Man Scrawls Worlds Biggest Message with a GPS Pen [GPS]
Thursday, August 12th, 2010# gps One man drove 12,238 miles and across 30 states in the U.S. to scrawl a message that could only be viewed using Google Earth . His big shoutout: “Read Ayn Rand .” More��
Find GPS coordinates in Google Maps
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010I’m getting ready to take take a long road trip so I’ve been entering locations and routes into my Garmin GPS. Using the Garmin RoadTrip software without any additional maps on my Mac, the only way to enter a location is by entering actual GPS�coordinates. I�use Google Maps too, and oddly enough the GPS�coordinates are not displayed automatically there. Hmmm. A�quick search produced this cool …
TeleNav Dreams Of GPS Navigation On Every Phone, But Must Contend With Google [Video]
Friday, June 25th, 2010Sal Dhanani, one of the co-founders of mobile GPS navigation company TeleNav , wants to “bring GPS navigation to the masses through mobile phones.” His company has been pursuing that dream since 1999 when TeleNav was founded. Today, TeleNav is bundled into millions of Sprint phones, and is also available through AT&T (including as an iPhone app ) and other carriers. The company just went public …
Better GPS graphs, browser in new Google Earth
Monday, June 14th, 2010Clicking on a link within the Google Earth application will now open an embedded browser window instead of launching a separate browser, and GPS users can see more data.
Visualize GPS Data From Outdoor Activities in Google Earth
Monday, June 14th, 2010Google has updated its popular desktop application Google Earth to version 5.2 which i ncludes some enhanced functionality for both free and pro users. Both sets of users can now import data recorded from GPS receivers during outdoor activities and view them in Google Earth. Other new features launching today include an integrated Web browser to keep clicked links within the app, as well as new …
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