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Offline map browser on Android with offline search
Nokia HERE is a relevant option that has grown big in the span of less than a year (2015) [>5 million downloads on Google Play].
free
runs on Android
provides downloadable offline maps for entire ...
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Is there any software that tells precise location of a phone number?
No software can do this.
The geographical information associated to phone numbers is confidential. It is known only by the network operators, and by the spies who can see what happens at the network ...
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Trip summary map, using Android's GPS
OsmAnd can do it with its Trip recording plugin.
It records your track in the GPX format.
The GPX format is a standard format that is understood by Google Earth and most other map visualization tools....
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Real-time traffic information in OsmAnd+
I managed to import Google Maps into OsmAnd's car map manually by following this tutorial. You can learn it from this video. In the screenshot below you can see the result: In this example I decided ...
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Real-time traffic information in OsmAnd+
There is a project at trafficpixel.tk providing the possibility to add speed points and display the map as overlay in osmand too.
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GPS location spoofing, excluding selected apps
If you are rooted, XPrivacy will accomplish the goal you desire. It is an Xposed module, so you will need to install the Xposed Framework first.
In XPrivacy, you can select which apps have access to ...
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Free Navigation App to Find a Geolocation that works Offline without any Maps
There is OSMand. It is a navigation app for which you can download maps, but it comes out-of-the-box with
a (low-resolution) world map,
a compass, showing
the direction to target, and
only 7 MB.
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Location-based reminder (Android, open source)
TaskNearby may be a good option for you, because it
has reminders that are defined with text, a latitude/longitude chosen on a map and a radius;
is open-source;
has intelligent battery optimization;
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GPS sports tracking app for Android WITHOUT social features
OsmAnd (Android) is a GPS app and famous as offline navigation app.
However, it has also the tracking features, so you load GPX track files, follow and track you activity, besides having some stats ...
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Offline map browser on Android with offline search
For people who are into hiking, I can recommend the Mapy.cz app. It meets all the Absolute requirements* and provides (offline option included) 'Cycling and hiking maps of the world with marked trails ...
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Offline map browser on Android with offline search
I am going to recommend Maps - Navigation & Transit by Google.
Based on your absolute requirements:
Runs on Android. Check
Provides downloadable offline maps for the places I
travel to. Check
I ...
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GPS sports tracking app for Android WITHOUT social features
I personally use Locus Pro which is perfect for running, hiking, cycling, etc.. It provides also navigation and vector maps (for free if you use OpenAndroMaps) and allows you to record waypoints and ...
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GPS sports tracking app for Android WITHOUT social features
There's RunnerUp, which is not only privacy-minded, but also free and open-source. There's no data being sent anywhere (unless you want to connect an account) and you can check that in the code.
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Linux pictures browser that hilights those with an EXIF location
2018 UPDATE: The other answer is better!
Far from perfect, but Nautilus can do something like that with an extension:
✅ Shows differently pictures that contain GPS latitude/longitude in their EXIF. ...
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Offline map for android able to save the users current gps position
MAPS.ME seems to fit almost all your needs, except it doesn't show saved locations with circles, but with 'thumbtacks' (see image). Its features are listed here: maps.me/en/features
Another drawback ...
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Real-time traffic information in OsmAnd+
For (just) displaying traffic one can use OsmAnd overlay/underlay maps in the configure map settings. Yandex Traffic covers only some countries in Eastern Europe (wiki, in Russian), we need layers for ...
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Seeking Open Source alternative to ArcGIS Navigator
Check out this link.
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Android
Heaps of options, and it does mention open source options. All will use OpenStreetMaps as the map and routing.
The Maps.Me solution ...
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Map and route planning software for Mac
It might be overkill but take a look at GRASS GIS -
Cross Platform
Open Source
Gratis (free)
Can work with multiple sources and formats of information
Modules available to interface with various ...
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Mobile app that's a GPS logger which provides a web-based API?
As per @izzy's suggestion in the comments, I've now found a number of theoretical solutions, and one that works, enough, in a way that I need.
I managed to get the Traccar app send data to a Traccar ...
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Recording GPS coordinates in Windows using USB GPS antenna
OK so first off, verifying your position using Google Earth photos is fraught with danger. Do you know what the accuracy of those photos are? Different photos at different times have different ...
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Add GPS waypoint when on the road - what´s on the market?
Solution 1
After trying out the many solutions (links provided by @Izzy) I landed on this one:
Map Marker (iOS and Android)
Many features and great documentation. Help the devs behind by upgrading to ...
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Android app that imports a series of locations (lat, long) and notifies you when near it
BwareArea might be what you are looking for. From the app's description:
You'll import a POI list and it'll start an always-on-top widget displaying the closest POI and alerting you if you don't ...
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Get country from coordinates in linux
As indicated in this answer you can use Google's Geocoding API which returns a json string. Based on this answer I created a script that returns a country - if there is one - based on the coordinates:
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iOS app publishing my position on a web site
I found many apps and I chose Followmee because it works in the background, even if the app is closed and there is a cheap JSON API access.
Other apps miss this functions.
Also I'm evaluating to buy ...
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Open source GPS locker for Android
Instead of keeping the GPS alive to eat all your battery, you might wish to look into Fine Geotag. When enabled, this automatically fires as soon as a photo was taken (even if the camera app is closed ...
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Hiking tracking app which does not keep phone wakelocked during tracking? (or makes far less pinpoints per hour)
For a low power track recording app, I recommend GPS Logger for Android (on Google Play). It is free and open source.
It has plenty of options for when to record points, eg based on time, distance or ...
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Android app to record the path and speed while driving
OsmAnd with the Trip Recording plugin
The Android app I use for recording trip data when driving is the excellent OsmAnd with its Trip Recording plugin.
The Trip Recording plugin allows you to ...
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Android app to record the path and speed while driving
As commenters have stated, there are any number of apps that could do what you require to a greater or lesser degree, including Runkeeper itself.
After trying several, the one I have settled on is ...
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App to offline share location
A GPS to SMS app allows your GPS to track your location and send it via SMS (GPS transmitter not needed). SMS is more widely available than GPS and generally more reliable in places with poor quality ...
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GPS sports tracking app for Android WITHOUT social features
Try GeoCoach. It can push data to online services if you want, but other than that your data is all stored on your device. You can also export data in various file formats if required.
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