Mobile GPS Software
GPS (Global Positioning system) is a satellite based system which provides the user with accurate information about the current location on a moving map display or in terms of latitude and longitude. In special cases elevation and a timing reference are also provided. Recently a lot of handset manufacturing companies have come up with handsets that include GPS receiver capabilities. So now all you need is your mobile handset to tell you exactly where you are. As with any hardware you need software to use it, so also with the launch of GPS enabled handsets; the market was flooded with all types of GPS software. Pocket PC GPS software, Smartphone GPS software, Windows Mobile GPS software, Symbian GPS software; you name it and you got it. On the internet you have GPS softwares available for all major mobile platforms and in some cases even platform independent GPS softwares are available which work on all operating systems. These softwares help you in navigation i.e. to decide your location or in cases of mobile theft or lost handset provide you with features such as messaging your phone’s current location and automatically updating the location in fixed intervals. There are also features such as geo caching available which save you from the cumbersome process of hand entering the co-ordinates. Some of the GPS tracking and navigating softwares available for Windows Mobile are as given below.
3D Tracking: Using Google Earth or Google Maps your track can be seen and stored
Astrolabe: You can message your current GPS position with this software.
Bike Track: If your friends have your username and password they can see where you are on the web.
Geo Tours: Provides functions to create tours which can have images, audio and text associated with geographic locations.
GPS Speedo: Your phone just became your speedometer.
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