Best GPS Apps for the Motorola Droid
How to Enhance Your Living Experience with Verizon's Droid
Nov 15, 2009
There are many applications in the Android Market that take advantage of the GPS technology in Motorola's Droid. From apps that augment reality to ones that provide real-time traffic information based on GPS information from others' phones, many, many applications utilize the Droid's very accurate GPS technology. These apps are the very best apps for the Droid that make use of its global positioning system.
Wikitude
Augmented reality, one of the coolest new technologies to come to mobile phones, is when an application overlays information onto a phone's camera feed using GPS, compass, and camera information. One augmented reality program that is an absolute must have for any outdoor adventurer is Wikitude, the self-proclaimed “world browser” that allows users to overlay information about their surroundings onto a feed from their Droids' camera.
With Wikitude users can choose various overlay categories including sights, towns, nature, hospitality, and more from various sources like Wikipedia and Qype. The overlays place clickable icons over various points of interest, giving users quick access to relevant information on the Internet. Most relevant points of interest are shown in any given area, and the overlay very accurately displays the them where they should be displayed.
Where
Anyone looking for restaurant reviews, movies times, cheap gas, or anything else in the local area definitely needs to get Where, and app that brings all this information right to the Droid. Using GPS location data, users can look up the local weather, news, reviews, movies, gas prices. Where provides a sleek, user-friendly interface that takes users directly where they want to go.
Reviews are available for restaurants, bars, clubs, nightlife, grocery stores, bakeries, hotels, travel, and most hospitalities in the local area. Movie times are delivered for the next week, along with reviews posted by other users of Where. This app, which delivers gas prices and addresses for almost every gas station in the local area, is a must-have for anyone looking for cheap gas.
Zagat nru
Zagat nru (“near you”) is an essential applications for visitors to any major city. Using a combination of GPS and compass location input, this app lists all sorts of restaurants, nightlife and shopping destinations, complete with a description and user ratings.
When a user holds his Droid vertically, nru displays a radar-style map, with literally hundreds of points of interest in the surrounding area listed. If the user holds his Droid at eye level, nru will display a panorama map of the various restaurants and locations in a kind of augmented reality. The ratings on this app are very informative and plenty of locations are listed, making this bit of software definitely worth the download.
Waze
For very accurate, real time traffic data, Waze is a the way to go. Using data accrued from the devices of other Waze users, this service builds a very accurate map of traffic data that can be accessed using the app's straightforward interface. This service works by tracking the speeds of of Waze users on major roads, allowing for accurate, up to the minute road data.
Waze users can also manually submit data, such as traffic jams, car accidents, police traps, road hazards, and construction to build a very detailed traffic map. The more that a user uses this application and submits road data, the higher the ranking they receive, allowing him or her to view more traffic information. Waze is one of the better traffic applications available for Motorola's Droid for sure.
Developers for Verizon Wireless's Motorola Droid can utilize its very accurate GPS and compass technology to create some very handy applications. These applications are, without a doubt, the best ones to make use of Droid's technology. Anyone looking to augment reality, get reviews and ratings of the best restaurants and hotspots, and get real-time, accurate traffic data needs to have a look at these very useful applications.
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