Top 5 Free GPS Software: Download Now!

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1. GPS 2 Google Earth 2.2
Log tracks, create placemarks, and save them as Google Earth KML files on your Pocket PC.
Sure, you know where you are. But do you know where you’ve been? With the simple and wonderfully handy GPS 2 Google Earth (GPS2GE), it’s easy to log your travels on a GPS-equipped Pocket PC and view them later with Google Earth (a separate, free download). Just connect to your GPS unit, start tracking your movements, and set placemarks whenever you want. After finishing your journey, export the recorded data to KML format and open it with Google Earth.

You’ll see your entire journey marked out on Google Earth’s high-detail globe. You can even use a GPS-unit simulator to plan future trips. The included GPSGate utility lets you run other GPS apps alongside GPS2GE. On the downside, GPS2GE can’t import maps or display your progress without Google Earth software, so it won’t help with driving a car.

Also, the three executables in the ZIP-file installer package may confuse novice users. Nevertheless, the program runs stably and smoothly and suggests endless potential uses–charting an upcoming hiking trip, for example, or reliving a sightseeing tour. This is the future of travel, people. Get on board.

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2. Mapopolis Navigator 2.35

View maps and generate driving directions on your Palm.

Mapopolis makes viewing maps and generating directions on your Palm OS handheld easy and fun. It is the simplest yet most complete map-viewing application for Palm-compatible devices.

View maps and generate driving directions even across map boundaries! Our map library covers the entire U.S. and major Canadian cities. Maps include every street and street address and thousands of landmarks. The dynamically generated maps support fifteen zoom levels with street labeling at all levels, map panning, map rotate, grayscale and color support, and the ability to change detail level.

Maps can be searched for streets or street addresses, landmarks, businesses, cities or towns, and street intersections. Users can create maplets containing sets of user-defined locations. Supports VFS-compatible memory cards and GPS devices. Adjacent maps seamlessly connect. Store as many maps as memory allows.”

Note: Demo maps are time-limited to 10 days. Sample maps are available for all map levels.

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3. Livecontacts Localizer for Symbian 0.7

Turn your GSM smart phone into GPS device.

GSM Tracker software to transform your GSM into a GPS device. Know where you are. Share your location along the way. Stay connected with people you care about. Livecontacts is the first GPS enabled service that brings you an array of features you can not find anywhere else. GPS-enabled maps, directions, and points of interest.

Let your friends and family know where you are. Livecontacts allows you to pinpoint your location and find out who’s nearby. You can also share your location with trusted people, view your location history on an interactive map, manage your address book, or have information on your contact’s whereabouts in maps available. Using the associated web site, you can allow other users to view your location on the Internet.

Version 0.7 features support for built in GPS in addition to Bluetooth GPS; reduces data traffic for exchange of positioning information.

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4. Loki for Internet Explorer 2

Turn your Wi-Fi-enabled laptop into a virtual GPS device.

Loki is a location-based search and location-sharing browser toolbar. Leveraging Skyhook’s Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) to automatically define a user’s exact physical location, this customizable toolbar turns a Wi-Fi-enabled laptop into a ‘virtual GPS’ device and integrates location into your Internet search, browsing, and communications.

You can customize Loki to find content that you are most interested in and with one click instantly find the nearest jazz club, directions to the best Thai restaurant, find the cheapest gas prices in town and pinpoint your exact location on a map. You can even share that location with others directly from the toolbar by email or SMS. Other features include a timezone adjuster that automatically updates your PC time based on the timezone you’re currently in.

With version 2, you can implement Loki’s p
ositioning system with only a few lines of Javascript. Enhancing applications and Web sites with location awareness is now easier than ever.

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5. Google Maps With GPS Tracker 11

View your real-time physical position on a moving Google Map.

Show your physical position in real-time on a moving Google Map. A small application on your pc uploads your GPS position periodically over either GPRS or 3G, which updates your position on a moving Google Map. Version 11 includes map updates.

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