Need Direction?

His maps won’t get you from A to B, but Denis Wood’s diagrams definitely tell something unique about a given area. The illustration above shows a neighborhood’s phone, cable and power line setup. "We did a lot of walking and looking to make this map."
It’s surprisingly cool, in a weird first of the month kind [...]

Garmin Phone Makeover

Garmin is about to turn your phone into a great GPS. They are coming out with a new set of microSD cards preloaded with its navigation software and standard maps of the US or Europe. Called the Garmin Mobile XT, it will act like a "real" GPS with turn-by-turn directions, route planning, and voice prompts. [...]

Google Updates Routing Methods and Estimated Time

Not only has Google updated its time estimate to include travel time with traffic (which can be comical in Los Angeles, with a 20 mile trip turning into a 90 minute commute), but it’s added the ability to alter routes as well. This is great for me, because I’ve learned enough about LA traffic to [...]

Google Maps in Virgin America

Virgin America is getting Google Maps integrated into its Linux-based Red seatback system. You’ll enjoy eight levels of zoom, as well as being able to pan off the aircraft to explore what you have just flown over. It’s nice to have something else to do - or to keep those little kids busy so they [...]

Google Custom Maps

Use others’ map mashups to create your own custom map by using MyMaps and Mapplets. Click on MyMaps in Google Maps, then click on "Add Content" to start adding layers. Look through Google’s library of user-created mashups, plot them on a custom map, and layer different sets on data on top of one another [...]

Bluetooth TransSend Software

Bluetooth released new free software that will help for any future road trips. The TransSend allows you to transfer driving directions (say Google Maps) from a web page to your Bluetooth-enabled PDA or phone. This process is very simple, needing one or two clicks at the most to transfer all the data.
It accepts image formats [...]

Chinese iPhone Due December 7

The Meizu MiniOne (M8), dubbed the Chinese iPhone, is already on the Negri Electronics site with a due date of December 7, 2007.
Specs include:- ARM11 533MHZ (perhaps Samsung S3C6400) processor- 128MB DDR SDRAM cache (two 16 512Mb chip components 1024Mb 3 2)GSM+EDGE+WCDMA- WIN CE6.0 based on the Windows CE kernel FOR MEIZU M8- Video decoder [...]

Google Street View is Cool, Creepy and Coming to Your Town

Is this woman a glitch in the Matrix?  Of course not …….

Google announced Street View a couple weeks back.  It’s a cool/creepy "time-suck" that has lots of people talking, including privacy watchdog groups.  Here are some cool links regarding the new street-level service that’s integrated with Google Maps:
Funny stuff caught in Street View
A reflection of [...]

TomTom GO 520 with speech recognition

The same day TomTom announced their new GO 720, they also unveiled the new TomTom GO 520, which is the successor of the older GO 510. GO 520 will only be available in Europe offering only local maps - depending on where you buy it from.Here are the features of the new GO 520:- 4.3 [...]

Find Your Way with Wayfaring.com

Now you can be your very own map builder with Wayfaring, a fun site that lets you create, share, explore and connect with others to build new maps.Virtually construct a detailed map of your life with routes to events and special destinations. You can also add fun photos and videos to each personalized map and [...]