Wayfinder

Wayfinder was a wholly owned subsidiary of Vodafone specializing in creating mobile navigation systems for a number of platforms such as Symbian 2nd and 3rd edition, UIQ, Windows Mobile and some other smartphones. On March 12, 2010 it was announced that Vodafone was closing the company and all employees would be let go. On July 13, 2010 Wayfinder announced that they would open source their software under the BSD 3-clause license. Source code for both the server and client software for various phone operating systems is available at GitHub. Wayfinder Navigator is a mobile GPS application that provides turn-by-turn directions through a mobile phone. By downloading pre-loaded maps, Navigator can provide directions and different points of interest without Internet connection. In May 2008, Wayfinder Navigator was updated to include pre-loaded maps, social networking and map coverage of 150 countries world-wide. Wayfinder Earth is a mobile application that displays a 3D globe. Wayfinder Earth can set favorites, save address searches and show GPS information such as speed, position and heading as well. As the maps are downloaded from the internet on the fly so the phone requires a GPRS/UMTS connection. According to the site, maps can even be downloaded from the site and stored on the phone, once you have registered. A half an hour of navigating uses approximately 200 kb of data or only 8 kb in the so-called Guide view. Wayfinder Active was a mobile phone GPS application to track physical outdoor activities. The application calculated exercise statistics such as distance, calories burned and altitude info, so that people could set and track specific exercise goals. The product was discontinued spring 2009. Wayfinder launched the Wayfinder SpeedAlert application in December 2006.