Without this base road data, Garmin, TomTom, Apple and Google navigation apps could not exist.
This is something sorely lacking in Google Navigation and that we're glad to see here.
The phone also appears to come loaded up with Google Navigation (a bit of a no-brainer) and the brand-spanking-new Google Goggles.
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And unless it can pump out the Android version before Google Navigation goes global, there won't be much motivation to download a presumably fee-based (it certainly won't be free) Ovi Maps on the platform unless Android users are willing to pay to have Nokia's localized maps on the device instead of downloading them over the air as the Google offering requires.
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The early CloudCar example runs on a very simple interface with options like Google Maps navigation, media playback and Google contacts on the left.
Also unsurprisingly lacking on both operating systems is strong support for Google web services such as Maps with navigation, Google Voice and Google Drive.
With the introduction of iOS 6 for both new and existing iPhone models, Apple is replacing the current Google-based navigation system it hosts on the phone with its own new location and navigation software, called Maps.
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Google Maps with voice navigation has been on Android phones since 2009.
Aside from this robo-physique, the Audi Connect technology at the fingertips is user friendly, including the Google Earth capabilities of the navigation system.
The last several versions of Google Maps have included indoor navigation, at least for locations that have been mapped by the computing giant on its expansive database.
Meanwhile, the radio app's design has been given a rethink for its Android debut, following the design and navigation notions of Google's homemade apps which should hopefully making sense to any seasoned Android 4.0 user.
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It loads much more quickly than the old iOS Google Maps app because it uses vector graphics instead of bitmap graphics, and it has turn-by-turn navigation which the old iOS Google Maps app did not have.
The navigation system can display Google Earth imagery beneath the map overlay, which is sure to keep passengers entertained.
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Other apps accessible via Sensus Connected Touch include Google maps, TuneIn, iGO navigation and an app store for new functions and updates.
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The turn by turn navigation is a big improvement from Google maps, even if the road signage device is a bit cute and over-scaled on my (now undersized) iPhone 4.
Google's never been afraid to "blow it out" with Google Maps, most famously with its inclusion of Navigation, which knocked the legs out from under a lot of the GPS device and navigation app market.
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There is, however, the slight problem of the Lumia 920 not yet shipping: unless you've been blessed with a prototype of the Windows Phone 8 device, Apple and Google are the only ones that have their latest navigation software on a phone you can actually buy.
The postive of the app is that Apple has added turn-by-turn navigation, which was missing before in the Google app.
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He noted that more than 100 million mobile device users had upgraded to the new iOS software, replacing a Google-powered maps app with Apple's own software which relies on licensed navigation data.
Apple acquired several companies to construct its mapping technology, as well as using information from third parties, such as navigation system maker Tom Tom NV, before it was ready to boot Google Maps.
The current iteration of Google Glass has a camera and microphone for audio and video recording, a touchpad for navigation and a gyroscope, accelerometers along with other sensors.
Denard's distinctive vehicle is a mobile mapping van owned by Tele Atlas, the Dutch firm that, along with Navteq and Google, has spent the better part of a decade building minutely detailed geographic databases used by navigation devices and Web sites.
You won't find it in any site navigation, searching yields almost nothing, and the team at GenerationMP3 admit that they stumbled on it by chance (you can still find it via cached Google pages, which indicate that it was on the U.K. site's navigation at some point in recent history).
Google struck the first blow in Oct. 2009 with the release of free, turn-by-turn navigation software for phones that use its mobile platform, Android.
Firstly, the place where Google really seems to have put a lot of its energies has been in the look and feel of homescreen navigation.
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