It was a decision that cleared the way for satnav and all the other GPS applications that have so changed the world we live in.

Step 3: Store the decoded address information to your phone's address book and use it with your Maps or GPS application.

GPS applications typically use icons to represent different categories of POI on a map graphically.

GPS applications might drain the battery (but since they're normally used in cars, plugged into chargers, that's no big deal), but everything else should be well-behaved.

RunKeeper is a GPS fitness-tracking application supporting more than 12-million users, launched in 2008.

The company is one of only a handful of global companies producing digital maps for use in GPS applications.

Patch antenna - another antenna for GPS applications.

It is of special importance in safety-critical GPS applications, such as in aviation or marine navigation.

Another method that is used in GPS surveying applications is carrier phase tracking.

The cost estimate may be higher for other GPS applications, including those that require a higher degree of precision.