Apple announced earlier this year it was replacing its mobile map software from Google with a new Apple-designed system.
The number of mobile map users is also rising at a rapid pace.
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The growth is expected to continue in the future as well, with mobile map users in China estimated to reach around 600 million by 2015.
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Microsoft mentioned Via's mobile processing road map specifically, and LCD tech is clearly advancing to a point where a 7-inch display isn't as much of a burden on a handheld form factor.
At the end of the process, I had a printable, or mobile-viewable, map with about a dozen locations marked as interesting, rather than a mass of undifferentiated pins on map.
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But clearly they started to see that the mobile web would demand a map-centric approach, which Google has been building for many years.
If you lose your phone, Mobile Me will display a Google Map that shows where your iPhone is, as long as it's turned on.
Activists have developed a system to track and map incidents of harassment through mobile phones, in an effort to challenge the social acceptability of harassment.
Rask: Mobile is the only medium where you can map a full path to purchase.
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Most notably, an update to Apple's mobile operating system left the phone's map, which replaces Google Maps as the phone's default travel tool, a spotty mess with lots of locations missing.
Also on the table are a compass, map, knife, dark glasses and small mobile phone.
Most notably, an update to Apple's mobile operating system has replaced Google Maps with an Apple-designed map service that many users say is less accurate or even omits locations altogether.
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At its iPad 3 unveiling Wednesday, Apple made a big deal about their new version of iPhoto built for mobile devices, featuring a system for geotagging photos and placing them on a map.
In our last test, IE mobile still did not offer a good maps experience with no ability to pan or zoom and perform basic map functionality.
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Most mobile robots do this using a technique called SLAM (simultaneous localisation and mapping), whereby they build up a map of their unknown environment, using various sensors, whilst keeping track of their current position at the same time.
Dallas Fort Worth was one of the first airports to create a mobile app that can help users find a parking space, check out the nearest concessions, and use GPS to map the closest stores and food outlets.
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