GPS Sightfinder for PocketPC
GPS Sightfinder for PocketPC 1.3 (Commercial) - Maps Travel Software
GPS SightFinder by Skylab Mobilesystems Ltd. GPS SightFinder looks for sights, landmarks and other interesting places
close to your current location. Descriptive search results with thumbnail images link to the corresponding Wikipedia
articles for detailed up-to-date information. GPS SightFinder is a Windows Mobile application for Smartphones and PocketPCs
with built-in GPS or a connected Bluetooth GPS device. Based on the location reported by your GPS device it looks for all
kinds of geographic objects: towns and villages, rivers and lakes, buildings, tourist sights and many more. Search results
are comfortably presented in a list along with their distance from your location and a short summary. From there you can
start browsing referenced Wikipedia articles for much more information on the sight of your choice. Key features * GPS
SightFinder works worldwide. * Search results can be sorted by name or by distance from your current location. * Thumbnail
images are available for many sights and are diplayed with your search results. * GPS SightFinder is customizable: You can
configure how and how many search results are displayed. * Since GPS SightFinder fetches text and pictures over the
Internet from Wikipedia articles all information is always up-to-date. New geo-referenced articles are constantly added by
the community. * Add geographical coordinates to your favorite Wikipedia article on local sights and they will soon appear
in GPS SightFinder when you visit them. Impress your visiting friends with your knowledge on-site. GPS SightFinder is the
ideal guide for world traveling or just short trips to popular places. Travel light and leave your books at home, all you
need ist your mobile phone and GPS SightFinder. Requirements * Mobile device running Windows Mobile 5 (Smartphone or
PocketPC) or Windows Mobile 6 (Standard, Classic or Professional). * Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 2.0 (comes
preinstalled with Windows Mobile 6, for Windows Mobile 5 it can be downloaded from Microsoft). * Active GPS device
(built-in or via Bluetooth) supported by Windows Mobile via Microsoft's GPS API. * Working Internet connection on your
device to find information about points of interest.
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