Are phone based GPS apps really better than personal navigation devices? I believe they are. Phone based GPS systems have the ability to do much more complex tasks that would be impossible without a wireless data network. Below are some of the location based apps. With great advancement the technology is developing day by day and with great advancement the more new apps are originating day by day and some of the new apps with you may be all the geeks are very well familiar. But today I want to review some of the Best GPS apps which are listed below. You may like — Best GPS Apps for Android Devices There are hundreds of GPS applications availablre in the market for Android phone but here we compiled some best GPS apps for your Android Phones. Google Maps with navigation is available for Android 1. This suite has proven itself and is currently the most popular GPS app for Android 1. It includes many features that no other GPS apps are able to provide, such as Street View and Satellite views. Map factor users can watch the maps in both 2d and 3d formats without losing any details. The Android version offers all the features including voice command, door to door rout planing, find nearest point of interest and open street maps etc. Beyond sharing their location and status information with friends via phones, map factor users can also easily share their information with popular Web services such as Facebook and Twitter or personal blogs and Web sites. When the intended recipient receives the link, they can click on it to open a dynamic map that displays your location in real-time. Rather than being yet another social network that you have to fill out a profile for, invite friends, and all the other usual hassles, Glympse requires no registration or login. And friends are temporary. You can choose to allow your location to be seen for a minimum of 15 minutes and a maximum of 4 hours which drastically simplifies the user privacy process. It uses your location to adjust settings on the phone. It might seem a little confusing at first, but you can program your phone to perform certain functions when you get to predefined locations. For example — You can set the phone to remind you to charge your battery when you walk through your front door. You can set the phone to go switch to silent mode as soon as you arrive at the cinema. The list is endless and you can configure it to do exactly what you want. Shame this is only available for Android. It is a single application that perform multiple activities such as location search, traffic details and maps navigation. Live maps, automatic rerouting, torn by turn voice guidance are some of the interesting features of this application. The motive of this app is to provide information for common good. If you do a lot of traveling and often travel off your planned routes CoPilot is for you. The larger storage of a SD card allows you to fit the maps for all of North America on the phone. CoPilot also has a nice interface that is easy to use while driving. If you are used to a conventional GPS system like a Garmin, CoPilot is the closest you will come in terms on interface. I also prefer the voice alerts much better on CoPilot than on Google Maps. Copilot does everything you need in a GPS app, even thought it may not include some of the fancier features like Street View. Yes, it does get you to point to point. It does have points of interest and voice alerts, but so do the free apps along with CoPilot. The one thing that it does do, is it lets you manage all your routes online. This can be a very nice feature if you are planning a trip. You can map out an entire trip from start to finish, including places to eat and the gas stations you will have to stop at, all on their website. I find that the best mapping app for general use is Locus. This is not a social app, but a true mapping app. The free version is plenty good enough for most people, but the paid version makes it even better. The best navigation app to replace an in-car GPS navigation device for Android is CoPilot, which is now owned by Trimble. This was exacly the information I was looking for. If I drive in a bad coverage area, then I will be SOL. Copilot is very cheap and stored locally on the phone. Does anyone know of a GPS that works on Android that does not need online connection, ie, stores the map in memory, just like a GPS? I am traveling outside the country and will have no data connection where I am going that i can afford to pay for , so i would like to download the maps in advance or purchase a real GPS software that has map data stored in phone memory. Something like a real Garmin on my Android. Any info you give me would be helpful. You can even put in cords. Since i am a pilot i would be interested at an application showing me the north, assigning waypoints and having info such as distance to waypoint , time to destination, etc. Would be glad to have this info. You may also choose to send others your current location via SMS, whether with just your GPS address or with an edited personalized location. How Smart GPS works? Nilimesh, At the top of the page you have a picture of a GPS application that seems to make your phone work like a conventional GPS, giving your current position, bearing, speed, etc. And, I think with a satelite view. That is exactly what I have been looking for. Do you know the name of that application?
