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National Geographic Maps launches US trail database - 06/04/2008

National Geographic Maps, a division of the U.S. National Geographic Society, has unveiled today TOPO! Explorer, a new website and related desktop application dedicated to help outdoor enthusiasts locate and download trail and recreation information...

Fugawi Touratel expands coverage to Canadian outdoor maps - 04/15/2008

GPS software manufacturer Northport Systems, announced today upgrades to Fugawi Touratel, its online and wireless map resource for outdoor enthusiasts. Designed to enhance outdoor activities such as hiking, mountain biking, fishing, hunting,...

Wayfinder introduces outdoor mobile app to North America - 03/26/2008

Swedish mobile navigation company Wayfinder today announced that it is introducing its Wayfinder Active application in the U.S. and Canada. Wayfinder Active is a free GPS application for mobile phones with a combination of maps, GPS recording and...

TomTom on Dutch waters with CosmicNavigation - 03/10/2008

At the water sports fair Hiswa in the Netherlands last week, CosmicNavigation has been launching an electronic version of the Dutch marine atlas for TomTom products. CosmicNavigation which is known in the Benelux for its...

CompeGPS to launch Crossover Navigation Device at CeBIT - 02/29/2008

Spanish off-road navigation software editor CompeGPS has announced today it will demonstrate at CEBIT its first hardware product called Twonav Aventura. This crossover between a portable in-car navigation system and an outdoor GPS handheld is...

Trimble Outdoor launches ad-supported geocaching application - 02/13/2008

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, GPS Business News interviewed with Rich Rudow, director at Trimble Outdoor. Trimble Outdoor is launching this week a geocaching application on the Symbian S60 platform. This...

Magellan to offer off-road routing on Triton GPS handhelds - 02/04/2008

Magellan today announced an exclusive partnership with Primordial in order to integrate Primordial's off-road routing software “Ground Guidance” into Magellan's Triton outdoor handheld GPS. Currently, off-road navigation...

Q&A with Michelle Meskill, Celestron - 01/15/2008

GPS Business News met with Michelle Meskill, marketing manager at Celestron at the 2008 CES Show. Celestron's SkyScout is a personal planetarium for amateur stargazers that uses GPS to find and identify star in the sky. The Sky Scout was launched...

Intermap to provide Bushnell with outdoor digital maps - 01/11/2008

Intermap Technologies Corp. this week announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, an agreement with Bushnell Outdoor Products that enables recreational enthusiasts to download AccuTerra outdoor map content for the new ONIX series of...

Q&A with Darren Bassel, SPOT Inc. - 01/08/2008

At the CES show in Las Vegas GPS Business News interviewed with Darren Bassel, Director of Retail Marketing at SPOT Inc. Dedicated to the outdoor enthusiasts, the SPOT Satellite Messenger uses both the GPS satellite network to determine a user’s...

Fugawi releases outdoor GPS navigation widget in the U.S. € - 12/19/2007

Northport Systems, Inc., editor of outdoor and marine GPS software Fugawi, today launched Fugawi Touratel, a cell phone-based outdoor navigation widget and the related web 2.0 website for use in the United States. Both web and mobile phone...

Intermap to provide U.S. outdoor 3D map data to Magellan € - 12/17/2007

Intermap Technologies today announced an agreement with Magellan to provide outdoor map content products for Magellan’s line of handheld GPS devices in the United States. AccuTerra map products will provide users with outdoor specific map data for...
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