GPS technology has freed us from the tyranny of the printed, folding map. But at the same time, it has made us slaves to our cellular provider's data plan. Many of the leading GPS and mapping app ...

GPS tracking is one of those things whose importance you only realize when disaster strikes. GPS tracking apps for Android have been around for ages, and they’ve only improved since then. Nowadays, ...

The newly updated MapQuest 4 Mobile can now speak to you while you travel, effectively providing free GPS-powered navigation. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, ...

Through vast cross-country stretches or tight city streets, Google Maps and Waze guide you where you need to go—but which one ...

GPS Navigation on smartphones have changed the world. Now, you don’t need to pull out a gigantic paper map to find out where you’re going — just plug in the address to your destination, and a map ...

The GNSS Compare app, winner of ESA’s Galileo Smartphone App Challenge, is now available for download on the Google Play Store for Android devices. Taking advantage of the recent release of Android ...

Long gone are the days of hoping the course you booked your tee time at has 150-yard makers to pace off your yardages to the green. Today, our phones can give us all the information we need to hit the ...

In the summer of 2008, Apple shipped the iPhone 3G, which featured a built-in GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver. It took a year for Apple to add support for using the iPhone as a turn-by-turn ...

It acts as a map library, in case your printed documents are damaged or lost or if you unexpectedly hike off course. It has the same functionality you’d expect of a traditional handheld GPS—like ...

The world of iOS-based GPS navigation apps has matured since we last reviewed this category, and the situation has improved. These apps are designed to mimic standalone navigation hardware, those dash ...

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