AndNav2 is a new GPS navigation app for Android phones that uses publically available streetmap data.
Using data from OpenStreetMap (think Wikipedia, then think maps. Then hopefully think a bit more accurate) and the G1’s built in compass will give you turn-by-turn directions in Germany, France, Denmark, United Kingdom, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Austria & Ireland.
A useful feature comiong in the next point release is the ability to plan routes and save them to SD card so you can navigate without a data connection – handy in areas with poor reception.
There is no service in the USA at present – mainly due to AndNav not being able to afford a server. They are open to donations if you fancy giving them a hand. the whole project looks like it is being run on a shoestring, and what they have achieved so far is pretty impressive. Hopefully they will raise a bit of cash and the service could really take off.
About Stuart Houghton
I downloaded AndNav2 on 5th Jan 09 and it worked fine. It found me much more acurately than google maps and followed me turn by turn on a 12 mile journey of local roads. I tried it again this morning (10th Jan 09) and got a message that the Beta version was out of date. AndNav website contained similar comments from elsewhere. Hopefully this is only temporary and will be resolved by a downloadable update or release of a none-time limited version very soon. Or perhaps it will appear commercially once google permit.
Since they apparently only need another $6,500 (US) to get running in the states isn’t there a sponsor willing to suport this excellent product just for the hell of it? (Sorry, I’m skint!)