Create your self topographic 3D maps for your Android Device

Recently I have searched all over the net and I found out that there are not too many usable tutorials on how to create your own 3D topographic maps.
Topographic maps are designed to be used as a basemap and as a reference map. The map service includes administrative boundaries, cities, water features, physiographic features, parks, landmarks, highways, roads, railways, airports, and buildings overlaid on land cover and shaded relief for added context.

So in this Tutorial I will show you how to Make your own Topo 3D maps with CompeGPS Land for your Android Device 
First you have to download CompeGPS Land from HERE  for your PC. You can find trial version also.

Also you will need Two Nav from HERE for your Android.

Now if you downloaded this two apps one for your PC and second one for your Android Device

CompeGPS Lang is software for creating and converting 2D,3D maps 
Two Nav is app for Android that can read topographic maps created with CompeGPS Lang 

Also you MUST find Topo Maps in most common formats like:.ecw, *.bmp, *kmz, *.jpg, *.tif, *.tiff, *.png... 

Now lets get started -----

-Install and run CompeGPS Lang on your PC
-in the main window press on  "Maps" button
-now press import maps

- in the window that will poup select your map 

-in the next box just click OK

-now again in the next box click again an this window will appear

-if you want to change Projection than click on "Projection Automatic" if you don't than press on "Next"
-again in the next window where it asks you "Modify Map corners" click "Next"

-now this is the vital part

 

-in this window you will have to choose the two calibration points
-zoom the map and choose some place that is easy to find on other Maps. For example:crossroad;sity square etc.

-minimize the CompeGPS lang window and open Google Maps/Earth or some other Map software and find the same point that you have mark before in CompeGPS
-write down the coordinates from Google Earth in to the empty boxes in CompeGPS Lang
-repeat this procedure with at least one more point
But i will recommend to you to add some additional points because more points in calibration process will make your map more accurate

When you finish with adding points click on "Save"
Calibration file will be saved on your Desktop

So now you will have to convert your saved Calibration file in to a map that your Two Nav for Android app can read

-close all CompeGPS Lang windows and run the software again
-again choose "Maps" from the main window and than "Batch convert raster maps"

 -in the window that will popup choose your Saved Calibration file
DO NOT choose your non calibrated map
-in the next popup choose RMAP and press OK

-after the converting process will finish your RMAP file will be saved on your Desktop
DONE:Now you have 2D/3D Map for your Android Device

One year from the death of Steve Jobs

2012 was a great year for Apple company, especially if you take into account two major events related to it, of which the first is the launch of the new iPhone, and the other is a lawsuit against Samsung. But the man who made ​​Apple what it is, former CEO Steve Jobs was not here to see it.

Today marks exactly one year since the death of Jobs, who died aged 56 after losing a battle with cancer. A year later, the company going forward, but Jobs remained today in remembrance of the people who use the benefits of its products.
What was so special for Jobs? Most of all vision that we had extraordinary access to the public and the ability to make the selling of a product. Jobs never hid his personal life, on the contrary, all share his story under which a person who collected bottles of Coca-Cola to buy food, slept in the homes of their friends and walk a few miles each week can to take a meal at the Hare Krishna temple has become a leading figure in the field of technology.
Jobs knew how to speak in public and is known as a man who knew how to create a great motivational speech. In fact his most famous appearance in public is not associated with any Apple product presentation. It is about his speech to students at Stanford who has gained immense popularity.
That and it will finish this article on the anniversary of his death

Will you find your PIN between these combinations?

The combination of four numbers, that we use as a security protection for our SIM cards, payment cards, computers and other devices,so you may still not so secure after all.
Nick Berry, president of the "Data Genetics" and a person who magazine "Sunday Times" declared one of the 50 best entrepreneurs of the decade, with a long analysis came up with the most commonly used combinations of PIN codes that people use. Their data, he published on "datagenetics.com".

People are not aware of how the choice of his PIN code, affects the security of their data reduction. Nick Berry said that this is not a manual for the thieves, but attempt people to realize the dangers that threaten them.

According to his analysis, almost 27% of people use one of these combinations of common PIN codes. The most common combination of numbers can be easily guessed, and it is 1234. Next is a combination of 1111 which is used by more than 6% of people. Third commonly used combination is 0000, which is used by almost 2% of people.

The worrying fact is that that despite all the warnings about data protection, people still use these codes. This analysis indicates that 27% of the codes in the world can be easily guessed because they are found on this census.

Combinations of the numbers 1111, 2222, 3333 to 9999, are also among the frequently used PIN codes, as well as combinations 1212 and 6969. Not surprisingly, neither the fact that combinations of numbers such as 1122, 1313, 4321 or 1010, also ranked highly on the list of most commonly used PIN codes.

The last ten numbers on the list of 10 000 most frequently used combinations of PIN codes are 0859, 8957, 9480, 6793, 8398, 0738, 7637, 6835, 9629, 8093 and last 8068

Nokia not Apple is the biggest competitor of Google Maps

Google maps

Following the release of Apple Maps, time seemed maps do only Google and Apple. Yet The Atlantic reminds us that Nokia has invested over $ 8 billion (most of this money at Navteq), and just Nokia, not Apple, is the greatest competitor in quality of Google Maps.
    Unfortunately due to financial problems can be found in the Finnish giant, Nokia not only often overlooked, but it is possible to sell maps of competing companies well below right value. Analysis of Atlantic says most interested in Nokia Maps Microsoft, Yahoo, Apple but because of recent problems and would must become a customer.
    Google for its maps "invested" tens of thousands of hours spent driving and eight million kilometers in Street View vehicle. During that time, Nokia launched cooperation with UPS and FedEx, and UPS drivers only spend 5.28 billion km per year. The cooperation with UPS, Nokia month data gets 12 billion per month, according to Cliff Fox, Nokia vice-presidents in charge of data collection locations.
    G.. Fox announced that Nokia collects 400 data for each segment (Cell of road between two intersections), for example if the street is one-way or in both directions, number of lanes, places where there is a narrowing of the road and many similar data.
    Like Google and Nokia have vehicles used for road mapping. One of the drivers of these vehicles for Nokia, Tony Cha said that mapping major cities is necessary driving eight hours a day for a month. A route by which drive is computed by an algorithm, based on the most effective way to pass on every street of the city. According to him, the biggest challenge facing all companies that have to maintain updated maps change all streets.
    Nokia probably have enough data to be compared with Google Maps. But now at least there should be no doubt that the battle for best application of this type will be between Google and Nokia. Nokia understandable hope that this application will help customers to solve their phones, together with the new operating system finally to return to the list of best selling phones.


 Apple maps

 Nokia Maps

 

Eight cult mobile phones from the past

Have you had any of these?


Smartphones nowadays ample features and capabilities of their hardware and software platforms. But before you get to this level of development, the past years have marked some models who first appeared certain functions and enjoyed world fame.


1. Nokia 9210 Communicator

The device worked on Symbian v6.0 Series 80 UI, had a processor with a power stroke of 52 MHz and a screen size of 4.5 inches diagonal. This smartphone showed up on the market in 2000, and was able to send e-mail, viewing Word, Excel, Powerpoint and PDF documents, there was a memory card, external display, and many features of today's smartphones starting precisely from this model. Term Nokia Communicator was introduced and mark their smartphones series 9 which have the features of the phone and PDA.

2. Siemens SL45

And this model saw the light of day in 2000. In general, the year 2000 was marked by several models that have unique features for its time. Benefon launches first mobile GPS navigation (Benefon ESC), Sony polyphony (Sony J5), a Sharp Japanese market launched the first phone with a camera. A Siemens successfully continued his line of SL, the first model with a memory card and MP3 player.

Phone weighing 88 grams and at that time was quite small compared to the other that had the WAP browser, phonebook supporting up to 500 contacts. In addition, the hero of his time supporting and voice dialing and up to 300 voice records ..

3. Ericsson R520

Maybe every time you hear the word Ericsson, associate harsh and ugly phones at the time. However, R520 is the first mobile with Bluetooth. This phone had GPRS and e-mail, WAP, Phonebook up to 500 contacts. In 2002, except that it was a great phone for businessmen, but also an indication of their status.


4. Nokia 6310

 

Legendary Nokia's business model had GPRS, Bluetooth, Infrared port and main-game "Snake", which later became a popular and compelling and other Nokia models.




5. Motorola RAZR V3
 

Motorola introduced the RAZR V3 in 2004 and at that time was the main asset of this manufacturer. Slim metal body, straight lines, bold look, miniUSB port, a VGA camera, GPRS class 10, the ability to record video, MP3 ringtones, phonebook with 1000 contacts ... this sounded impressive at the time.


6. Sony Ericsson T610

Although Sony Ericsson T610 does not bring anything revolutionary, but at that time was a phone with excellent features. Screen had a vertical orientation, it was not uncommon then, 14 hour talk battery that served strange resolution 352h288 pixel camera, Bluetooth, Infrared, GPRS, WAP Browser version 2.0 and keyboard combination with joistik later will be found in many other successful models of Sony Ericsson.


7. Sony Ericsson K750i

This is the first phone in the function that is used for auto focus camera, which had a resolution of 2 megapixels. Appeared on the market in 2005, there was a display with 256K colors and at that time was one of the top mobile devices. The fact that even today you can see people with K750i, talks about his success and popularity.






8. Nokia N95

Cult smartphone which was launched in March 2007 had a camera with a resolution of five megapixels, unusual sliding housing which can be opened from both sides, and because of the excellent opportunities that we have, combined with strong marketing - at that time there was someone who did notwanted this device. But who knew that just a few months later, the world saw the first iPhone, which fundamentally changes the way people think what features should have a mobile phone. A change and the fate of the Finnish manufacturer.

HTC One X+

After the long speculation, HTC has finally hit the market with a new improved version of One X, who was considered one of the best smartphones in the world. It is a HTC One X +, which before the software will run on the new Jelly Bean and there are many improvements from its predecessor.

One X Plus will include the new NVIDIA Tegra 3 AP37 chipset with quad-core processor, with each core to work on a frequency of 1.7 GHz. The phone will be in two versions, 32 and 64 GB without a memory card slot, and 1 GB RAM.
The display is the same as with One X, but there are minor changes such as Corning Gorilla Glass 2 protection screen and new improved version of HTC Sense.
What makes it different from One X battery is 2100 mAh, which HTC announced that they would have to endure as much as 6 hours more. This phone will appear in Europe during the upcoming month, and the price should too vary in terms of its predecessor.

HERE  you can find official specs from GSM arena

Samsung vs iPhone in terms of hardware

Interestingly Samsung for 3 years:
S1 1ghz 5mp camera 720p recording 4inch screen.512 ram

S2 1.2ghz dual core 8mp camera 1080p recording 4.3 inch screen.1gig ram.
S3 1.4ghz quad core 8pm camera 1080p recording 4.8 inch screen.1 gig ram.



And Iphone for 6 years:
Iphone 620mhz no camera 3.5 inch screen..128 ram.
Iphone 3g 620mhz.2mp camera vga recording.3.5 inch screen.128 ram.
Iphone 3gs 833mhz.3mp camera vga recording 3.5 inch screen.256 ram
Iphone 4 1ghz.5mp camera..720p recording 3.5 inch screen.512 ram.
Iphone 4s 1ghz.dual core.8mp camera 1080p recording 3.5 inch screen.512 ram.
Iphone 5 1.2ghz dual core.8mp camera 1080p recording 4 inch screen. 1gb ram.