navigation Software for the iPhone

One of the most requested applications in Apples AppStore is an navigation software, like TomTom or Garmin for Apples Smartphone. Even-though the iPhone 3G has integrated A-GPS no such navigation software is available, due to the restricting policy of Apple. … Continue reading

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Google Earth for iPhone

It was only a question of time since Google Earth will be available on the iPhone. Now it is available as free download form the iTunes App Store. Even if Google is promoting their own handset platform (Android) the is … Continue reading

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