Comparison of free off-line GPS software: Difference between revisions

{{Mergefrom|List of GPS software for mobile phones|date=April 2014}}

The article contains a list with [[free]] (not necessairily [[open source]]) software<ref>[http://cgpsmapper.com/buy.htm cGPS mapper: open-source yet payed, not included]</ref><ref>[http://www.chaeron.com/gps.html#software Chaeron GPS: open-source yet payed, not included]</ref> for a range of devices (PC, laptop, tablet PC, mobile phone, handheld PC (Pocket Pc, Palm)). Some of the free software mentioned here does not have detailed maps (or maps at all) nor the ability to follow streets or type in street names (no [[geocoding]]). However, in many cases, it is also that which makes the program free (and sometimes open source<ref>Having open-source GPS programs available for different devices also allows people to expand on this software for certain projects, like automated or semi-automated steering systems for vehicles</ref>), avoid the need of an internet connection,<ref>Programs like Google maps require an internet connection as the maps are not available offline, in part because this would also make the program very large in terms of filesize</ref><ref>[http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/591/how-to-use-gps-maps-without-an-internet-connection GPS software without internet connection ref 1]</ref><ref>[http://pocketnow.com/2013/07/22/google-maps-offline GPS software without internet connection ref 2]</ref> and make it very lightweight (allowing use on small portable devices as Palm or PocketPC). Very basic programs like this may not be suitable for road navigation in cars, but serve their purpose for navigation while walking/trekking, and for use at sea. To determine the GPS coordinates of your destination, you can use sites like [http://gpscoordinates.eu/determine-gps-coordinates.php GPScoordinates.eu] and [http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/geocode GPS visualizer]

Note that some software presented here is free, but maps need to be payed for. In this instance, and in the instance that some maps (of specific countries) are not standardly available, [http://mobac.sourceforge.net/ Mobile Atlas Creator (MOBAC)] can be used (i.e. on OruxMaps, Maverick, Sports Tracker, Maplorer, ...).

It should also be noted that some of the software mentioned can also be run on different devices than what they are intented for. A particular case-in-point is the Android software which can often [[Android (operating system)#Platform usage|be run on laptops/PC]] (running linux, windows or mac os x) as well .This can be done using emulators.

! [[AlpineQuest]] GPS Hiking (Lite)<ref>[http://www.alpinequest.net/ AlpineQuest]</ref>

| Tablet PC,

| [[Android]]

! [[AndNav 2]]<ref>[http://www.andnav.org/ AndNav2]</ref>

! [[Big Planet Tracks]]<ref>[http://code.google.com/p/big-planet-tracks/ Big Planet Tracks]</ref>

! [[Sports Tracker]]<ref>[http://www.sports-tracker.com/ Sports Tracker]</ref>

! [[osmdroid]]<ref>[http://code.google.com/p/osmdroid/ osmdroid]</ref>

| [[Tablet PC]]

! [[Mapopolis]]<ref>[https://archive.org/details/tucows_60937_Mapopolis Mapopolis]</ref>

| only has maps for USA

|-

! [[SailPalm]]<ref>[https://archive.org/details/tucows_222519_SailPalm SailPalm]</ref>

| handheld PC (Palm)

! [[HandMap]]<ref>[https://archive.org/details/tucows_44337_HandMap HandMap]</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/tucows_293335_GPS_Plugin HandMap GPS plugin]</ref>

| yes (color maps, basic), ?  

| May be a free program, but maps need to be payed for (hence called "shareware" at Tucows) ?

| yes (Openstreetmap maps), ?

|-

| handheld PC (pocket PC)

! [[TZGPS]]<ref>[http://www.linas.org/tzgps/tzgps.html TZGPS]</ref>

| handheld PC (Palm)

| [[PalmOS]]

! [[Trax]]<ref>[http://downloads.zdnet.com/product/2053-18340/ Trax main site]</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/tucows_199482_Trax Trax old Tucows site]</ref>

| Luke Klein-Berndt

| handheld PC (Palm)

| [[PalmOS]]

| ? (?), ?  

! [[SoaringPilot]]<ref>[http://www.soaringpilot.org/ SoarPilot main page]</ref>

| handheld PC (Palm, some PocketPC/WinCE devices),

| [[PalmOS]]

| Originally intented for use in sailplanes

! [[CotoGPS]]<ref>[http://coto.marsrakete.de/projects/cotogps/ CotoGPS main site]</ref>

| handheld PC (Palm)

! [[GpsPilot]]<ref>[http://www.gpspilot.biz/ GpsPilot]</ref>

| handheld PC (Symbian One)

| [[Symbian]]

| no (?), ?  

! [[Maplorer]]<ref>[http://maplorer.com/maplorer.html Maplorer]</ref>

| yes (?), ?

! [[OSMtracker]]<ref>[http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmtracker Osmtracker]</ref>

| handheld PC (pocket PC), smartphone

| [[Android]], [[Windows Mobile]]

| yes (?), ?  

! [[CacheWolf]]<ref>[http://cachewolf.aldos.de/index.php/Main/HomePage CacheWolf]</ref>

! [[TrekBuddy]]<ref>[http://www.trekbuddy.net TrekBuddy]</ref><ref>[http://www.trekbuddy.net/wiki/index.php?title=Installation#Windows_PC_editions_.28XP.2C_Vista.2C_etc..29 TrekBuddy versions]</ref>

! [[LuckyGPS]]<ref>[http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/LuckyGPS LuckyGPS]</ref>

| Laptop, PC, smartphone

| [[Windows]], [[Linux]], [[OpenMoko]],

| yes (?), ?  

! [[Mumpot]]<ref>[http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mumpot Mumpot]</ref>

| [[Linux]], [[OpenMoko]], [[GPE]]

| yes (?), ?

! [[Navit]]<ref>[http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Navit Navit]</ref><ref>[http://www.navit-project.org/ Navit]</ref>

| intented for car navigation, quite popular

| Laptop, PC, smartphone

| [[Windows]] XP, [[Linux]], [[OpenMoko]]

| yes (?), ?  

! [[TangoGPS]]<ref>[http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/TangoGPS TangoGPS]</ref>

|-

| [[OpenMoko]], Neo Freerunner

| yes (?), ?  

| runs on [[Python]], so possibly cross-platform

! [[BikeAtor]]<ref>[http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/BikeAtor BikeAtor]</ref><ref>[http://www.bikeator.de/bikeatorqt/android/de/bikeator/index.html BikeAtor]</ref>

| yes (?), ?

! [[OpenCPN]]<ref>[http://opencpn.org/ocpn/ OpenCPN]</ref>

| Laptop, PC

| [[Windows]] XP SP3, Vista, 7, 8, [[Apple–Intel architecture|IntelMac]], [[Linux]] (Fedora, Ubuntu, CentOS)

| yes (?), ?  

| Intented for maritime navigation

! [[Osmarender]]<ref>[http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmarender Osmarender]</ref>

| laptop, PC

| [[Windows]], [[OS X]], [[Linux]]

! [[Open Citymap]]<ref>[http://code.google.com/p/opencitymap/ Open Citymap]</ref>

| ?

| smartphone (Qt)

| [[Windows CE]], [[OpenMoko]]

! [[NaviComputer]]<ref>[http://navicomputer.com/ NaviComputer]</ref>

| [[Windows Phone]]

| [[Windows Mobile]]

| yes (?), ?  

| works with [http://navicomputer.com/navimapper/ NaviMapper] to store maps and transfer them to the phone

! [[Mappero]]

| Nokia N810

| [[Maemo]]<ref>[http://maemo.org/intro/ Maemo]</ref>

! [[NaviPOWM]]<ref>[http://sourceforge.net/projects/navipowm/ NaviPOWM]</ref>

| ?

| handheld PC, Laptop, PC

| [[Windows]] for PC, Windows Mobile 5/6/2003 SE, [[Linux]]

| yes (Openstreetmap maps), ?  

! [[NaVisu]]

| Laptop, PC

| [[Windows]], [[OS X]], [[Linux]]

| Developed for marine applications, not intuitive, build around [[NASA World Wind|NASA WorldWind]]

! [[Cetus GPS]]<ref>[http://download.cnet.com/Cetus-GPS-Palm/3000-2056_4-10676233.html Cetus GPS]</ref>

| yes (?), ?

! GPS interpreter<ref>[http://www.elektor-magazine.com/en/magazine-contents/previous-issues.html?tx_elektorarticle_listissues&#91;article&#93;=18921&tx_elektorarticle_listissues&#91;action&#93;=show&cHash=15557dd0aaa057b844b945af27d6960d GPS interpreter download site]</ref>

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