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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Off-road navigation via mobile phone
ViewRanger And Nokia N95 Create A New Horizon For Outdoor GPS Navigation presents a service for off-road navigation with trailing/tracking, 3D maps etc, now supporting the Nokia N95 GPS phone.
It's in my opinion still way more optimal to use dedicated fixed navigation equipment in a car than a mobile phone, yet off road it's the other way around, as you can't carry a lab full of equipment when hiking in the wilderness. Power is an issue though, and the power hungry N95 (as in battery power; not the 'take over the world' kind of power) forces you to carry spare batteries or keep the time spent in the outback short.
It's in my opinion still way more optimal to use dedicated fixed navigation equipment in a car than a mobile phone, yet off road it's the other way around, as you can't carry a lab full of equipment when hiking in the wilderness. Power is an issue though, and the power hungry N95 (as in battery power; not the 'take over the world' kind of power) forces you to carry spare batteries or keep the time spent in the outback short.
