LocatioNet Systems and DigitalGlobe announced a partnership that adds DigitalGlobe’s global satellite imagery to the Amaze mobile service.
This collaboration means that for the first time, worldwide voice-guided GPS navigation is enabled over high resolution satellite imagery and aerial photos with regular mass-market phones.
DigitalGlobe has joined the Amaze collaborative initiative, led by LocatioNet. Amaze is a revolutionary navigation, mapping and local search service supported by several industry leading vendors.
It offers services free to mobile users and generates revenue from the emerging mobile advertisement model. The application provides any regular, Java-enabled mobile phone with navigation and local search information over maps and DigitalGlobe satellite imagery in Europe and North America. A full voice-guided navigation feature is available for users with any Bluetooth GPS device.
LocatioNet’s GIS technology enables fast enough streaming of aerial photos from the huge backend databases to the thin client mobile phone over the wireless networks, to allow real-time navigation over the aerial photo.
Amaze already supports over 100 Java-enabled mobile handsets with more handsets supported every week. Windows mobile and BlackBerry versions will be released soon.
Users can log into the Amaze web site: www.amazegps.com to register and obtain their free copy of this first of its kind useful mobile software.