Navizon: virtual GPS software for iPhone and more
By dutchclick | September 22nd, 2007 | Category: navigation, satellites, software |
The last few days the was a lot of talking about the Navizon Peer-to-Peer Wireless Positioning Software. The iPhone ready software is available since a week or two. This is great news! GPS support one way or another should have been built-in from day one to my opinion. The software for Blackberry, Symbian and other OS have been on the market longer.
Navizon is a positioning system that triangulates signals from Wifi access points and Cellular towers. It is based on a collaborative database where users who have a GPS device can contribute data on Cell towers and Wifi APs locations that will let other members of the community simulate a Virtual GPS on their phone.
This means that the area you are driving or walking with the Virtual GPS software must be covered by the data in the Navizon database. Interesting to know is that you can earn money with collecting data for Navizon. Now you are listening, right?! 
You can try the software for 15 days for free, that you have to pay $ 24,99 (€ 18,57)
HERE is how to get Google Maps with Navizon. I am not sure whether this will work for every device.
Can wait to give it a try. And I will and tell you about it!
via GPS Gizmodo
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