What is the "best" GPS Apps? Any reviews or comparisons available?

[thestick00]

Amaze is fairly good, and the fact that its free is pretty awesome. However, the software is not as of yet really geared to US users. You can use it strictly to get to a destination (so I guess in the purest form of GPS, it does do the job for us). But if you want to use a search feature to find things around your location, you are SOL. That feature should be released sometime in the next month or so which I am really looking forward to. But not bad at all. Perhaps best used with live search.

[JonV]

Originally Posted by johndeere92

The Latest TomTom Mobile is great..also Sprint Navigation works well..I personally like TomTom just because they've been around so long and their program is just stable. The latest google maps 3.0.0.2 i believe..with the new latitude feature is also great I personally haven't used any others but I know they exist..
Attached is a cab of Sprint Nav. (TeleNav) I believe they're the same thing..
Also attached latest google maps
and...here's a link about TomTom 7.9..I don't want to attach the cab because I'm pretty sure it's warez..(may be wrong) but it hasn't been deleted here yet..

I just have to ask...

I'm a U.S. customer of TomTom Navigator 6. When you mention "the latest TomTom Mobile", what are we talking about? Related?

My understanding is that TT7 was released in Europe but we've been "waiting" here in the States. Other rumors say TT7 will never be released here as TT is phasing out "PDA" navigation. And from looking at their web site that seems to be the case, once you set United States as your location.

I read through the forum link you referenced and it seems to center around making a VGA version of the released QVGA version. But it also carries along the benefit of getting TT7 to legally access legally purchased TT6 maps.

I'm using an Omnia to run TT6 right now. The image is wacky on the QWVGA screen of the Omnia but it works nonetheless. So what I'm wondering is whether you know if any of the discussion of these cabs might be of use to me or not.

I hesitate to barge in and end up crippling my running copy of TT6 without trying to get some advice.

thanks

[phazed]

Originally Posted by shortbus182

Most of these apps are primary for urban navigation. I do a lot of trail riding where cell coverage is spotty at best. What I am looking for is an app I can pre-load maps in with way-point tracking. I used trimble with my Razr which was pretty good, but to my knowledge not available to win-mobile customers. Another of interest is being talked about here.....http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...hp?t=340667..A perfect gps app would be google map grids pre-loaded into phone with way-point tracking. Is this possible?

I use noniGPS to track my walks with my son... and then export to Google. It is very versatile and turns your PPC into a something of a Handheld Garmin for hiking...

Quoted From the Website...
http://aeguerre.free.fr/Public/Pocke...t/EN/index.php

This tool allows you to locate your position in relation with other GPS points, to see the journey you have traveled.
You can find back your place at harbour after a trip on boat, the starting point of an excursion or locate your car in a huge car park,
A place of which you know the location,
To see the excursion you made,
Speed trap alert or lots of other things...
Tracks and saved points can be exported to GoogleEarth and to GPX standard.
Put your old tracks in the background with a system of tracing,
Put maps in the background (moving map),
Display a graph of altitude, speed or signal level.

[Maxx134]

I have been using the Tlelnav instead of sprint, but now when loading it onto a new rom , it says expired after I enter my pin.
EDIT: I installed the Sprint version and it works..
Edit2: The Telenav version is working now.
I dont know exactly why it worked for me after I registered on the Sprint version and came back to it to try again, re-entering my pin.
Not shure if you need the website for the pin, as it should be the last 4 digits of your phone number.
For more info search for the telenav thread.

I ddoubt Telenav is the best but it' ok for me.
I tried google, it's good, but got used to the menus of the Telenav.
I like speech and google I tried didnt hav.

[shortbus182]

Originally Posted by phazed

I use noniGPS to track my walks with my son... and then export to Google. It is very versatile and turns your PPC into a something of a Handheld Garmin for hiking...

Quoted From the Website...
http://aeguerre.free.fr/Public/Pocke...t/EN/index.php

This tool allows you to locate your position in relation with other GPS points, to see the journey you have traveled.
You can find back your place at harbour after a trip on boat, the starting point of an excursion or locate your car in a huge car park,
A place of which you know the location,
To see the excursion you made,
Speed trap alert or lots of other things...
Tracks and saved points can be exported to GoogleEarth and to GPX standard.
Put your old tracks in the background with a system of tracing,
Put maps in the background (moving map),
Display a graph of altitude, speed or signal level.

This kind of program uses a kml file which can be uploaded and viewed on google earth later on a desktop pc. What I am looking for, or suggesting development on would be an app which utilizes google maps with the ability of real-time tracking and the ability to add way-points. Also, is it possible to save a certain grid google maps in memory to view later when no data connection is available?
Example, before I go out in the open desert riding, I could pre-download the 50+/- square miles I will be located, add a way-point for base camp, and then have a path of where I have been by utilizing gps only without data. From what I have seen, garmin is the only this close to this that is available, but I absolutely love the sat view on google maps. I know I am describing a hand -help gps device, but don't see any reason why this couldn't be done on our gps-enabled smart phones.

[phazed]

Shortbus...

Well.. noniGPSplot isn't "tied" into Google Maps.. but the waypoint abilities are outstanding.

GPSplot allows for "Moving Maps".. fancy wording for a big picture you have saved of a map... You can import this pic and the map will move when your location moves... just like google maps.

It sounds like you want to use your data connection when available... but if it craps out.. then you want a cached map to work with...

Perhaps this could help....
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/107391...ve_large_maps/

That video will show you how to grab large maps from google... which can be saved and imported into noniGPSplot...


I tried!
phaZed

[shortbus182]

Originally Posted by phazed

Shortbus...

Well.. noniGPSplot isn't "tied" into Google Maps.. but the waypoint abilities are outstanding.

GPSplot allows for "Moving Maps".. fancy wording for a big picture you have saved of a map... You can import this pic and the map will move when your location moves... just like google maps.

It sounds like you want to use your data connection when available... but if it craps out.. then you want a cached map to work with...

Perhaps this could help....
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/107391...ve_large_maps/

That video will show you how to grab large maps from google... which can be saved and imported into noniGPSplot...


I tried!
phaZed

Pretty much hit the nail on the head. Thank you.