Monday, August 16, 2004
Can't Get There from Here? Now You Can with iGuidance Version 2.0
Posted by Dave Potter in "SOFTWARE" @ 09:00 AM
Ahhh - the Graphics!
As I indicated earlier, I am a relative newcomer to GPS based navigation solutions, so other than my less-than-remarkable exposure to MS Streets & Trips, I really have nothing to compare iGuidance V2.0 with other than screenshots I can find on the web. Having said this, my impression is that iGuidance v2.0 is one of the better graphical experiences out there - if not the best. I personally found it to be more than adequate (by a long shot) and was particularly impressed with the accurate 3-D bird's-eye-view representations of the roads I was driving on. Correction - I was blown away at how accurate the graphical representations were. Even geological features like forested areas, rivers, streams and bodies of water were accurately represented.
Figure 10: An example of iGuidance's 3-D bird's-eye-view. Note the forested areas depicted by green shading.
Figure 11: Another example of iGuidance's 3-D bird's-eye-view in full screen mode. Note the stream on the right hand side of the screen depicted by a wandering light blue line.









