Software:Karta GPS
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Short description: Free satnav application for smartphones
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| Developer(s) | Karta Software Technologies Lda | ||||
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| Initial release | 2016 | ||||
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| Available in | 26 languages[1] | ||||
List of languages English, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese | |||||
| Type | GPS navigation software | ||||
| License | Commercial proprietary software | ||||
| Website | kartagps | ||||
Karta GPS is a mobile application developed by Karta Software Technologies Lda., a daughter company of NDrive, for the Android, iOS and iPadOS operating systems. It is distributed for free and pairs open-source map data from OpenStreetMap alongside curated content from Yelp and Foursquare.[2]
The application does not require a connection to the Internet and uses a GPS satellite connection to determine its location. Routes are calculated and plotted based on real-time traffic information provided by Inrix.[2]
History
The application's beta release was released on 4 November 2016. On 19 May 2017, Karta GPS featured both Bill Clinton and Donald Trump's voices in its selection of navigation voice overs.[3][4][5][6]
Features
- Offline maps and guidance: all maps can be downloaded for free. No internet is required for searching, route calculation or turn-by-turn instructions.
- Search: one-box search supports partial names and initials. It can search points of interest, GPS coordinates and address points.
- Traffic: the application shows the route layered with different colors based on the current traffic along the route.
- Suggestions: point of interest content drawn from Yelp and Foursquare to Karta GPS maps, allows users to "explore" a location's top-rated places of entertainment, their descriptions, their last three reviews, photos, and their opening hours and prices.
- Car & Walking provides navigation for both cars and pedestrians.
See also
- Comparison of commercial GPS software
Resources
References
- ↑ "Karta GPS - Go Everywhere". 20 February 2023. https://apps.apple.com/app/karta-gps-free-offline-navigation/id1072400876.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Clark, Bryan (2017-03-28). "Karta GPS isn't Google Maps, but it's damn good at finding tacos" (in en-US). The Next Web. https://thenextweb.com/apps/2017/03/28/kartagps-isnt-google-maps-but-its-damn-good-at-finding-tacos.
- ↑ "Donald Trump Or Bill Clinton, GPS Navigation App Gives Presidential Voices As Choice For Directions". International Business Times. 2017-05-19. http://www.ibtimes.com/donald-trump-or-bill-clinton-gps-navigation-app-gives-presidential-voices-choice-2541166.
- ↑ Paviera, Angela (26 June 2017). "California fears that the St. Francis Dam could collapse in Winter 2018". http://mashable.com/2017/06/26/present-history-dam-disaster/.
- ↑ "Let Donald Trump guide you straight to the bar with this Trump-sounding GPS navigation app" (in en-US). FastCo News. https://news.fastcompany.com/let-donald-trump-guide-you-straight-to-the-bar-with-this-trump-sounding-gps-navigation-app-4038324.
- ↑ Amatulli, Jenna (2017-05-19). "You Can Get Trump's Voice On Your GPS Now Because We're All Masochists" (in en-US). Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-voice-gps_us_591f454de4b094cdba540695.
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