{"id":20890,"date":"2010-06-03T18:31:20","date_gmt":"2010-06-03T17:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.razorianfly.com\/?p=20890"},"modified":"2010-06-03T18:34:38","modified_gmt":"2010-06-03T17:34:38","slug":"your-gps-location-is-no-longer-confined-to-generic-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/03\/your-gps-location-is-no-longer-confined-to-generic-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Your GPS Location Is No Longer Confined to Generic Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your current GPS location on a map. Old news, right?<\/em> Most definitely. But your current GPS location on a map of your choice<\/a>? Now that’s pretty exciting. <\/p>\n

Released a few weeks ago, a new application created by FogTechnologies<\/a> dubbed ‘Snap + Map’ allows users not only to track their current location using iPhone OS’ built-in location services, but also lets you choose which map image you want to use.<\/p>\n

For example, say you’re at college and instead of opening @Google Maps and getting a generic map image, you’d rather see where you are on a map provided by the college. Well now, you can. The app allows you to take a photo via the iPhone’s camera, and then overlay your current location data on top of that photo.<\/p>\n

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By superimposing your GPS location onto a user-defined map, either downloaded in the form of a PDF or from a picture taken with the iPhone\u2019s camera, the app calibrates the iPhone\u2019s GPS receiver with the map by asking you to enter your current location, then move a short distance and enter it again. Of course, much of this app\u2019s usefulness depends on the iPhone\u2019s somewhat spotty GPS capabilities.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

An interesting idea we’d like to see developed some more. Who knows where this could go in the future! <\/p>\n

Snap + Map is yours for just $1.99.<\/p>\n

[via @CultOfMac]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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