We’ve featured the MotionX GPS Drive HD app before at PadGadget. It’s a turn-by-turn GPS iPad app that uses traditional 2D maps provided by NAVTEQ, and morphs them into pseudo-3D maps, to help you find your way around.
The app is quick, simple, and turns your iPad into a full-fledged GPS navigation system. But, the latest app version has added even better features.
MotionX GPS Drive HD (v6.0) for iPad and MotionX GPS Drive for iPhone (v7.0), now allow you to locate friends via Facebook Places, find locations via Wikipedia integration, and TapTap on a map to add a custom waypoint.
If you happen to use Facebook Places, you’ll love the fact that MotionX GPS Drive integrates and gives you access to your friends latest check-ins. If you’re not familiar with Facebook Places, it’s a feature that brings location-based functionality to your Facebook social network world. It basically allows you to share your location with friends, find out where your friends are (if they’re using Places), and discover new places near you.
By integrating Facebook Places, the MotionX GPS Drive app gives you access to your friends latest check-ins, and allows you to sort entries by proximity to your current location, name, or date. A convenient feature in case you want to surprise someone that just checked-in while you’re in town.
At a recent business trip, someone was sharing with me the frustration of not having access to many apps that would integrate with Wiki-type information. There are apps that provide points-of-interest and give you access to Wiki-type information. And, more will head your way in the form of enhanced-reality apps. What MotionX GPS Drive has done is integrate the Wikipedia database to give you access to a list of articles that will include geo-location data with nearby points-of-interest. In other words, you can display the entries on a map, tap on them to read an article, and simply follow the directions to your new destination.
Finally, the last feature added to MotionX GPS Drive is called TapTap. It allows you to tap twice anywhere on your map, and at anytime add a custom waypoint. A handy feature in case you want to make an unplanned stop on your next road trip.
MotionX GPS Drive HD for iPad is available in the App Store for a limited time price of $2.99. MotionX GPS Drive for iPhone is available in the App Store for at a limited time discounted price of $0.99.