Expensive, Waste of Money Android Apps and other Mobile GIS News
Business Insider offers a list of "The 15 Most Expensive Android Apps [which] Are Bizarre Wastes Of Money." And yes one is a GIS app but it's #15, so maybe it's the least bizarre and the least waste of money? Besides, this is not a consumer app, but one a company would purchase.
15. pcMapper DB - $195
Description: "pcMapper is an ideal mobile solution for GIS data collection and map editingpcMapper Db is an extension to pcMapper Lite enabling complete editing of ESRI® shapefiles on Android™ devices."
Genre: Application: Productivity
Publisher: Nova Spatial
GigaOm's Kevin Tofel really likes one of the new location-based task management tools.
Location Aware, a free app for Android, is a software title that combines task management with location. It’s neither the newest nor the only app in this class, but it’s simple, and it works.
- GigaOM
Ban.jo adds a new feature: Now, instead of dragging the map around to identify the area where you want to look for people tweeting, etc. you can type in an address, business, etc. Said another way, the company has discovered geocoding!
