Oct 8, 2009 gps navigation, software, sony Leave a comment
Remember that Zenrin GPS navigation for PSP?
It looks like they were demonstrating their late comer GPS navigation software program Sony PSP. It does 2D maps most of the time, but at complex highway intersections it switches to 3D mode even showing the surroundings… Read More …
Aug 31, 2009 gps navigation, sony 3 Comments
Well this is a bit too late isn’t it? Considering we’ve been talking about GPS navigation on Sony PSP for literally years now, and since then the new Sony PSP Go has come out.
Well all we can say is better now then never. Announced by Zenrin in Japan Minna No Nabi is a GPS navigation system software for the PSP 1000/2000 and 3000 Series (yep, no go for PSP Go).
When it will be released in Japan on Nov 5th it will go for about 8200 Yen ($85) – the GPS module is not included… Read More …
Apr 18, 2009 gps navigation 14 Comments
Sony PSP GPS navigation system has been around for a while but a GPS navigation system for Nintendo DS is new to us.
Fab Chain of China has just come out with a product called Ranger that does just that: GPS navigation for NDS. It uses Google Maps (which raises some questions) can do 2D, fake-3D map rendering, uses a U-Blox GPS receiver, and can connect to other devices such as laptops and PDA’s too.
Ranger has its own rechargeable battery so it won’t waste your consoles juice, and will charge through USB.
No word on availability or pricing just yet – but do check it out for yourself.
Jul 25, 2008 gps navigation, sony 6 Comments
Sony PSP GPS navigation we’ve been talking about for years has officially been mentioned by a Sony official for the U.S. market :) Big improvement…
It changes the dynamics of GPS but also changes the way developers think about games on PSP because you can start integrating GPS into it.”
Koller said Sony intends to start shopping the GPS add-on to publishers this year, but also told me that the company is already investigating ways to use it in games.
“There’s been a number of things that our first-party worldwide studios have looked at, and they’ve been trying to look at different options,” he said.
Does that mean we can expect a GPS game from Sony early next year?
“Yeah, we’ll probably lead the way on that,” he said.
May 22, 2008 gps navigation, sony 8 Comments
We’ve had numerous articles about Sony PSP GPS add-on and the navigation software. Gizmodo provided us a nice pic and some more details today.
Feb 24, 2008 gps navigation, sony 17 Comments
We’ve talked about the Sony PSP GPS navigation system numerous times before. Apparently the software was on demo at the Game Developers Conference recently. The GPS add-on (PSP-290) is not seen in this pic for it is a developers kit version it says our source:
However there were a bunch (7) GPS-supporting games that had been released in Japan on view, including Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops Plus & a couple of golf games. (And by the way, the reason you can’t see the GPS top-mounted aerial in the photo is this is a devkit PSP.)
Jan 7, 2008 CES 2008, gps navigation, sony 9 Comments
Sony finally made the GPS add-on for PSP official on their CES 2008 website. There’s not much info revealed there but just this:
Explore the world with GPS on your PSP. Utilizing the GPS peripheral and the latest mapping software on UMD, your PSP will provide 2D/3D locations, driving directions, POI’s, and even downloadable city guides. With an easy search feature and customizable settings, GPS on PSP is the easiest way to navigate new areas and cities. Your world has now become portable.
The GPS add-on has been released in Japan for a long time now and we’ve talked about it on Navigadget various times:
Aug 23, 2007 gps navigation, sony 10 Comments
Sony just announced Go!Explore, a new GPS navigation system for PSP. The new package which is to hit the stores holiday season this year brings together maps of TeleAtlas and the software of NavNGo and will incorparate GPS receiver hardware and the software on a UMD for the maps. PSP’s high processor power will be able to render awesome 3D city maps and landmarks in select cities where TeleAtlas makes them available.
Go!Explore is quite flexible and expandable supporting voice guidance in 11 languages (English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish) and allowing users to update their POI database from the Playstation network or using Wi-Fi capabilities.
If you live in the US, do not get your hopes up just yet though – Sony’s Go!Explore currently only offers maps of UK/Ireland, Iberia, France, Germany/Austria/Switzerland, Italy, Benelux, and Scandinavia.
Jun 20, 2007 gps navigation, sony 3 Comments
Here is a video explaining how to turn a Sony PSP into a GPS navigation system using maps downloaded from Google. Of course you still need Sony’s GPS add-on called PSP-290. Other than that you’ll need a files named gmdl0.4.16b, 3[1].30-OE-A_prx, MapThis0499_beta, and mapViewer_v03.
Let us know if this helps at all. You can buy the PSP-290 for $60 and have it FedEx’ed all the way from Japan for only $23. For more details you can visit developer’s site.
Jan 23, 2007 gps navigation, hacks, sony 15 Comments
Navigadget has been closely following of any kind of hacking / software development for the GPS add-on for Sony’s PSP (PSP-290). Deniska seems to be the expert in this field and this he created MAP THIS, a homemade application that interfaces the $60 hardware you can pick up from here (can ship to U.S for as low as $9!).
Keep in mind this is the first beta version and it only supports the PSP-290 and not any other generic GPS receiver. And again, this is not a navigator. But it will show you where you are on the map, your speed, altitude, distance covered, etc…
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