Global Navigator lets you browse maps and satellite images of the whole World. You can find places by zooming in on the world map, or by using the app's powerful search tool. Global Navigator offers several ways to look at maps, including map, satellite, terrain, and hybrid mode. You can view maps in 3D and move around in all directions, like you can in Google Earth on your PC.

Global Navigator can search, view points of interest, plan routes and explore any area of the planet. More importantly, if you have GPS, you can view your position on the screen and activate the route planner navigation mode. This works in much the same way as a satellite navigation system you'd use in a car, and even includes voice instructions to help you get to where you're going.

A feast of features

Other features of Global Navigator include the ability to view photo layers to show images on maps all over the World, add GSM or GPS information to photo and video taken on your camera, and export routes to Google KML format. You can also store favorite locations in Global Navigator.

Finding your way around with Global Navigator is a breeze, although there were some stability issues in our tests. For example, the program would crash when trying to view photos, and the maps often took an age to render in terrain mode. Another shortcoming in Global Navigator is the business look-up feature, which is pretty limited and doesn't cover all areas.

If you find yourself getting lost on a regular basis, Global Navigator will help you get out of tight situations using your Pocket PC. If you have a GPS receiver too, you'll find this app even more useful.

Download Global Navigator 5.8 in Softonic

If you don't know what Google Maps is by now then you've either been on a different planet or you've been getting very lost on this one.

Google Maps has been transforming the way I, for one, find my way round strange cities or locate great bars and restaurants. One of the problems though is that I have needed a PC to use it, which is not so good when I'm walking down roads I don't recognize. Well problem solved, or so it seems. Because now Google Maps is accessible by PDA.

Key features of Google Maps

This version lets you do all the things you should be used to and unable to live without by now. You can locate streets, companies and other points of interest like hotels and restaurants; fly round the world viewing satellite imagery from every country on Earth with some incredible footage of different landscapes and wild animals.

More usefully, Google Maps is one of the best route finders available allowing you to generate directions from any two points on the globe. It uses your GPS data to plot where you are on a map, effectively making Google Maps a satellite navigation system. What's more, if you flick on Street View from the Layers< menu, you'll be able to confirm that you're on the right track.

Connecting with the planet

Google Maps is now loaded with features to help you connect with people around you. Its Latitude service allows you to track the position of your friends anywhere on the planet (and vice versa). You simply need to create a Google profile then load in your contacts. Google Maps for mobile then displays their locations on the map, making it easier to hook up (or avoid them!) if they are near you.

New for version 4 of Google Maps is support for Buzz. This location-aware service allows you to spread the word to people around you about what you're doing, or about what you think of a certain place. Simply tap on a location and you have the option to type something about that place. Enable the Buzz layer from the options menu and you'll be able to see what people around you are saying.

Google Maps for mobile is one of those essential applications that significantly enhances the usefulness of your Pocket PC.

Download Google Maps 4.1.1 in Softonic

If you own a Windows Mobile device and are thinking of buying a sat nav device for your car, then stop for a second. These days you can get a decent GPS navigation software utility for a fraction of the cost of a completely new unit.

NAVIGON MobileNavigator is one such example. This European Edition of the app allows you to find your way around the continent using your Windows Mobile device. You can choose to purchase maps of specific countries, or get a complete Europe-wide set of maps (the 30-day trial version comes with all maps included).

Installation of NAVIGON MobileNavigator is pretty long-winded so make sure you set plenty of time aside for getting it set up. After running the desktop installer on your PC you need to transfer the data onto an SD memory card via a USB reader, that you'll then insert into your PDA. As well as selecting the maps, the NAVIGON MobileNavigator installer also lets you set the language and the voices you want to read the directions. There's a wide range of these, covering lots of nationalities (although for some reason, they're all women). Once installation is complete and you launch NAVIGON MobileNavigator on your mobile, the program will perform a validity check on the Navigon PDA server to see that your trial hasn't expired. So, you have to have a working Internet connection for this to work.

Once all that's out the way, you can finally start enjoying NAVIGON MobileNavigator. The main menu presents you with options for viewing a map of where you are, entering a new destination, or choosing an existing destination from your favorites. There's also a 'Services' section that includes a handy weather service and HRS Hotel reservation service.

Probably the first thing you'll want to do is to enter a journey destination. This couldn't be easier - you just hit 'New Destination' then you can address using the on-screen keyboard to type in the country, city, street, etc. As you type, NAVIGON MobileNavigator gives you suggestions, so it doesn't take long to get this information in. Alternatively, you can search for a point of interest (POIs), or get direct access to services such as petrol stations, parking and restaurants.

The navigation maps themselves are excellent, and are everything you'd expect from a decent sat nav service. You can view maps in 2D or 3D, and there are a few features available to you while the navigation is in progress. For instance, you can toggle between day and night mode, add an interim destination, insert a block, or list all of the POIs on your route. Other features built into the maps are a speed limit, as well as Navigon's Lane Assistance tool that outlines in details the lane layout of junctions.

I found the interface within NAVIGON MobileNavigator to be very easy to use. The buttons are touch-friendly, map movement is smooth and responsive, and the inclusion of a 'Back' button on the toolbar is a stroke of genius.

It may be a little clunkier to set up than an out-of-the box sat nav solution, but at least NAVIGON MobileNavigator will cut down the number of gadgets you have to carry about with you.

Download NAVIGON MobileNavigator European Edition 7.4 in Softonic

I'm a big fan of the great outdoors and love to go off exploring hills, valleys and streams whenever I can. Unfortunately though, I have no sense of direction, which has led me into a few scrapes in my time.

Step forward Tracky, an application that allows you to plan out routes and track your current position through a highly visual interface. In order to use the program, you need to set your start and finish points, along with any places you want to visit in between.

Using GPS technology you can then take it out with you and get a portable view of your current course and baring at all times. The software downloads maps from Google Maps to provide you with a pretty detailed plan of where you are in the world. The amount of stats and options locked within Tracky are incredible, and you can access all sorts of information about your real-time altitude, speed and distance to the individual marker points.

All this is great and everything, but compared to many Sat Nav systems I've tried, it all seems remarkably fiddly to set up. The zoom control is a trifle cumbersome, GPS configuration can take some messing with, and there is a distinct lack of user help within the program itself.

Although Tracky can certainly help you find your way back down the mountain, the chances are you'll be stuck up there for a while figuring out how to use the darn thing.

Download Tracky 3.4.4 in Softonic

PathAway provides affordable navigational support for aviation, boating, automobile (on and off-road), hiking, cycling, touring, rally racing, motorcycle touring, ballooning, scuba diving, fishing, hunting, paragliding, mountain climbing, ultra-light flying, canoeing, snowmobiling, athletic training, outdoor education, geocaching, mapping/GIS, mining, military training, surveying, site inspection, telematics, field data collection, security, search and rescue or any application where location is important.

Attach a compatible GPS (Global Positioning Satellite) device to your Palm, and use PathAway to navigate. PathAway works with all of the leading GPS handheld devices. PathAway supports Bluetooth, cabled, sled-based, and SDIO GPS devices. internal GPS devices such as the Garmin M5 and HP iPAQ 6325 are also supported.

Download PathAway GPS 4.00.90 in Softonic

GPSArea is a handy tool that helps you calculate various statistics from the information that you collect using your GPS receiver. The program contains a number of features designed to help you analyse this information more effectively.

The main characteristics are:

• Coordinates Lat/Lon and UTM
• 270 Map Datums predefined
• User's Map Datum
• Precise Calculation of the area using projection UTM
• Calculation of distances in 2D
• Precise reading of the position of the GPS using averages
• Introduction of fixpoints in Lat/Lon or UTM
• Conversion between coordinates
• Navigation to the fixpoints
• Units of measurement: Metric system or Imperial
• Export of the area in ASCII and DXF
• Scales and Zoom
• VGA compatible
• Languages: English, German, French, Spanish and Portuguese

Download GPSMeter 1.94 in Softonic

GPS Tuner is a high precision measurement, mapping and geocaching tool for Pocket PC. You are able to record high precision waypoints (even sub-meter) thanks to the averaging technique. GPS Tuner provides flexible management of waypoints, geocaching files, tracks and routes. GIF, JPG, PNG or BMP files can be used as maps. With Digital Compass you can easily navigate to a waypoint or walk along a route.

For your offroad trips

Excellent tool for hiking, geocaching, boating, flying, driving and many other sporting activities where monitoring of the length, distance and speed would be important. You are able to load Geocaching LOC or GPX files directly into GPS Tuner and start the treasure hunting immediately.

You will never be lost

With the help of the Digital Compass, you can easily get to a previously set geographical coordinate or to a selected waypoint. In case you wish to pass along a way (or its waypoints) from the beginning till the end, Digital Compass will also be useful to you.

Manage your waypoints easily

Save, modify, import or export waypoints with GPS Tuner. Defining custom picture, sound or video to your waypoint is just a click! You can also share your waypoint file with your friends, because GPS Tuner supports the common GPS Data Exchange Format: GPX

All the GPS functionality you could look for, in one product.

Download GPS Tuner 5.4 K in Softonic

GPS Tuner is a high precision measurement, mapping and geocaching tool for Pocket PC. You are able to record high precision waypoints (even sub-meter) thanks to the averaging technique. GPS Tuner provides flexible management of waypoints, geocaching files, tracks and routes. GIF, JPG, PNG or BMP files can be used as maps. With Digital Compass you can easily navigate to a waypoint or walk along a route.

For your offroad trips

Excellent tool for hiking, geocaching, boating, flying, driving and many other sporting activities where monitoring of the length, distance and speed would be important. You are able to load Geocaching LOC or GPX files directly into GPS Tuner and start the treasure hunting immediately.

You will never be lost

With the help of the Digital Compass, you can easily get to a previously set geographical coordinate or to a selected waypoint. In case you wish to pass along a way (or its waypoints) from the beginning till the end, Digital Compass will also be useful to you.

Manage your waypoints easily

Save, modify, import or export waypoints with GPS Tuner. Defining custom picture, sound or video to your waypoint is just a click! You can also share your waypoint file with your friends, because GPS Tuner supports the common GPS Data Exchange Format: GPX

All the GPS functionality you could look for, in one product.

Download GPS Tuner 5.4 K in Softonic

This is CompeGPS' PDA version. With it, your Pocket PC will be equipped with the most important functions of CompeGPS so you can easily use them during your outdoor trips. You can view maps, create waypoints, plan routes and be oriented through them knowing your position, direction to follow and all kind of navigation data (speed, distances, altitude, slope, etc.).

CompeGPS Pocket Land opens ECW, RMAP, CDEM (elevation maps) and MPVF (vectorial) digital maps. In addition to them, many other map formats can be converted to these ones using the free Demo of CompeGPS Land (PC version). CompeGPS is compatible with most of GPS models, so you will be able to accede the information it sends and work with it in CompeGPS Pocket.

Download CompeGPS Pocket Land 2.6 in Softonic

Gloposis network is real-time GPS-GPRS Internet navigation, GPS tracking and position exchange system for Windows PCs and Mobile PocketPC devices. You can use your PocketPC to post your position in real-time to Gloposis server and view it on interactive world map from any computer throught web browser interface without any additional software on computer. The PocketPC software is optimized for slow speed GPRS connection and consumes a very low traffic to reduce network costs.

Features of Gloposis include:

• Show your GPS position to any user of Gloposis
• Find closest people around your GPS position
• Track people, cars, trains and every object with Gloposis PocketPC software
• Send instant messages to Gloposis users
• View GPS positions on interactive world map

Download Gloposis 1.7 in Softonic

By checking your position every second against a database of known cameras, CamerAware can help you be a safer driver, and of course help protect you against fines and penalty points for inadvertently speeding past a Camera.

How do I know if my particular device / Bluetooth configuration is supported?

The best way to be sure that your configuration is supported before purchasing the application is to try it! CamerAware can be downloaded and installed free of charge, allowing you to check that it connects to your GPS and runs correctly. When you are happy that this is the case, you can then purchase a serial number and activation code to enable alerting functionality.

With the base CamerAware download, you can connect to your GPS, see your speed and heading, and be sure that it is working correctly. You can also use the exciting personal tracking features in CamerAware.

Will CamerAware work with my navigation software?

CamerAware is designed to run as a standalone application, rather than to integrate or run alongside any navigation software. However, a number of members have reported that, as CamerAware takes advantage of the Windows Mobile 5 intermediary driver, the application runs happily alongside navigation software. Check out the support forum for more details. As the free install is fully functional from a GPS perspective, you are free to try it out!

Download MoDaCo CamerAware 2.061012 in Softonic

Download FindYou 1.43 in Softonic

GPSdash2 is a SHAREWARE tool for the PocketPC platform which tries to help you with getting the most out of your (expensive) mobile GPS equipment.

It is able to interpret data from GPS receivers and presents this data via 5 complementary views. Accompanied by its easy to use navigational features, GPSdash2 is your perfect partner for hiking, sailing or any similar outdoor activity.

Dashboard

• Choose from more than 30 different gauges

• Out of 10 categories

• Speed, Acceleration, Mileage

• Altitude, Ascent Rate, Altitude Gain

• Navigation, Time, Reception, DOP

• Assemble your own layout

• Make gauges fullscreen

Charts

• Charts for 7 GPS derived data functions

• Freely switch between several monitoring time-windows

• in between 1 Minute and more than 4 hours

• Support for metric, imperial and nautic measuring units

Moving Map

• Easy import and use of your favourite maps

• No size limit for maps

• Visualization of your position, trail and heading

• Visualization of waypoints (selectable) and navigation targets

• Distance and Area measuring tool

Waypoints & Routes

• Extensive support for Waypoints and Routes

• Organize your Waypoints by Categories

• Sort your Waypoints by multiple criterias

• e.

  Download GPSDash2 2.58 in Softonic

  ]]> http://gpsdash2.en.softonic.com/pocketpc/comments Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0100 54488 http://vito-navigator.en.softonic.com/pocketpc

  VITO Navigator II is our next navigation product, that inherits all advantages of popular VITO Navigator and includes many new features. Elaborated functionality combined with easy-to-use interface gives you unique GPS tool, working fine with the most of GPS receivers. Based on new modular structure, this application can be adjusted exactly for one's needs.

  VITO Navigator II provides:

  • Enhanced information about your current position
  • Heading/bearing on the destination waypoint
  • Track and waypoints recording for further use in navigation
  • Indication of GPS receiving conditions
  • Import of recorded tracks/points from Geocaching .loc and text .csv files

  Download VITO Navigator II 2.25 in Softonic

  ]]> http://vito-navigator.en.softonic.com/pocketpc/comments Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0100 25466 http://roadmap.en.softonic.com/pocketpc

  RoadMap is an open source (GPL) program that provides a car navigation for Linux, UNIX and now Windows CE (a.k.a. PocketPC). It displays a map of the streets, tracks the position provided by a NMEA-compliant GPS receiver, identifies the street matching this GPS position and announces the name of the crossing street at the next intersection. A rudimentary trip feature allows RoadMap to display some basic navigation information (distance to the destination, direction, speed, etc..). Voice messages are generated that duplicate some of the screen information.

  It is possible to display a specific area by providing a (complete or incomplete) postal address, the intersection of two streets or an exact position (longitude / latitude).

  The map files used by RoadMap are generated from the TIGER files provided by the US Census Bureau, and thus cover the USA only. The RoadMap map format is a binary format that is sensitive to the endianness of the processor. Maps available on this site cover all the USA and have been generated for a little endian processor (such as the Intel Pentium and StrongARM processors).

  RoadMap is at an early stage of development. At this time there are no routing features implemented yet. The plan for the future is to implement some navigation features similar to those found in commercial street navigation systems. The main limit for implementing routing is the lack of navigation information in the US Census Bureau database (for example one-way street are not indicated). The US Census Bureau has clearly indicated that it does not plan to add these information in the future (the USCB does not need them).

  Download RoadMap 1.0.12p2 in Softonic

  ]]> http://roadmap.en.softonic.com/pocketpc/comments Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0100 50067 http://earthcomber-usa.en.softonic.com/pocketpc

  Earthcomber is a free personal navigation and "favorites finder" suite for desktop, notebook and Pocket PC. Get software, mobile mapping, and community networking in one unique package. Earthcomber runs on devices or from your SD card, and comes with rich digital street maps of the entire USA.

  Earthcomber includes 1.5 million historic, commercial, geographic and natural points of interest. Add your own private locations or create special interest groups on Earthcomber.com to share others' discoveries. Exciting and informative new Spot Guides from Mobil Travel Guide, Avalon Travel Publishing and others are sold separately as Earthcomber plug-ins, bringing together location awareness (with or without a GPS) and intelligent search to get the closest and best recommendations wherever you are.

  Download EarthComber USA 2.0 in Softonic

  ]]> http://earthcomber-usa.en.softonic.com/pocketpc/comments Thu, 09 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0100 49998 http://gpsdash.en.softonic.com/pocketpc

  GPSdash2 is a SHAREWARE tool for the PocketPC platform which tries to help you with getting the most out of your (expensive) mobile GPS equipment. It is able to interpret data from GPS receivers and presents this data via 5 complementary views. Accompanied by its easy to use navigational features, GPSdash2 is your perfect partner for hiking, sailing or any similar outdoor activity.

  Feature Highlights include:

  • Dashboard - Choose from more than 30 different gauges and 10 categories
  • Charts - for 7 GPS derived data functions
  • Moving Map - Easy import and use of your favourite maps
  • Waypoints & Routes - Extensive support for Waypoints and Routes, and organize your Waypoints by category

  A smart, free way of making the most of your GPS capabilities.

  Download GPSDash 1.61e in Softonic

  ]]> http://gpsdash.en.softonic.com/pocketpc/comments Wed, 05 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0100 26238 http://checkpoint.en.softonic.com/pocketpc

  Using your Pocket PC for navigation is cool: just connect it to a GPS receiver and start driving! There is a number of applications that enable your PDA for navigation. TomTom Navigator is a good choice.

  One of the advantages of TomTom Navigator is that it allows you to download so called "overlays" from the internet. These overlays contain the coordinates of so called "points of interest" (POI's). If you put these overlays in the directory that contains the map data, TomTom Navigator will show the POI's on the screen.

  CheckPOInt adds an audible alert to this functionality, meaning that when you're in a rush, or can't keep looking at your Pocket PC's display, CheckPOInt will still alert you to the approaching POI.

  Download CheckPOInt 3.2 in Softonic

  ]]> http://checkpoint.en.softonic.com/pocketpc/comments Thu, 23 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0100 30186 http://navgps-basic.en.softonic.com/pocketpc

  Navgps is an application that lets you manage the information received from the GPS aerial navigation modules available for you device.

  These are some of the most noteworthy features:

  • Airport communication frequencies
  • Supports World-wide BD
  • Additional airport information
  • Satellite status viewing
  • Flight routes
  • Alarms for sudden decline or immediate collisions

  This is an application that will let you check the status of a satellite no matter where you are and easily obtain information related to clear routes.

  Thanks to these GPD modules for your device, you can have access to a full-blown aerial navigator at no cost at all (for the duration of the trial period).

  Download Navgps Basic 2.5 in Softonic

  ]]> http://navgps-basic.en.softonic.com/pocketpc/comments Thu, 09 Aug 2001 00:00:00 +0100 16129