Waze is a user-driven mobile application (for iPhone, Android, Symbian, Windows Mobile, and other mobile systems) that provides turn-by-turn navigation suggestions based on the real-time conditions of the road. Using it you can avoid traffic jams, and at the same time help other drivers (by sharing your driving data). Once the app installed, it will [...]
Waze is a new app available for multiple devices but it’s aimed towards the android OS and the iPhone. Basically, it incorporates all the mapping functions of your standard GPS with a real-time community alert system. What that means is that if you’re cruising along a highway and there’s a traffic jam ahead, you’ll get [...]
MarineTraffic is a cool Google Map mashup that offers real time ship tracking. It shows live information about ship movements throughout the world. You can search by ship name or zoom into map to view sailing ships in a particular area. Vessel locations are shown on the map using colored markers with each color representing [...]
Locle is a new web cum cellphone application that lets you share your location with friends and family without the need for GPS. They just need to login and check where you are by typing in your name or number. You can invite your friends not registered to Locle by typing in their number or [...]
Loopt is free web based service with downloadable mobile client that allows you to transform your mobile phone into a social compass. It lets you connect with your friends and alerts you whenever they are near you. You can see where your friends and share your current location with them. Loopt also provides you with [...]
Sailwx is a website that provides you with real time ship tracking worldwide. Just type in the name of the ship you want to track and the site will show you its current position on the map. Additional information such as sea temperature, hurricanes, tides, wave height ans ship speed is also included. You can [...]
SeeMyWhere is a client for your mobile phone that lets you share your real-time location with others. The whole thing is pretty simple, first signup and then download and install SeeMyWhere on your phone. Once it is installed you can start sharing your whereabouts with anyone you like by simply forwarding them your personal SeeMyWhere [...]
Buddy is a free GPS track maker for mobile devices that allows you to track any mobile phone or PDA with built-in GPS (or with Bluetooth GPS receiver) in real time. Once you have registered and installed the BuddyWay application on your device, you will be able to track and save your trips, share your [...]
NavXS (short for Navigation Exchange Service) is a free application that enables cell phone users to share their current location with friends and also track whereabouts of each person on their contact list. By using NavXS you can keep track of where your friends are, see when some of them are closeby, and bookmark and [...]
JotYou is one of a kind service that lets you send location based text messages. In other words, by using JotYou you can send messages to others so they get them only when they are in the area you specify. If they don’t get there within specified time frame they never get it. 1. Send [...]