{"id":7914,"date":"2009-07-23T19:46:25","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T19:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/?p=7914"},"modified":"2015-03-22T08:48:24","modified_gmt":"2015-03-22T08:48:24","slug":"augmentra-enters-us-market-with-outdoor-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/augmentra-enters-us-market-with-outdoor-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Augmentra enters US market with outdoor maps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\nBritish outdoor navigation software editor Augmentra has signed an agreement with National Geographic Maps to offer their United States TOPO! maps on its ViewRanger application. &#8220;ViewRanger users can select specific areas of National Geographic maps and then download them direct to their mobile phones. GPS-enabled handsets show a dynamic map display with the use&#8217;s location clearly marked. Easy download of maps and data over-the-air will allow users to access content instantly, wherever they may be,&#8221; said Craig Wareham, co-founder of Augmentra.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/images\/gps\/outdoor-maps.jpg\" alt=\"Augmentra enters US market with outdoor maps\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Augmentra has already deals in place with many mapping agencies across Europe which allows ViewRanger&#8217;s users to download maps for Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, The Netherlands, parts of Italy, Ireland, Norway, Slovenia and Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, there is a big obstacle for Augmentra on the American market. So far the company has only developed its software on the Symbian operating system which only represents a tiny market segment in the United States. Having maps is good, but having phones to use them could be even better.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British outdoor navigation software editor Augmentra has signed an agreement with National Geographic Maps to offer their United States TOPO! maps on its ViewRanger application. &#8220;ViewRanger users can select specific areas of National Geographic maps and then download them direct to their mobile phones. GPS-enabled handsets show a dynamic map display with the use&#8217;s location&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1064,13,24,25],"tags":[1616,1619,1617,1618],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-7914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gps-map-news","category-gps-sat-nav-news","category-map-news","category-outdoor-gps","tag-augmentra","tag-augmentra-maps","tag-augmentra-outdoor-maps","tag-outdoor-maps","entry","no-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7915,"href":"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7914\/revisions\/7915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7914"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=7914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}