News: Navigon reveal new flagship GPS - the 7200T

Today Navigon are unveiling their new top-of-the-range GPS device. The NAVIGON 7200T features include:

• Free Real-Time Traffic Updates for Life. • Voice Destination Entry. • Landmark View 3D. • Reality View Pro™. • Lane Assistant Pro™. • Flat-Panel Design. • Advanced Text-to-speech. • Zagat® Ratings and Reviews. • DirectHelp™. • Exit Guide. • Instant Fix GPS.

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Posted by Lutz Bendlin on Tuesday, August 26 @ 11:00:00 GMT

News: Guest Writer Community Call: Hold the Front Page!

Fancy yourself as bit of a journalist? This is your chance to have your news stories or articles published live on PocketGPSWorld.com! Have you got something interesting that you'd like to share? Then put your electronic pen to paper and write an article for the site.

It doesn't have to be a stop press headline maker (though that'd be good!), just general interest news that you'd like to share with the community. It can be an in-depth story or just a snippet - as long as it's got something to do with products or services surrounding GPS or speed cameras.

You may even choose to write a story about your experiences with PocketGPSWorld.com such as DennisN's article, A Day in The Life of a PocketGPSWorld.com Verifier.

Click here to read more and post your story...

Posted by robert on Saturday, August 23 @ 18:06:39 GMT

News: Deal of the week.

If you have a Nokia 95 and are looking for a case to protect it then this Bank Holiday Weekend is your chance to get some protection for a fraction of the normal price.

Just click over to the Proporta site and select the Alu-Crystal Case (Nokia N95) then claim 50% discount off using the promotion code N95USERS

Posted by Mike Barrett on Friday, August 22 @ 13:42:44 GMT

News: Can your navigation program do that?

There's a guy in the US who set up to visit all 48 mainland state capitols in his 84 VW Scirocco. He really must have a very generous fuelling credit card...

Anyhow, he used MS Streets and Trips 2008 to plan and optimize the trip. While the route doesn't exactly look optimized to me at least the software did not crash.

Do you think your software can do that?

Click here to view the route and discuss...

Posted by Lutz Bendlin on Thursday, August 21 @ 18:15:23 GMT

Subscribers: The PocketGPSWorld.com International Speed Camera Database Has Just Been Updated

Version 6.084 - 21 Aug 08

This Bank Holiday special release sees 136 static and mobile speed cameras added/modified across the various speed camera databases by 43 users. It's been less than 2 weeks since the last release but there have been a lot of new Gatso's installed as well as SPECS cameras removed from both the M6 and M27; We're starting to receive reports that the M11 SPECS have been removed too but these are still in the database for now.

Please click here for the full breakdown of country, speed camera type and number. All members submitting qualifying reports of static/mobile speed cameras will be credited with lifetime memberships by 17:00 22 Aug 08.

Please keep submitting all sightings of mobile speed cameras so we can keep our database up to date with active sites. Apparently-inactive sites are regularly removed from the database.

The Garmin GPSR is now up to date (8.51am 25th Aug 08)
The NavigationMaster database is currently 5.113 (13th Nov 07)
The MapFactor/Directions database is currently 6.054 (21st May 08)

Dont forget our RSS feed which is updated every time we release the speed camera database. Simply right click on the RSS image and select copy shortcut, then post the link into your favourite RSS reader.

The speed camera submission page and download page can be found by clicking here. You can submit new speed cameras in one of two ways - either an OV2 file created by POICapture or individual camera locations.

A beginner's guide to the speed camera database can be found here, and some installation instructions for most units can be found here.

Please watch for further announcements on the homepage or sign up to our occasional newsletter alerts which carry full details of future speed camera database releases. The newsletter signup box is located on the top left of all site pages. Your privacy is important to us, we do not sell on your email details.

Posted by maft on Thursday, August 21 @ 13:24:08 GMT

News: Manchester Meet-Up

We're having another 'unofficial', informal get together and all our visitors are very welcome!

The date is the 6th September and the venue is Premier Inn, Manchester Trafford Centre West. Everyone will be meeting in the bar at 8.30pm.

For those that want to stay overnight, there are over 100 rooms @ £63 per night per room left and it's just across one road from the Trafford Center.

Click here to read more and to post to let us know if you'll be coming...

Posted by robert on Tuesday, August 19 @ 19:12:06 GMT

News: A-Z Maps Renew Partnership With PocketGPSWorld.com

In 1936, when the founder of A-Z, Phyllis Pearsall, delivered 250 copies of her London atlas in a wheelbarrow to newsagent WH Smith, no one quite knew how successful her project would be.

Phyllis's mapping 'project' involved walking and noting 3000 miles of 23,000 London streets, waking up at 5am everyday, and not going to bed until after an 18-hour working day.

Yes, maps were already for sale, but the best available was from Ordnance Survey and, at that time, 17 years old... and nowadays our forums are full of visitors complaining that the satnav map they just bought is 6 months out of date - how times change!

I've always loved maps and there is nothing I love more than opening up a brand spanking new road atlas. No torn pages, no earmarks, no broken spine, no coffee cup stains on the cover. Just new, clean shiny pages.

Such an object dropped on my doormat recently. It was the Britain Road Atlas 2009 Edition, courtesy of A to Z. For the sake of transparency, it is the first of many PocketGPSWorld.com partnership publications to launch this year and they've asked me to give it a critical eye and report back... Click here to read more and discuss...

Posted by robert on Sunday, August 17 @ 19:12:23 GMT

News: PocketGPSWorld.com to Trial Non SatNav Technical Help

We understand that asking questions on unfamiliar technical forums is daunting for some. Many only feel comfortable registering with communities that they already know and trust, such as PocketGPSWorld.com.

Thankfully, this site is heaving with all sorts of friendly helpful folk - from those with little technical knowledge to those with an incredible amount of experience.

Do you have a technical, non-SatNav / GPS question that you'd like to pose?

Click here to read more and to ask or answer non-SatNav / GPS related questions...

or click here to ask or answer questions about SatNavs and Speed Cameras in the usual forums...

Posted by robert on Thursday, August 14 @ 13:23:29 GMT

News: Garmin announce new touchscreen Oregon handheld range

Garmin has long been the leader in the handheld GPS market. As time has moved on we have seen improvements in the technology and displays, with the handheld GPS devices becoming more and more powerful. We have also witnessed a convergence between handheld and in-car PNDs. For years now we have been using PDAs with Topo mapping, but Garmin broke that mould with the 60cx range a few years ago.

At CES this year we saw the introduction of the Garmin Colorado with it's controversial wheel control, some people love it others hate it... Now we see the culmination of the development with a touch screen Garmin Handheld the Garmin Oregon series.

Garmin have 3 models in the range with varying specifications and included maps. All have the capability to load additional mapping and data on a microSD card, and will provide users with turn by turn navigation (if the correct maps are loaded).

Click here to read the rest of the article including some pictures, the specs and Garmin's official press release...

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Posted by Mike Barrett on Wednesday, August 13 @ 17:02:02 GMT

News: Garmin announce the Nuvi 550 Rugged Navigation Device

Last month at the British Motor Show in London Garmin announced a new "Rugged Navigation" PND: the Nuvi 500. This is a waterproof SatNav system for use by outdoor enthusiasts, drivers and mariners.

Some years ago one of the big names in Marine GPS talked about producing a PND that you could use in the car to get you to a marina, grab the SatNav from the car and put it in your yacht and sail off into the sunset. Well that never saw the light of day, but Garmin have gone one better and produced a waterproof GPS system that has quadruple usage models: Walking/Outdoor; Cycling/Motorbiking; Driving, and Marine GPS Navigation...

Click here to read the rest of the article including some pictures, the specs and Garmin's official press release....

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Posted by Mike Barrett on Wednesday, August 13 @ 12:38:40 GMT

News: Safety Camera License Discounts for UK Company Fleets

A community call to action! We are always looking for ways to increase the number of drivers who use our Safety Camera Database... simply put, more users equal more camera spotters. This will therefore ensure the highest possible accuracy you have all come to expect and of course also generate income for the site.

Would the company you work for be interested in a database for its fleet of drivers?

Many safety conscious companies are already taking a proactive rather than reactive stance by encouraging their staff to continually regulate their speed. Our Safety Camera Database is already boosting the safety levels of 10 of thousands of employees... Click here to read more...

Posted by robert on Monday, August 11 @ 18:12:26 GMT

Reviews: TrackingTheWorld.com LetterLogger

Tracking the path of letter mail was until now a very daunting task given the extreme amounts of mail that are transported around every day.

But with GPS technology getting better by the day (higher sensitivity, lower energy consumption) it was only a question of time until someone would try to cram a GPS into a postal package.

We have been testing the LetterLogger from TrackingTheWorld.com, and have some comments on the concept in general as well as the implementation in this particular case.

Click here to read our review...

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Posted by Lutz Bendlin on Saturday, August 09 @ 21:14:38 GMT

Subscribers: The PocketGPSWorld.com International Speed Camera Database Has Just Been Updated

Version 6.083 - 09 Aug 08

This release sees 392 static and mobile speed cameras added/modified across the various speed camera databases by 66 users. We have also banned 1 user for breach of copyright.

Please click here for the full breakdown of country, speed camera type and number. All members submitting qualifying reports of static/mobile speed cameras will be credited with lifetime memberships by 17:00 10 Aug 08.

Please keep submitting all sightings of mobile speed cameras so we can keep our database up to date with active sites. Apparently-inactive sites are regularly removed from the database.

The Garmin GPSR is now up to date (8.12am, 11th Aug)
The NavigationMaster database is currently 5.113 (13th Nov 07)
The MapFactor/Directions database is currently 6.054 (21st May 08)

Dont forget our RSS feed which is updated every time we release the speed camera database. Simply right click on the RSS image and select copy shortcut, then post the link into your favourite RSS reader.

The speed camera submission page and download page can be found by clicking here. You can submit new speed cameras in one of two ways - either an OV2 file created by POICapture or individual camera locations.

A beginner's guide to the speed camera database can be found here, and some installation instructions for most units can be found here.

Please watch for further announcements on the homepage or sign up to our occasional newsletter alerts which carry full details of future speed camera database releases. The newsletter signup box is located on the top left of all site pages. Your privacy is important to us, we do not sell on your email details.

Posted by maft on Saturday, August 09 @ 12:47:12 GMT

News: Carcomm x20/x30 Cradle - New Design

We've been using and reviewing Carcomm cradles for some years now and have always found them to be great solutions. I reviewed Carcomm's TomTom x20 cradle in December of last year and it has been my de-facto cradle of choice in-car ever since.

Not only does it give you an OEM type cradle that would not look out of place in any car but it provided suuport for the TMC antenna with a pig tail lead that allowed for a much tidier install.

Now Carcomm have gone one step further with a new revised design that loses a lot of the bulk of the original model and even better, they have added support for TomTom's HD Traffic accessory AND the new revised RDS-TMC antenna which connects via mini-USB as well as retaining support for the current antenna design.

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Posted by Darren Griffin on Saturday, August 09 @ 09:24:55 GMT

News: Correct a Map, Then Win It!

Sick and tired of submitting over 3 million MapShare corrections? Well, now's your chance to get something back from TomTom! They have just announced a new competition called Change Spotting whereby anyone submitting or using a MapShare correction between now and 23rd September 2008 will be entered in to a weekly draw to win prizes such as their top of the range Go930 or new map downloads. There will also be a grand prize draw at the end of the period where the lucky winner will receive a luxury weekend for two in Amsterdam - the real TomTom Home.

Click here to read the full press release and to discuss..

Posted by maft on Friday, August 08 @ 08:23:10 GMT