Gps Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Nominate your favorite iPhone navigation app for TUAW's Best of 2011

by Steven Sande (Dec 20th, 2011)

During December and January, The Unofficial Apple Weblog is soliciting your nominations and votes for the best products for Mac, iPhone/iPod touch, and iPad. We'll start with nominations in a category, and then tally your votes for the top-nominated products a few days later. The winner in each ...

TeleNav announces free HTML5-based GPS nav service

by Steven Sande (Dec 14th, 2011)

TeleNav is a large provider of GPS navigation applications for smartphones and in-car infotainment systems. Whether it's the AT&T Navigator app or Ford vehicles, TeleNav is behind the scenes. Today the company announced the upcoming availability of an HTML5-based navigation service that works ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me create GPS address book locations

by Erica Sadun (Dec 13th, 2011)

Dear Aunt TUAW, I want to set Siri geofenced reminders for my kids' bus stop and a few other locations. The problem is that I live in a rural area, and these places don't have street addresses. What can I do? I want to be able to remind my wife to pick up milk and butter after she's done ...

If Siri were paired with a GPS app

by Steven Sande (Dec 12th, 2011)

We all love Siri. Whether it's the fascinating and sometimes unintentionally humorous comments that it makes, or the fact that it's surprisingly useful in a variety of situations, Siri has captured the imagination of many iPhone users. In a guest post for our sister site Engadget, NPD Group ...

Daily iPad App: Stuck on Earth

by Mel Martin (Nov 29th, 2011)

Stuck on Earth is one of those 'really good ideas' that only seems obvious after you've seen it and spent some time with this free app. It's designed for travelers and especially photographers. Move a map to any place on earth, and as you zoom in you will begin to see photographs taken at those ...

Garmin offers real-time traffic cam photos and a bargain price for StreetPilot Onboard app

by Mel Martin (Nov 23rd, 2011)

Garmin has an innovative way to help you beat the holiday traffic. It's the StreetPilot USA Onboard app update, released today, and it includes an option for an in-app purchase of traffic camera images from any of 10,000 cameras across the US and Canada. The option will cost US $9.95 per ...

Navigon 2.0 for iPhone offers new name, download options (Updated)

by Mel Martin (Nov 17th, 2011)

Updated to include force-quit fix for missing favorites. If you're already a Navigon GPS app owner you'll find a significant free update at the app store today. If you haven't chosen a GPS navigation solution yet, Navigon has given you good reason to check the product out. Navigon 2.0 is a ...

TeleNav offers a sort-of free GPS solution for iOS

by Mel Martin (Oct 31st, 2011)

As we continue our survey of GPS apps for iOS, I have to mention the TeleNav family. The company, which is also behind the AT&T Navigator subscription app, offers a free entry level app that is quite popular with users, even though it is missing some key features. For free you get ...

Localscope for iPhone adds tight navigation integration

by Mel Martin (Oct 26th, 2011)

I liked this 'where am I and what's around me?' app when I first looked at Localscope earlier this year, and it's only gotten better. The latest version of this US$1.99 app adds integration with Magellan RoadMate, NavFree, Motion X GPS and Sygic. The app already pulls info from most of the ...

Skobbler updates its $0.99 nav app with mixed results

by Mel Martin (Oct 20th, 2011)

I first took a look at the Skobbler crowd sourced GPS app for iPhone back in June of 2010. I found it uneven in quality, but it was free, and if you weren't going to spring for one of the big boys like Garmin, Navigon or TomTom it was worth a try. Skobbler has now been updated, and it costs ...

Apple confirms GLONASS support for iPhone 4S

by Michael Grothaus (Oct 19th, 2011)

Apple has updated its US iPhone 4S tech specs page to say that the new devices supports GLONASS positioning systems. GLONASS stand for Global Navigation Satellite System and is the Russian version of GPS that was developed in the 1990s. According to Wikipedia, the GLONASS system fell into ...

CoPilot offering good deals on its navigation apps this month

by Mel Martin (Oct 13th, 2011)

Well, how about US$2.99 for CoPilot Live Standard? It features a 2D map, with voiced turn-by-turn directions. CoPilot Live Premium adds 3D maps with lane assistance and alternate routes. It's $14.99 during the sale, which ends October 31. In both versions, maps are stored onboard and don't need ...

Magellan updates RoadMate USA with enhanced maps

by Mel Martin (Oct 13th, 2011)

The updated version of Magellan RoadMate (2.2) includes new features such as the most current maps available, red light camera and fixed speed camera alerts. The Junction View feature guides users through complicated freeway interchanges. A premium upgrade via an in-app purchase gives you live ...

OmniFocus gets iOS 5 location-based reminders

by Michael Grothaus (Oct 12th, 2011)

OmniFocus has updated its popular OmniFocus for iPhone and OmniFocus for iPad apps. The updates bring iOS 5 compatibility and the usual bug fixes, but they also bring a very cool new feature OmniFocus users are sure to love: Location Reminders. Using iOS 5′s geo-fencing APIs, both the ...

Find My iPhone helps find Chilean plane crash site

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 7th, 2011)

We've seen many stories of iOS owners using Find My iPhone to retrieve a lost or stolen device. But this may be the first time, the technology was used to help find a missing airplane. Last week, a military airplane disappeared off Chile's Pacific coast and all 21 people aboard were killed ...