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Written by Nicolas Gramlich   
Monday, 03 November 2008 02:50

AndNav1 and AndNav2 are Android Navigation-Systems.

The main difference between AndNav1 and AndNav2 is that they are not based on the same map-data. AndNav1 is based on GoogleMaps and had to fight with licensing issues, that are caused by the variety of different map-providers behind the GoogleMaps. The major drawback of that is that so AndNav1 is not allowed to have realtime-navigation, what makes out a common navigationsystem. So in the end AndNav1 is allowed to provide only 'static navigation', which is based on user but not on GPS-sensor input.

But, this is where AndNav2 comes into play, as it is based on free mapdata by OpenStreetMap.org. AndNav2 will provide full audible turn-by-turn realtime route-guidance. AndNav2 has unique features, like Text-2-Speech, an accessibility-study (aka 'Where can I get in 30 minutes') or avoiding customizable areas, i.e. a traffic-jam or a broken bridge on natural disasters. AndNav2 will also contribute back GPS-Traces to the OSM-Project, so when you have driven an unknown route, expect it to be no more unknown from a day to a week later.

AndNav1 and AndNav2 fully interact with all possibilities the Android-Platform provides, like Text-2-Speech, accessing your contacts, high-quality graphics and fast internet-access all combined in an easy to use user interface.

 

AndNav1 is developed by Nicolas Gramlich

AndNav2 ... in cooperation with Pascal Neis from openrouteservice.org.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 17 December 2008 19:10 )
 

Comments  

 
0 #38 Kaspar 2009-01-04 05:47 Decided to buy as in, you already bought…or you are still waiting to buy.Honestly, I think you should charge for the app. Make the download free, give it like a 1 hour trial. After that, the user must pay a ONE TIME fee of like 10-20 dollars. This way, none of that illegal sharing crap can happen.
Quoting Nicolas Gramlich:
Hi Kaspar,

we decided to buy a server which will payout after ~year.
Renting a server is about 1000$/Month.

Best Regards,
Nicolas

Quoting Kaspar:
I seriously cant wait! Nicholas put up that server already! Isnt there anyway to get a server for a couple months using the 4K you have now? I mean, once people see you put it up ALOT of them will donate. Hell, make the app worth 10-20 dollars.

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0 #37 Nicolas Gramlich 2009-01-04 04:06 Hi Kaspar,

we decided to buy a server which will payout after ~year.
Renting a server is about 1000$/Month.

Best Regards,
Nicolas

Quoting Kaspar:
I seriously cant wait! Nicholas put up that server already! Isnt there anyway to get a server for a couple months using the 4K you have now? I mean, once people see you put it up ALOT of them will donate. Hell, make the app worth 10-20 dollars.

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0 #36 Kaspar 2009-01-03 11:05 I seriously cant wait! Nicholas put up that server already! Isnt there anyway to get a server for a couple months using the 4K you have now? I mean, once people see you put it up ALOT of them will donate. Hell, make the app worth 10-20 dollars.

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0 #35 Nicolas Gramlich 2009-01-03 07:09 Hi Kaspar,

AndNav2 builds upon Pascals service: http://www.openrouteservice.org/ which was a huge amount of work to get it working for Europe.

Also the US-Maps are a lot bigger in data-capacity than europe, that is why we need the bigger server.

Regards,
Nicolas

Quoting Kaspar:
I dont understand why you put all the other countries first. US needs it the most, and from the look of your videos, your from the US also.
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0 #34 Kaspar 2009-01-02 18:20 I dont understand why you put all the other countries first. US needs it the most, and from the look of your videos, your from the US also. Quote
 
 
+1 #33 Kaspar 2009-01-02 07:03 Also, will AndNav2 for US feature a service were we can search stuff. For instance, in Google Maps if we search…"Pizza" it will show us places that sell pizza around our current location. Then, we can get directions to there, phone numbers, ect. Quote
 
 
-1 #32 Kaspar 2009-01-02 06:34 Quick reply! I need a GPS really badly, turning 16 in a couple of months and don't want to purchase another unit just to get around. When do you think US version will be released? Like I said, I will defiantly donate at least 100 dollars when I see everything is up and stable. Hell, you guys deserve it. I'd be paying the same amount, except this way is way more compact!
Quoting Nicolas Gramlich:
Hi Kaspar,

it seems like we could manage to keep AndNav free for the end-user.

Any donation is really appreciated =)

Best Regards,
Nicolas

Quoting Kaspar:
Hi Nicolas! This app is great! I was wondering, when it comes out the US how much will it cost? You said 10-20 dollars. A week? A month? A year? Or just 20 dollars for the application?

Either way, you are amazing! Thanks a lot. I will GLADLY donate the amount of a GPS system(100-150$) when I can see you are maintaining the servers, and the US edition is working fine.

Thanks!
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0 #31 Nicolas Gramlich 2009-01-02 06:24 Hi Kaspar,

it seems like we could manage to keep AndNav free for the end-user.

Any donation is really appreciated =)

Best Regards,
Nicolas

Quoting Kaspar:
Hi Nicolas! This app is great! I was wondering, when it comes out the US how much will it cost? You said 10-20 dollars. A week? A month? A year? Or just 20 dollars for the application?

Either way, you are amazing! Thanks a lot. I will GLADLY donate the amount of a GPS system(100-150$) when I can see you are maintaining the servers, and the US edition is working fine.

Thanks!
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0 #30 Kaspar 2009-01-02 05:23 Hi Nicolas! This app is great! I was wondering, when it comes out the US how much will it cost? You said 10-20 dollars. A week? A month? A year? Or just 20 dollars for the application?

Either way, you are amazing! Thanks a lot. I will GLADLY donate the amount of a GPS system(100-150$) when I can see you are maintaining the servers, and the US edition is working fine.

Thanks! Quote
 
 
0 #29 Nicolas Gramlich 2008-12-31 18:13 We want this AndNav2 to go live in the end of January or the beginning of February.
It looks like we'll have to invest a "couple" of bucks from our own money :( Quote
 

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