GPS Software

Garmin Mobile PC Software

Garmin’s Mobile PC software converts a laptop or tablet PC into a GPS navigation device if combined with a GPS receiver which can be built-in or an add-on from Garmin, or another manufacturer. Users often comment that the navigation interface is like a big nuvi which gives it an intuitive feel right from the initial two option screen asking Where to? and View Maps.

CoPilot Truck navigation software by ALK Technologies Review

ALK Technologies CoPilot Truck navigation software provides professional truck drivers can to navigate safely on routes calculated for the characteristics of their vehicle and cargo. It also improves profitably by providing tools for reducing route mileage, time, tolls and fuel. Trucking specific GPS navigation is under consideration by governments and may become a legislated or regulated requirement sometime in the future.

CoPilot Live 11 for Laptop by ALK Technnologies

CoPilot Live 11 for Laptop is ALK Technologies GPS navigation software specifically designed for personal navigation using a (Windows) laptop (or suitably specified netbook). With the resolution available with a laptop display the colourful 2D and 3D map navigation interfaces look impressive. The extra grunt of a laptop processor speeds up routing calculations [...]

Nokia Sports Tracker

Nokia’s Sports Tracker is a GPS enabled activity tracker software package that runs on Nokia smartphones. The software recently won the Best Mobile Internet Service award in GSMA Global Mobile Awards 2009.

Garmin Communicator Plugin Released

Garmin have released the free Garmin Communicator browser plugin which simplifies the transfer location data – such as waypoints, track logs, maps and points of interest (POIs) – to and from a website and Garmin device.
The plugin works with IBM-compatible PCs running Windows® 2000 or XP operating systems with Internet Explorer 6+ or Firefox [...]

SnowSport Interactive FLAIK and Fleet Management Systems

SnowSports Interactive’s technology and software is providing the recreational snowsports industry with real-time personal performance analysis for those who need performance feedback. Concurrently, it’s systems are providing an important safety service. Surprisingly, SnowSport Interactive’s R&D is headquartered in the sub-tropical warmth of Brisbane, Australia but, it also has a branch office in Australian [...]

Garmin Software Deveveloper Website Announced

Garmin has announced the launch of the Garmin Developer Website dedicated to providing software tools and information for website developers who wand to make their website, application and data content compatible with Garmin navigation devices and systems. The website provides both free and licensed Garmin resources and a library of Application Programming Interfaces [...]

Free Copiks Geotagging Software

Copiks Software Ltd are offering their PhotoMapper software for free download under GPL open source. The software allows you to tag your photographs (geotagging) with geographical position information using GPS data or entering the coordinates manually. The software adds the geographic position to the photograph files EXIF data. Positions can be [...]

Network Chemistry’s RFprotect Mobile Integrates GPS to Map Wireless Network Coverage

Accurate mapping of wireless networks is yet another example of the diversity of applications for GPS technologies. Palo Alto based Network Chemistry Inc. have announced a new GPS capable release of their Rfprotect Mobile an easy-to-use, walk around tool for automating site surveys of wireless networks.

Rfprotect can help design and maintain wireless networks but, [...]

GPS Power Your Laptop with ALK CoPilot Navigator 9

Conventional Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers have specialized processing chips containing multiple correlating processors for analyzing multiple GPS satellite signals and determining the devices position. One way to dramatically reducing the cost (and size requirements) of GPS enabling mobile devices is to replace the specialized GPS chip with a software application solution using the [...]