article About Completely Free GPS navigation in China - (all-vga-corner)

Have you been to China and feel lost? Or the cabby is driving you round and round to make more money from your pocket?

Now, you can have GPS navigation FREE OF CHARGE to track your location and find the nearest restaurant or hotel. How about GPRS data charges? No worry, the best part of this tutorial is you don't even have to pay GPRS traffic. So what do you need?

You simply need the following:

1. A mobile phone with a GPS hardware (not a-GPS) running S60 3^rd or WM 5.0 or 6.0;
   
2. Your SIM card that can work in China to start up the phone (no roaming required);
   
3. Fully charged battery to navigate longer; and
   
4. Yourself in China.
   

Yes. That's all you need but you must equip your phone with an application and map. Follow the steps below:

1. Download the application (version 4.0 Beta) here to suit your phone from mapabc.com. Choose either Symbian S60 3^rd or Windows Mobile 5.0 or 6.0 edition.
   
2. Install the application (1-2MB) into your mobile phone. Note: A SMS will be sent out to register the software.
   
3. Choose and download the specific map(s) where you will be visiting from HERE and the LARGE SCALE MAP of china. If you still need help in installation, please visit HERE (in Chinese).
   
4. Unzip and copy the maps into the memory card of your phone into the specific folder.
   
5. Run the application and you can now set your routes before you trip.
   
6. When you are in China, enable your GPS in your mobile phone and run the application to lock on your position.

What are the features of this software?

1. Determine your location;
   
2. Locate places of interests like hotels, restaurants, ATMs, shopping centres, banks, parks, car rentals, hospital, clinics etc;
   
3. Obtain descriptions of the places of interests like telephone and detail address;
   
4. Navigate your route via walking, driving and public transport;
   
5. Weather forecast in cities (with GPRS charges);
   
6. Public transport, train and air flight enquiry (with GPRS charges); and
   
7. Real time traffic status (with GPRS charges).
   

With all these information, you will enjoy your trip better and save time and resources hunting for your destinations.