GPS software gives a new dimension to your cell phone

Third-party GPS Software finds ever more its way to cell phones with an incorporated GPS receiver, which is no longer exclusively used for E911 purposes.

TopoPhone provides outdoor recreation enthusiasts with a better GPS software solution by turning a cell phone with built-in GPS into a complete Topographic mapping system. TopoPhone is superior to traditional GPS units, because it uses the phone to download maps automatically, and allows you to see where your friends and family are located. TopoPhone provides detailed USGS Topographic maps, and all the usual GPS capabilities such as waypoints, trips and routes. The maps are downloaded automatically into your phone as needed - there is never any reason to hook up to a desktop computer. Maps are stored for later use, so TopoPhone can be used even when out of cellular range. If other people in your group also have a TopoPhone equipped cell phone, everyone can see where everyone else is on their phone if they so choose. TopoPhone GPS software uses SMS text messaging to send GPS coordinates between phones, and displays the locations on the map. This scheme is simple, private and secure.

MobiTrack is new GPS software (midlet) for modern cell phones and smartphones. It connects a GPS receiver and a cell phone to display GPS data and/or to transmit the data to an Internet server. MobiTrack can be used with any bluetooth GPS receiver. MobiTrack is able to display on the cell phone satellite positions, current latitude and longitude, altitude, UTC time, HDOP and other information. MobiTrack GPS software also makes it possible to send GPS tracking data to a Web server (your own or a third party server). This lets you track vehicles in real time via the Internet -- from any location worldwide that is connected to the Internet (such as your home office or a field site). MobiTrack includes the NetTrack script to send tracks from your cell phone to a server, where they are saved in text format. Free GPS software such as NetGPS lets you receive the tracking data from the server and display it on maps on your office computer, using the popular OziExplorer mapping program. Since the data on the server is standard text format, it is also available to other programs or your own custom software. Compatible Cell Phones: Nokia: 6230, 6255, 6630, 9300, 950; Siemens: S65 SonyEricsson: V800.

GPS W.A.I.T. from JGui is an innovative application for Pocket PC phones. The GPS software program exchanges the position point from the GPS by the SMS cellular phone network. You can find your friend and his/her position on the map or satellite photo. Every Phone Edition device can display up to 10 friends in one map, independently.

ViewRanger is a unique mapping, navigation and information tool for mobile phones that provides information about your immediate surroundings through a natural and intuitive display. With a Bluetooth GPS receiver connected, ViewRanger transforms a Nokia or other Symbian S60 smartphone into a fully featured trail navigation system. ViewRanger GPS software is ideal for tourists, walkers, cyclists, mountain bikers, geocachers, river boaters - in fact anyone who enjoys the outdoors. Clear and detailed Ordnance Survey maps of Great Britain provide detailed topographic map information including hill contours, tourist information, camping and caravan sites, picnic areas and viewpoints, and Rights of Way information for England and Wales.

From Maptech is the Outdoor Navigator GPS software for pocket PC, Palm PDA and SmartPhones. For a modest annual fee you can download any of more than 60,000 U.S. Topo Maps 1 : 24/25,000, 1 : 100,000 and 1 : 250,000 scale and NOAA Nautical Charts, all scales from overview charts to harbor charts to your pocket PC, Palm or SmartPhone. Present coverage for continental United States and Alaska. With a NMEA-0183 GPS receiver connected, you can do real-time tracking on the map/chart of your choice. Waypoints can be entered on the screen with your finger or the stylus. You can navigate to the active waypoint.

GPSXC is a powerful GPS navigation and track logger GPS software aimed at fulfilling the needs of people practicing open air sports and activities including trekking, hiking, geocaching, mountain bike, paragliding, hanggliding and sailing. Map support is now included! Maps can be imported and calibrated or just downloaded from a list of supported Internet sites. Using your GPS coordinates, you can download map pictures, land maps or street maps! All you need is a bluetooth GPS receiver and a Symbian OS Series 60 smartphone. Compatible with: Nokia Series 60 : Nokia 3600, 3620, 3650, 3660, 7650, N-Gage; Siemens 60 UI : Siemens SX-1; Nokia Series 60v2 : Nokia 3230, 6260, 6600, 6630, 6670, 6680, 7610.

GPS Tuner for Smartphone is an excellent GPS software tool for hiking, geocaching, boating, flying, driving and many other sporting activities where monitoring of the length, distance and speed would be important. You are able to load Geocaching LOC or GPX files directly into GPS Tuner and start the treasure hunting immediately. With the help of the Digital Compass, you can easily get to a selected waypoint. GPS Tuner will show the right direction, distance and the estimated time of arrival. Save, modify, import or export waypoints with GPS Tuner. You can also share your waypoint file with your friends, because GPS Tuner supports the common GPS Data Exchange Format: GPX. Your trip contains several important information such as: Current speed, Max speed, Average speed, Vertical speed, Altitude, Max altitude, Min altitude, Climb, Descent, Length, Total time and Moving time. You are able to record your trip in a GPX or a raw NMEA file, so you can view back your journey later. System requirements: Windows Mobile Smartphone 2003. 4 MB RAM. GPS Receiver (Bluetooth, Compact Flash or Serial GPS Mouse)

GPS.PI GPS software exchanges geographical position points by SMS or Email (GPRS, Bt, Wifi) services of a cellular phone network. It allows you to follow your friends, children, cars, dogs... whatever you want. This version works with any Pocket PC Phone Edition devices. Operating systems: PPC2002 Phone Edition, Windows Mobile 2003, or any newer. MS Smartphone version is compatible. Operating systems: MS Smartphone2002, Windows Mobile 2003, or any newer. You can easily find your friends and follow his/her positions on the map or satellite photo.

chtiGPS is intended to the sportsmen and to hikers, for their training (bicycle, rollers, ski...), but also to locate itself by knowing the distance and the direction from the closest cities. Since 0.81 version, chtiGPS contains 7 countries: France, Belgium, Switserland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Germany and Great Britain. Since 0.70 version, chtiGPS is available on pocket PC and Smartphone.

Trimble Outdoors is trip planning and navigation GPS software that works with GPS-enabled cell phones and conventional GPS receivers and allows you to share your outdoor and off-road adventures online with friends and family. Trimble Outdoors has three main components: 1) Nextel Trimble Outdoors GPS Phone Application for your Nextel phone 2) Trimble Adventure Planner-trip planning software with maps for your PC that can be used on its own or with your handheld GPS or Nextel phone. 3) Online community at the TrimbleOutdoors.com web site.

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