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iPods and Geospatial

posted by Satri on Friday August 04, @10:53AM        Permalink  Trackback URI  Slashdotthis  Diggthis  Del.icio.us
from the bring-your-map-in-your-pocket dept.

The GEObLog (in spanish) links to geospatially related uses of iPods and portable media players. Amongst the links, there is iPod Directions, which "is a powerful step-by-step directions saving tool that will export online driving directions from results by Yahoo Maps and import them into your iPod". There's also iSubway Maps and SoundWalk, the latter offers audio tours. Finally, the National Geographic Traveler lists nine ways the iPod phenomenon altered the way we travel. See also related stories below for other mapping uses of iPods.

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• Using an iPod for Geocaching

  (Score:3, Informative)

  by geognerd (63) on Friday August 04, @01:13PM (#886)

  GPSBabel [slashgeo.org] allows you to convert GPX files to vCard format, which can be read on iPods. So instead of reading the geocache [geocaching.com] description on paper or a PDA, you could read it on your iPod. But I don't know anyone who does this.
  • Re:Using an iPod for Geocaching

    (Score:3, Funny)

    by geognerd (63) on Friday August 04, @01:15PM (#887)

    And I screwed up the link for GPSBabel [gpsbabel.org], even though I used the Preview button.

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