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[Q] GPS screen app

I had a GPS app way back on my hero that I would love to have again. I can't remember what it's called though and Ive searched for it for quite some time using all kinds of key words here and on Google.
Anyway. The app allows you to look up the street through the camera on your phone and it will show the locations of restaurants, gas stations, pool halls, whatever. All on the screen. Does anyone know what it is called if it even exists anymore?
I hope I put this question in the proper place. If not, please move it to the right place. Thanks for the help guys.

I believe it's called wikitude world browser. Hope I helped.
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Not exactly the same app but it's darn close. Thanks so much I_FLY_Z3R0.

Perhaps you're referring to Layar.
http://m.layar.com/mobile/
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I_FLY_Z3R0 said:
I believe it's called wikitude world browser. Hope I helped.
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Thank you very much for that! great app

HCdroid said:
Perhaps you're referring to Layar.
http://m.layar.com/mobile/
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That's probably the one, great app, I use to show that off to the iPhone users.

Best Nav App?

I'm over Google Navigation. The last few updates have ruined it. It won't warn you when your turn is coming, it won't reroute almost ever, and it wants to send me halfway around the city to get somewhere ten minutes away. So, with that rant out of the way, what's the best third party Nav app?
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I use Locus Pro, its more detailed than Google maps ans has a lot of different features including navigation. It works really well for me. There is also a free version although I paid for the pro version
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JaylanPHNX said:
I'm over Google Navigation. The last few updates have ruined it. It won't warn you when your turn is coming, it won't reroute almost ever, and it wants to send me halfway around the city to get somewhere ten minutes away. So, with that rant out of the way, what's the best third party Nav app?
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Ive used and loved Sygic on my HD2. But i would get FC on ICS on my SGS2. But i think its cause i tried using the same sd data that i had for my HD2. I havent gotten around to redownloading it though.

JaylanPHNX said:
I'm over Google Navigation. The last few updates have ruined it. It won't warn you when your turn is coming, it won't reroute almost ever, and it wants to send me halfway around the city to get somewhere ten minutes away. So, with that rant out of the way, what's the best third party Nav app?
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Waze is great and it tells you where the cops are and accidents
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djtheraven said:
Waze is great and it tells you where the cops are and accidents
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I use waze also, good stuff, and free :good:

Whaaaaaaaat? I need to try this waze yall speak of
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No more speeding tickets bi-winning
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Downloaded Waze, will check it out. Still looking at Sygic as an offline option.
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wes1311 said:
I use Locus Pro, its more detailed than Google maps
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In what way is it more detailed than Google Maps?

Try Copilot GPS. It is free and also upgradable if you would like to pay for more features. I actually got pro version for free using a small trick:beer:
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Another Waze-er here....lol....Best stuff.....
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I like Waze, but with my current ROM, it's crashing. But now Google Maps is working well again. Their new voice sounds great and gives plenty of early warning prompts. I think part of my previous problems were related to bad GPS performance from my ROM.
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djtheraven said:
Waze is great and it tells you where the cops are and accidents
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i also like waze

Google Now

Anyone using it?
For me it usually just shows the weather. I also noticed that it does not do a local search on the tablet, a possible fallout from the samsung galaxy nexus / apple injunction? . When I go into the settings it also won't let me designate my teams under the sports card. If I do a google search for say chicago cubs scores, it shows the scores in google search, but does not show a card in google now? What are other people's experiences ?
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Ha, fellow Cubs fan here. I've just gotten the weather as well...but I only turned it on today. I keep asking it all sorts of questions about things I want updates on- the Cubs, Mark Webber, etc. hoping it will get the hint. I guess only time will tell.

In regards to my nexus phone; I only seem to get the route home traffic and map when I'm on wifi which is pretty redundant.
I've sort of given up using it. Does anyone love it for any great reason? Not even opened it on N7
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I've been trying to get it to work for the past few days but no luck at all yet..... Don't even get the weather..... I'll give it another few days days anyways but finding it a bit crap so far tbh..
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Have u activated Google now or not? Even I didn't get even the weather card for the first two days... Then I saw that it needs to be turned ON in the settings... Even after I did I get only the weather card..
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I get all kinds of info from mine. It tells me when I have to leave tone on time for appointments. It tells me traffic to and from work. It keeps me informed on weather. Even keeps me up to date on sports scores.
The trick is you have to turn on web search history on your Google Dashboard.
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I think I'm being blind. Where is web search history?
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I have had pretty good luck with it as well. Weather, sports scores during and after games for both my AL and NL teams - previews showing matchups before games start, even so much so that if I use maps on my phone it'll show me traffic / estimated travel time there on my tablet.

So I was able to get my sports teams to finally show up. To do this I first went to google dashboard and enabled web search to a more liberal setting. I then had to go into Google Now settings and disable or turn off the sports card. I then went to settings and cleared the data for google search, then relaunched Google Now. It reprompted me to allow things, and when I navigated back to settings in Google Now, I reenabled the sports card , and when I did, the Cubs where pulled up and I could edit my teams.
A process you might want to try if it is being flaky..
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Ask it how the red sox did today. It told me they won 15-7.. they actually lost. All sports scores are always 5-10 mins behind when I ask. also, automatic cards pop up to tell me the weather and how far from home or work I am, never anything useful. I have been nothing but disappointed with it and may stop trying to use it for now till it improves(it will).
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I don't need Google Now to tell me the Royals lost again but it would be nice.
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How do you set it to have a card for traffic to WORK? I have the one that's always there for home but no matter what I try I never have one for work. How do I set a work location?
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floateruk said:
I think I'm being blind. Where is web search history?
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Same here, can't find it.
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nooomoto said:
Same here, can't find it.
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Settings > Privacy and Accounts > Manage web history
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bleedblue said:
Settings > Privacy and Accounts > Manage web history
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Yeah I googled it. The irony!
Thanks.
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Lttlwing16 said:
So I was able to get my sports teams to finally show up. To do this I first went to google dashboard and enabled web search to a more liberal setting. I then had to go into Google Now settings and disable or turn off the sports card. I then went to settings and cleared the data for google search, then relaunched Google Now. It reprompted me to allow things, and when I navigated back to settings in Google Now, I reenabled the sports card , and when I did, the Cubs where pulled up and I could edit my teams.
A process you might want to try if it is being flaky..
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Yep this world for me. Thanks a lot.

I just want it to learn my daily commute. I make one trip from my house to a location about 15 miles away to pick something up, and then return home. I do this towards the end of rush hour, and sometimes get caught in traffic because of x y and z. It would be nice if Now could alert me to traffic info before my commute as I've seen it can do in demos.
I've taken the nexus with me every day since I got it and its told me nothing yet. Will having now enabled the search history make a difference?
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nooomoto said:
I just want it to learn my daily commute. I make one trip from my house to a location about 15 miles away to pick something up, and then return home. I do this towards the end of rush hour, and sometimes get caught in traffic because of x y and z. It would be nice if Now could alert me to traffic info before my commute as I've seen it can do in demos.
I've taken the nexus with me every day since I got it and its told me nothing yet. Will having now enabled the search history make a difference?
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Try checking in to the place using Latitude, or adding it as a stored location with Latitude/Maps.
I manually set my work place and it brings up the travel details for me. Before that it wasn't picking it up automatically, though to be fair I didn't give it more than a trip or two to work before I did it manually.

I'll try when I get there tomorrow. Thanks.
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Sure wish I could figure out how to get the work traffic card, lol
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Google Now vs Robin?

Which one do you guys prefer and why? I personally cannot find any use of google now while robin is very helpful in my opinion...
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I like both but its nice to see a new fully functional voice assistant
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I suggest trying utter!
It is currently in beta but has a distinct advantage over other voice commands which is customizability and it can execute tasker tasks.
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I have not tried Robin but will give it a try. I like Google Now. The widget occupy's a 4*4 space on my home screen and it keeps me up to date with the local weather, my next appointment/work schema, how much time it takes me get to work and to get home. Every now and the I will be reminded with a picture and name that a friend on Google+ is having a birthday.
Other cards turn up and when I open Google Search!
The only voice commands I use are simple ones such as currency checks or a quick math problem.
I like Google Now.

NicholasQ said:
I suggest trying utter!
It is currently in beta but has a distinct advantage over other voice commands which is customizability and it can execute tasker tasks.
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Utter is great too. I dont remember why i got rid of it. I think pissed me off cuz wasnt understanding what i was saying lol
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persheshhater said:
Utter is great too. I dont remember why i got rid of it. I think pissed me off cuz wasnt understanding what i was saying lol
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Utter uses whatever voice engine you choose. So the misunderstanding part is usually due to the person not saying the command correctly. It has to be exact.
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I find that I use Google Now a lot. I rely pretty heavily on searching for locations on my desktop, then having an estimated time of arrival listed as a card on my phone that I can easily set as a navigation target. The ability to pull my calendar events and tell me when I need to leave due to traffic is also quite helpful.

Foraging app. Plot poi?

Hi I'm wondering if anyone has found an android app thats able to plot personal points of interest by GPS and maybe add a photo to that. It would have to be personal too so that my spots don't get nicked
Basically when I find a good place for a certain wild food if like to be able to plot the place by GPS so that I can find the same place next year.
Cheers
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Use Google maps and add a star at the location. Then it's in your My Places area forever until you delete it
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noodles2224 said:
Use Google maps and add a star at the location. Then it's in your My Places area forever until you delete it
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Is that private though. Will it not share it with the world?
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No, it's only viewed by you I think.. I don't know about using Latitude though.. Try it on some random location and ask a friend if they see it using latitude :/
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noodles2224 said:
No, it's only viewed by you I think.. I don't know about using Latitude though.. Try it on some random location and ask a friend if they see it using latitude :/
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Indeed, correct. Starred places are only visible by you. You can share them later if you want but it doesn't do it automatically.

Yeah but I can't write anything on it I can only star it. Means I will have loads of stars and not know what it is in the individual location
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Try OruxMaps. It supports offline mapping/tracking (with pre downloaded maps) and you can create and edit waypoints and tracks. A bit of a learning curve to it compared to something simple like Gmaps, but it is incredibly powerful. It comes along on all my backcountry adventures lately.
http://www.oruxmaps.com/index_en.html

lukedunk said:
Try OruxMaps. It supports offline mapping/tracking (with pre downloaded maps) and you can create and edit waypoints and tracks. A bit of a learning curve to it compared to something simple like Gmaps, but it is incredibly powerful. It comes along on all my backcountry adventures lately.
http://www.oruxmaps.com/index_en.html
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Digging this app like. Anyway to add a photo the your waypoint though?
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shenery said:
Digging this app like. Anyway to add a photo the your waypoint though?
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When I create waypoints the app doesn't save them say if my battery runs out and I start the app up again they are gone. How do it fix this?
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shenery said:
Yeah but I can't write anything on it I can only star it. Means I will have loads of stars and not know what it is in the individual location
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You can open https://www.google.com/bookmarks/ on PC and rename your starred places whatever you like. In a few days or so the new names will be synced with google maps -> My Places on your phone and you will know what is what.