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Cartophiles around the world rejoice! You can now carry all manner of maps everywhere you go. Explore the world with apps like Earthscape or gather your maps and take off. There are subway maps, train maps, road maps, trip routers and place finders — you may never need to ask a local for directions again. 

Subcategories: General Navigation , Share Location

8/10

CoffeeBreak Finds Caffeine for Less Than the Cost of a Cuppa Joe

CoffeeBreak Finds Caffeine for Less Than the Cost of a Cuppa Joe

If you’ve ever considered running out into the street screaming because you can’t find a decent cuppa joe, you may be in for a treat. CoffeeBreak is a lifestyle application that helps you stay completely caffeinated by using the GPS or WiFi of your phone to locate your favorite java joint and tell you which ones are nearby.

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5/10

Rocket Taxi Simple to Use, But Not Exactly Rocket Speed

Rocket Taxi Simple to Use, But Not Exactly Rocket Speed

Edovia, Inc. has just re-released their Rocket Taxi to the App Store. Rocket Taxi is a navigation app that uses GPS or WIFI to pin point your location and provide you with a list of taxi services in your area. Rocket Taxi is capable of mapping out your route and even gives you an estimated fare. (…)

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6/10

Zhiing Your Location to Anyone, Anytime

Zhiing Your Location to Anyone, Anytime

Zhiing combines the power of GPS and text messaging in an effort to bring you the ultimate location application.
Zhiing allows users to send a text message or “Zhiing” from their handset or desktop computers with their exact location to someone else. (…)

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5/10

GoodRec Focuses Recommendations by Highlighting Friends

GoodRec Focuses Recommendations by Highlighting Friends

Geo-location applications are cool when then they are simple, easy to use and don’t feel overdone. Goodrec is one of those apps. Goodrec offers recommendations on books, movies, wine, bars and restaurants.
Just log on to Goodrec and choose what you’re looking for. (…)

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Brightkite Enters the iPhone Geo-Location Market

Gone are the days when you need to enter a local chat room to meet new friends or have to send a text message to find your current crew. Geo-location applications like Moximity, Loopt, and Twinkle are sprouting up at a feverish pitch. Enter — Brightkite!!
Brightkite is the 7th major geo-location application to leap into the market. (…)

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8/10

Google Earth: A Free Trip Around the World on iPhone, iPod Touch

Google Earth: A Free Trip Around the World on iPhone, iPod Touch

 
As of last night the ultimate interactive map and the ultimate interactive phone are now linked. Google Earth is available as a free download for iPhone and iPod Touch.
Having Google Earth at your fingertips anytime, anywhere is cool enough. But the good folks at Google have also added a tilt feature that uses the accelerometer. (…)

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7/10

AroundMe Shows Results With Minimum Fuss

AroundMe Shows Results With Minimum Fuss

AroundMe is another app designed to make use of iPhone’s GPS to locate nearby services, similar to Where To or I Want.

What’s nice about AroundMe is that it does so without the fuss of other programs. Unlike other apps that offer up a bunch of subcategories so users can drill down to the “most accurate” results, AroundMe’s minimalist display is like finding Location Nirvana.

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4/10

Trapster - Good Idea, Not Quite Ready For Prime Time

Trapster - Good Idea, Not Quite Ready For Prime Time

Trapster is an iPhone application that warns you when you’re getting close to police speed traps, red light cameras, and other traffic-related traps.  Traps are reported by users, and are then rated by other users to determine credibility of the report (and the reporting user) over time. (…)

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