Android has picked up its pace in the smart phone market so much that it’s now taking Apple’s market share with their iPhone. The difference with Google’s operating system is several manufacturer are utilizing
Android for their phones, leading to a quantity of user-base surpassing that of Apple’s iPhone. Google already have Google Earth, as well as their market-leading Google Maps, so there’s no surprise GPS
applications have made its way onto Android.
Used by millions, Sygic delivers a turn-by-turn GPS navigation system. It’s powered via a voice-guided system which is accompanied with countless TomTom maps. Additionally, the maps and application itself are updated free of charge. Not only that, however; maps are even stored on the Android smart phone for offline use. Other notable features include:
- 3D cities and landscape
- Spoken street names
- Real-Time traffic (only available via subscription on Sygic’s site)
- Dynamic lane guidance
- Interactive map
- Speed camera and speed limit display and audio warning
- Forthcoming speed limit change notifications
While its overall features offer everything you’d expect from a GPS Android application, there’s an extremely useful feature which is letting users to manage routes online. This means if you’re planning to commute or have a trip in mind, you can set out the map which the GPS will integrate and show you via the decisions made online, such as where to stop for gas and food. Other features are:
- Find places nearby any destination
- Share your places with friends and family via social networking sites or mail and SMS
- Search for a street address, person, businesses, intersections and specific coordinates
- Worldwide maps
- View routes on map and receive text instructions
- Five day weather forecast for any chosen location
3. skobbler
skobbler delivers users free turn-by-turn instructions, as well as a helpful voice-powered system. 2D and 3D maps are also useful feature, in addition to:
- Car & pedestrian mode
- Clear voice guidance
- Bird’s-eye & 2D view
- Day and night-mode
- Map data constantly up-to-date
- CloudMade routing
GPS Essentials is one of the most powerful applications of its kind available. It comes equipped with navigation, managing way-points, tracks, routes, as well as building your own dashboard via 45 widgets. Other notable features include:
- Navigation values included such as: Accuracy, Altitude, Speed, Battery, Bearing, Climb, Course, Date, Declination, Distance, ETA, Latitude, Longitude, Max Speed, Min Speed, Actual Speed, True Speed
- In-build compass
- Camera HUD
- Full internet access to read map tiles
- Manage routes and view them on the app’s map
- Import KML files from Google Maps and Google Earth
Google themselves have arguably delivered the best free GPS application for Android that is currently available. A free, voice-guided GPS navigation system is included, as well as:
- Navigation: Free, voice-guided GPS navigation system
- Places: Find, rate, and get recommendations for places
- Users can see their friends on the map and check in at places
- Search along route
- Traffic view, Satellite view and Street view
- Saves map’s data for offline viewing
- Search by voice
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