Navizon Lite: Cellular Positioning Software

[Edward Kirk]

Mexens Technology launched Navizon Lite, a free version of their peer-to-peer wireless positioning software. The software gets your positioning by calculating your proximity to the closest cell towers in the area with an accuracy of approximately 1 mile (1.5km).<!--break-->

Navizon Lite is similar to the Google Maps "My Location" feature, which also uses a similar method to calculate the location of a cellular device.

Is 1 mile not quite accurate enough for you? Navizon (full version) might be for you. It uses the cellular positioning of Navizon Lite in combination with Wi-Fi positioning for an accuracy of approximately 30 to 90 feet (10 to 30 meters) in an urban setting.

<center><img src="http://www.iphonealley.com/images/storyimages/december07/navizon_chart.jpg" /></center>

Navizon Lite is available for the iPhone (obviously), as well as Windows Mobile, Symbian/Nokia, and Blackberry devices.
You can download the free version of Navizon Lite or the full version ($24.99) <a href="http://www.navizon.com/download.asp" target="_blank">here</a>.

[via <a href="http://navizon.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/12/navizon-lite-no.html" target="_blank">Shareloc's Blog</a>]

[Hans]

seeing how the full version was useless in about half of the areas from peoples responses i can't see much reason to download a crappier version...but hey if it works where you live i guess it could be semi-useful

[agent6998]

Works so much better now. Before it couldn't locate me. But now it does, with the Lite version!