Posts Tagged ‘GPS’
GlobalSat DG-100 vs Nokia LD-3W GPS module review
For over two months now I've been the owner of two different GPS devices, and I've had plenty of time to thoroughly use them whilst on my London Underground tube walking project, so I thought it was about time I reviewed them. Both are headless GPS units - in other words neither have a display. And both are based on the SiRFstar III chipset. [...]
Nokia phones automatically tagging photos with cell ID
I wonder how many people know that their Nokia phone may be automatically tagging all their photos with enough information to track where they go? - even if they don't have GPS. This is certainly the case if you have a Nokia N80 with Lifeblog installed. When the photos are synced to your PC so is the location information. It is easily viewable [...]
Improved KML embedding of Google Maps into web pages
I've been further improving the code that I described in my previous in my previous post - 'Adding KML Google Maps overlays to WordPress posts'. I've made these changes: Option to specify a latitude / longitude / zoom for the map. This allows you to have one map and then show lots of different views of it The code is now implemented as [...]
Adding KML Google Maps overlays to WordPress posts
Embedding basic KML Maps into your blog post There is an easy way to include Google Maps KML overlays in your WordPress blog if you are willing to have all the size and style information hardcoded into each post. All you have to do is to go to http://maps.google.co.uk/ type the KML location into the search box and then click on 'Link to this [...]
Installing Nokia Maps on a Nokia N80
I recently bought a Nokia LD-W3 external bluetooth GPS unit that is working well when used with Nokia’s Sport Tracker application. It allows you to record your tracks that can later be overlaid onto Google Maps. It doesn’t however have a built in map so you can see where you are. I wanted a mapping application so that I could navigate using [...]
Linking photos to locations
I’ve wanted to be able to GPS tag my photos for a while now so I know where they have been taken. This will be great for when I go on walks around the city. The first thing I need to do this is a GPS module. I did some research into GPS modules which can connect to my Series 60 phone – a Nokia N80. To connect to the phone it the module needs [...]
