GPS Passion on Twitter
on Mar 5, 2009 in gps passion channel follow following gps twitter If you like GPS Passion and want to keep posted, follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/gpspassionnet...

Magic GPS for the blind and visually impaired
on Mar 5, 2009 in hardware navigation smartphones software blind braille braille gps gps maestro trekker So every now and then I watch an episode of one of the CSI television series, There are a few series now and they are all full of magic things. Methods of research that are so new that nobody ever heard about, and research that takes only 10% of the...

New TomTom maps for the world
on Feb 27, 2009 in gps passion mapping software africa alaska australia brasil Europe hong kong malaysia maps mexico new zealand singapore TeleAtlas TomTom turkey usa world TomTom started selling its v8.25 maps, based on the 2008.10 release of TeleAtlas. These new maps are available for all devices from now on. The maps are only for download through the TomTom Home application, just like the last versions before. Americ...

Gizmodo gets hands-on on Nüvifone G60 and M20
on Feb 15, 2009 in gps passion handheld navigation smartphones asus G60 garmin gps M20 navigatiion nüvifone smartphone Gizmodo’s Jesus Diaz has been so lucky to be one of the first to have  the nothing less than impressive Garmin-Asus Nüvifone G60 in his hands. Jesus is attending the Mobile World Congress 2009 (MWC’09) in Barcelona, Spain. Next to th

Is there life without GPS navigation?
on Feb 15, 2009 in gps passion handheld navigation pnd thoughts geocaching gps vacation YES! Easily… This is a dangerous judgement on a blog that says to have  a passion for GPS, I do understand that! Let me explain. More than often I hear people say that they survived life and vacation without GPS till now. And ofcourse they are.

New iMovie’09 in Apple’s iLife’09
on Feb 11, 2009 in navigation software animation apple coordinates iLife iMovie mac maps I know: Mac again… Don’t be afraid. This post will be about navigation! After editing my first video with the new iLife’09 (sorry: yes, Mac only!) I did find out that Apple did a nice job with the new maps and backgrounds thing in the video.

Rumours about next Mac OS X to calculate location
on Feb 5, 2009 in gps passion apple gps gsm cells leopard location mac mac os x snow software There are rumours that Snow Leopard, the Mac OS X to come, will have the possibility to calculate the geographic location of a Mac computer. Not, like the iPhone, also by GPS, but there are signs that the CoreLocation framework will be used. Develope...

British Satski brings new navigation device
on Feb 5, 2009 in gps passion Europe google earth gps navigation satski skiing slopes usa Fresh from fish and chips land Satski brings us a new stand alone device for navigation in skiing resorts, the Satski GPS. I haven’t been skiing for a decade (I prefer a burning sun now), but of course this is a nice piece of news. Satski had t.

Fresh Google Earth available now
on Feb 3, 2009 in gps passion software calypso cousteau google earth maps marine ocean Since its first version I have been playing with Google Earth and have spend hours and hours with lots of interest and fun. With third party layers this is even more fun. A few days ago Google brought us Google Earth 5, with looks brighter but of cou...

Up and running for IE too
on Feb 2, 2009 in gps passion We decided to change the theme to make life easier. We know something about coding (Cheers, Mate!), but are no code ninja and therefore not into hard core coding. We hope you like this look too!