GPS accuracy is so good that it's tempting to rely on it exclusively. That could be a mistake in abnomal traffic conditions.

Nowadays, it's rare to hit the trail or water without finding someone's nose glued to a phone or navigating by hand-held GPS device. Smartphone navigation is especially common in hiking, but paddlers ...

The speed limit posted on roadside signs doesn’t always match what their phone or vehicle navigation system says. On a recent drive down State Route 89 from Tahoe City to South Lake Tahoe, several ...

Navigon’s MobileNavigator USA app for Google Android offers all the features you’d expect from a GPS navigation app. It plots your point on a map and displays turn by turn directions from point A to ...

The white-hot portable navigation device (PND) market now faces its fiercest competition ever—downloadable applications for the top-rated Apple iPhone. These apps promise to replicate the software ...

ALK Technologies, a provider of navigation and GeoLogistics software, announced that its CoPilot GPS navigation apps for smartphones and tablets will be available for Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8.

Spending a few hundred bucks on a dedicated semi-truck GPS might sound like overkill, especially when your phone already tells you where to go for free. But before you shrug it off, picture this: ...

Incident reporting appears to be the new big thing in the automotive space. While Waze pioneered this concept, most big apps received similar capabilities, allowing users to flag hazards on the map.