Google has teamed up with online train ticketing website thetrainline.com, with the partnership integrating national rail travel information directly within Google Maps.
If your budget won’t stretch to their snazzy, high-end bike computers like the Garmin Edge 800, the company are offering a new cut-down GPS unit, the Garmin Edge 200.
If – like us- you’re rather fond of pedalling along country roads, scrambling through bramble-laden landscapes and climbing rain-drenched Mynydds, then you might want to make some space on your Android handset for the ViewRanger GPS mapping app.
Back in the day, cyclists keen to keep a record of their travels had to employ a map for directions and listen to the relentless click of a metal wheel clip nudging against a mechanical device for recording the miles travelled, but Garmin’s touchscreen Edge 800 cycling GPS unit cuts a far more modern dash.
It’s been a big hit in Germany and now the top-selling iPhone navigation app Skobbler has launched in the UK at an introductory price of £1.19.
Helmet-donning, leather strutting motorbike riders with a propensity to get lost may find themselves getting all revved up about Tom Tom’s new Urban Rider GPS unit.
Sporting an updated interface with big buttons for making it easier to punch in routes when wearing gloves, there’s just two buttons on the unit: Navigate To and Browse Map.
Great anguished shrieks of doom were probably heard echoing around the offices of TomTom and Garmin as Google unveiled their new Maps Navigation tool.
Like all Google releases, it’ll probably remain rooted in beta for the next few years, but it already seems a polished enough product to set knees a-trembling amongst the traditional GPS sat nav vendors.
Perambulating photographers looking to score a bit of geotagging action as they amble about may be interested in taking a look at the GiSTEQ PhotoTrackr Mini GPS tracking device.
Unlike some of the bulkier beasts we’ve seen in the past, this is one GPS gadget that’ll slip into the tightest of lycra-tight pockets, measuring 3.05 (L) x 1.1 (W) x 0.7 (H) inches – roughly the size of a USB key.
Google has come up with a foxy way to capture street view data in areas inaccessible to their traditional camera cars: the Street View Trike.
Basically a three wheel trike with an omnidirectional camera and GPS widgets on top, the trike lets Google grab photos from scenic running routes, cycling trails, college campuses and similar car-unfriendly locations.
With onboard GPS, cameras and big screens making up most modern smartphones, there’s growing opportunities for you to walk the streets like a member of the Borg collective, with your iPhone feeding you a funky augmented vision.
The TechRadar team have slung together their top eight augmented reality apps for the iPhone, including the rather scary one above (TAT Augmented ID) which uses Flickr face recognition to identify a face and then surround it onscreen with their profiles from social networking sites.
The well-known Tom Tom GPS software may have attracted all the publicity at the recent Apple keynote speech, but it’s not the only Sat Nav software available for the iPhone.
Both CoPilot and Navigon offer apps that cost considerably less than Tom Tom’s decidedly upmarket sixty quid price tag, and are priced at a more affordable 26 and 38 pounds respectively.
With the recession still biting hard, we decided to give the cheapest GPS solution a go, and grabbed a copy of CoPilot Live 8 for the iPhone (it’s worth noting that although the program may be new to the iPhone platform, the current version 8 has been around on many PDAs for some years).
For car drivers looking to roam the land with their trusty iPhone & iPod Touch at their side, Griffin Technology’s WindowSeat mount looks a pocket-friendly way to keep the trusty gadget in their line of vision.
Designed to mount Apple iPhone or 2nd generation iPod Touch units at eye level, WindowSeat’s budget priced mounting bracket grip offers angle adjustment and an easy detach facility.
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