Waypoints are locations or landmarks worth recording and storing in your GPS. These are locations you may later want to return to. They may be check points on a route or significant ground features.

CamerAlert is a Speed and Red Light Camera warning system based on the world renowned PocketGPSWorld.com Speed Camera Database. It provides both audible and visual warnings as you approach a camera.

This is the first in a series of articles that examines the intricacies of creating and maintaining digital maps by TomTom. This article looks at the Map Geometry, how the roads are discovered and the ...

TomTom's NAV3 devices that use the MyTomTom website to manage their cnotent (e.g. GO 1000, GO 1005, VIA Live etc) are able to use custom splash screens. These can be shown when the device is starting ...

Navteq announce APAC LBS Challenge Winners The Navteq LBS Challenge is held in the three main areas in the World: America, Europe and Asia. The European Challenge was at Mobile World Congress in ...

PocketGPSWorld GPS Hardware/Personal Navigation Devices Menu Over the last couple of years Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs) have become popular. These have moved the SatNav market into the ...

PocketGPSWorld GPS Software/Mobile Phone Menu A new trend is to produce SatNav software for mobile phones. This started with Wayfinder using a download service, but has grown over the last 18 months ...

Michelin Road Atlases Partner With Pocket GPS You may have noticed while perusing the map shelves in petrol stations or supermarkets that most of the top road atlas brands such as A-Z, Collins and ...

TomTom Maps - v840.2562 Now out TomTom have snuck out a map update. Although we have received no official news on this release, forum members spotted the availability of it through TomTom HOME this ...

When you get up to speed in you car you will often find the sound output from you PDA a little quiet. This is where you need to get an external sound system. We look at external amplified solutions ...

CompeGPS Aventura now shipping We first saw the Aventura at CeBIT in March this year. Developed by Spanish company CompeGPS the Aventura is a neat dual purpose On and Off Road navigator aimed at the ...

Garmin Rhino 110 and 120 Updates A new set of firmware updates for the Rhino devices has been released by Garmin. Changes made from version 3.30 to 3.40: Fixed problem that caused MGRS coordinates to ...