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GlobalSat DG-100 vs Nokia LD-3W GPS module review

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

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 [...]

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 [...]