Please see: PDF PC World

amAze presents advertisements to consumers only when they are using the application and no attempt is made to address the user at any other time. This approach addresses the concerns of users who want to receive free content or services, yet do not want to be `spammed` with advertisements on their mobile phones and want to have full control over when they will be exposed to such advertisements."We want the ads to enrich the user experience and deliver valuable money saving to our users," continued Tziperman. "We will enrich such experience via advertising and coupons, not make it a turn-off for the user." amAze delivers the following easy to use features:

• Easy to use visual and voice guidance to any destination
• Ability to search any location by address
• Highlight any required location on high quality map or Satellite imagery
• Search and navigate to businesses listed in Yellow Pages directories
• Calculate the fastest route between two locations
• Select between pedestrian, bicycle, truck or car navigation
• Reduced data consummation with economical arrows navigation mode
• Save and manage personal favorites
• View graphical weather forecasts displayed on maps

amAze is being launched as a collaborative effort led by LocatioNet and includes leading vendors in the fields of mapping, satellite imagery, Yellow Pages directories, weather and other geographically related content. Agreements with relevant directories vendors in Europe are soon to get announced.Users can log into the amAze web site to register and download the application for free.www.amazegps.com

About LocatioNet

With a track record of over 16 years in the field of location-based services, LocatioNet is best positioned to re-define the navigation and local search market. Based on a field proven LBS middleware, best of its kind GIS engine and advanced client-server technology, LocatioNet is serving mobile carriers, yellow pages vendors and other content providers. The solution is hosted from Europe.

amAze presents advertisements to consumers only when they are using the application and no attempt is made to address the user at any other time. This approach addresses the concerns of users who want to receive free content or services, yet do not want to be `spammed` with advertisements on their mobile phones and want to have full control over when they will be exposed to such advertisements."We want the ads to enrich the user experience and deliver valuable money saving to our users," continued Tziperman. "We will enrich such experience via advertising and coupons, not make it a turn-off for the user." amAze delivers the following easy to use features:

• Easy to use visual and voice guidance to any destination
• Ability to search any location by address
• Highlight any required location on high quality map or Satellite imagery
• Search and navigate to businesses listed in Yellow Pages directories
• Calculate the fastest route between two locations
• Select between pedestrian, bicycle, truck or car navigation
• Reduced data consummation with economical arrows navigation mode
• Save and manage personal favorites
• View graphical weather forecasts displayed on maps

amAze is being launched as a collaborative effort led by LocatioNet and includes leading vendors in the fields of mapping, satellite imagery, Yellow Pages directories, weather and other geographically related content. Agreements with relevant directories vendors in Europe are soon to get announced.Users can log into the amAze web site to register and download the application for free.www.amazegps.com

About LocatioNet

With a track record of over 16 years in the field of location-based services, LocatioNet is best positioned to re-define the navigation and local search market. Based on a field proven LBS middleware, best of its kind GIS engine and advanced client-server technology, LocatioNet is serving mobile carriers, yellow pages vendors and other content providers. The solution is hosted from Europe.

Please see: CNET and ZDNet.

Meteomedia has joined the amAze collaborative initiative, led by LocatioNet. amAze is a revolutionary navigation, mapping and local search service supported by several industry leading vendors. It offers services free to mobile users and generates revenue from the emerging mobile advertisement model. The application provides any regular, Java-enabled mobile phone with navigation and local search information over maps and satellite imagery in Europe, North America, Australia and parts of Asia and Africa. A full voice-guided navigation feature is available for mobile users with any internal or external GPS.

"This is a very important addition to the amAze initiative", said Ofer Tziperman, President of LocatioNet. "Market researches show that one of the most wanted mobile content is updated weather forecasts. With the close assistance of Meteomedia we can now offer the amAze users community with this additional valuable info, served as a default display on each map screen. I am sure that our users will find it very useful."

"We are very happy to join the amAze initiative with our weather information", said J?rg Kachelmann, Founder and CEO of Meteomedia. "We are serving our weather forecasts for many years over various media formats. It was only natural that our content will be offered also on the mobile media. We believe that the combination of weather conditions with clear mapping and navigation user interface will make it easier for people on the move to get their weather forecasts".

amAze is offered to mobile subscribers from all over the world as a free solution. It is fully hosted by LocatioNet and always fed with the freshest on-line information.

Users can log into the amAze web site: www.amazegps.com or directly from their mobile phones to: http://wap.amazegps.com to register and obtain their free copy of this first of its kind useful mobile software.

About Meteomedia

Nowadays private weather services producing weather forecasts for TV, radio, newspapers, and other customers are nothing unusual. This was not always the case: Until the end of the 1980s the state-supported national weather services had a factual monopoly on the provision of meteorological information to the public.

Founded by J?rg Kachelmann in 1991, meteomedia was one of the first European companies to combine meteorological and journalistic know-how, thus generating weather information specially designed for media customers needs.

This basic formula has not changed since: meteomedia`s main aim is the delivery of accurate weather forecasts. To this end meteomedia has built up, and relies on, an enormous infrastructure. 24 hours a day the companies headquarters in Gais (Switzerland), Bochum (Germany) and Vienna (Austria), Bridge Lake (Canada) and Omega (Oklahoma, USA) receive weather data, computer models and satellite imagery from all around the world. Together with meteomedia`s own network of over 500 weather stations, the meteorologists have access to data of over 1.000 weather stations in Germany - 12.000 worldwide. Up to the minute information on changing weather conditions can be included in programs up until the last minutes before they air.

J?rg Kachelmann`s team of more than 100 people is not only known for reliable forecasts, but also for their entertaining and informative programs. The reports go beyond simple weather forecasts: Important weather events both at home and abroad are included, as is background information about interesting weather-related subjects (e.g. ozone formation). Furthermore, German regional offices in Berlin, Bad D?rrheim (Baden-W?rttemberg), on the northern islands of Hiddensee (Mecklenburg-Western Pomeranian), Borkum (Lower Saxony), in Leipzig and Oderwitz (Saxony) provide weather reports and pictures from very different regions.

meteomedia is also involved in the development of techniques for the graphical presentation of meteorological information. The resulting high-quality graphical solutions support and optimize the communication of information.

In the recent years meteomedia`s customer-base has grown to include the new media. In cooperation with T-Online, meteomedia runs an extensive internet weather portal www.t-online.de/wetter as well as the first broadband weather channel with up to the minute video-clips and many special-interest forecasts www.weishaupt-wetter.de. In addition, meteomedia develops solutions for specialized applications in the area of online information and mobile computing.

In cooperation with the Bavarian insurance association and the Fraunhofer-Society for Software and System Technology Berlin, meteomedia runs severe weather warning offices in Bochum, Gais and Vienna, which warn public authorities, companies and other interested parties 24 hours a day about severe weather all throughout Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Essential parts of the service are the websites www.unwetterzentrale.de,www.meteocentrale.ch and www.unwetterzentrale.at, which give detailed information about the current severe weather situation.

Furthermore, the company offers unique weather solutions for different types of industries: among others leading energy supply companies, insurance companies as well as businesses involved in agriculture, water-supply and construction rely on meteomedia`s weather forecasts.

About LocatioNet

With a track record of over 16 years in the field of location-based services, LocatioNet is best positioned to re-define the navigation and local search market. Based on a field proven LBS middleware, best of its kind GIS engine and advanced client-server technology, LocatioNet is serving mobile carriers, local search directories vendors and other content providers. The solution is hosted from Europe, USA and Asia.

A new and improved version 4.0 is now available! Users are invited to upgrade their existing version with this new one via the amAze web site www.amazegps.com or by pointing their mobile browsers to wap.amazegps.com. It is a quick and fast installation process.
Version 4.0 has some new cool features to offer, including:

• Rotating Map which allows Heading-up option while navigating
• Local weather forecasts featured on the upper corner of the map
• Extended mapping coverage for Canada
• Extended satellite imagery coverage for more cities around the world
• Improved look of the hybrid maps
• More mapping scales
• Support for more languages
• Improvements and enhancements of the service backend servers
• Improved SMS-based registration mechanism

For a full list of all the amazing features available under version 4.0 please see the new Features section.
We'll be happy to get your feedbacks to this new version under the amAze Forum.

amAze enables regular, Java-enabled mobile phone users to access with satellite images, clear maps, route-planning, weather forecasts and local search information from anywhere in the UK. An additional voice-guided navigation feature can be accessed using any external bluetooth GPS device or phones with a built-in GPS.

LocatioNet is the first company to offer consumers a free mobile navigation and mapping application based on the emerging ad-funded business model. Income from amAze is generated through advertisements and sponsorship which are intelligently integrated into the application, such as location sensitive ads displayed to the user, based on his/her location. Companies can also sponsor the opening screen when the application is activated. The sponsorship branding can be replaced at any given time.

Ofer Tziperman, President of LocatioNet commented; "While other similar services are charging users a monthly premium fee of up to 7.00 Euro, amAze is unique by offering a free service for consumers. It only requires a one time, simple software download to the mobile phone, while revenue for the service is generated via unobtrusive sponsors and advertisers. The service is completely free for the consumer".

amAze will presents advertisements to consumers only when they are using the application and no attempt is made to address the user at any other time. This approach addresses the concerns of users who want to receive free content or services, yet do not want to be `spammed` with advertisements on their mobile phones and want to have full control over when they will be exposed to such advertisements.

"We want the ads to enrich the user experience and deliver valuable money saving to our users," continued Tziperman. "We will enrich the user experience via advertising, not make it a turn-off for consumers."

amAze delivers the following easy to use features:

• Easy to use visual and voice guidance to any destination
• Ability to search any location by address
• Highlight any required location on high quality map or Satellite imagery
• Search and navigate to businesses listed in local search directories
• Calculate the fastest route between two locations
• Save and manage personal favourites
• View graphical weather forecasts displayed on maps

amAze is being launched as a collaborative effort led by LocatioNet and includes leading vendors in the fields of mapping, satellite imagery, local search directories , weather and other geographically related content.

Users can log into the amAze web site to register and download the application absolutely free - www.amazegps.com

About LocatioNet

With a track record of over 16 years in the field of location-based services, LocatioNet is best positioned to re-define the navigation and local search market. Based on a field proven LBS middleware, best of its kind GIS engine and advanced client-server technology, LocatioNet is serving mobile carriers, local search directories vendors and other content providers. The solution is hosted from Europe, USA and Asia.

amAze users can now also enjoy a full coverage of Australia maps. In addition, high resolution colorful satellite images of Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Canberra are now available.
Click here to see the full coverage map.

Enjoy, mates!
amAze team.

Click here to see the full article.

In a recent products comparison conducted by the Norwegian web site 'amobil.no', amAze was thoroughly analyzed and compared to another free GPS service.
amAze was found better on most parameters and was recommended as the best free GPS software.
For more info, Please see:http://www.amobil.no/tester/gps/gratis_gps_til_mobilen/40817

amAze users can now also enjoy a full coverage of South African maps. With an exciting addition of high resolution colorful satellite images in Johannesburg and Cape Town (and Durban coming soon).
Click here to see the full coverage map.

This collaboration means that for the first time, worldwide voice-guided GPS navigation is enabled over high resolution satellite imagery and aerial photos with regular mass-market phones that has either internal or external GPS receiver.

DigitalGlobe has joined the amAze collaborative initiative, led by LocatioNet. amAze is a revolutionary navigation, mapping and local search service supported by several industry leading vendors. It offers services free to mobile users and generates revenue from the emerging mobile advertisement model. The application provides any regular, Java-enabled mobile phone with navigation and local search information over maps and DigitalGlobe satellite imagery in Europe and North America. A full voice-guided navigation feature is available for users with any Bluetooth GPS device.

"Satellite imagery has proved a great success over the internet. This is the first time such a rich mapping layer is being used for off-board GPS navigation on mass-market phones," said Ofer Tziperman, President of LocatioNet. "We are very excited about this collaboration with DigitalGlobe, it is yet another innovative solution offered under the amAze initiative. Since amAze was launched a few weeks ago we have seen keen adoption by users from all over the globe using it for free. As part of our on-going service, additional features are being planned to further enrich amAze."

"We are very pleased to take part in this first of its kind service," said Jill Smith, CEO of DigitalGlobe. "Our satellite imagery and aerial photos provide a useful dimension to GPS navigation. The fact that amAze is capable to use our imagery archive for navigation on regular phones opens the opportunity for people around the world to experience the benefits of content-rich mapping layer. We look forward to supplying LocatioNet with the highest-resolution satellite imagery available."

LocatioNet`s GIS technology enables fast enough streaming of aerial photos from the huge backend databases to the thin client mobile phone over the wireless networks, to allow real-time navigation over the aerial photo.

amAze already supports over 100 Java-enabled mobile handsets with more handsets supported every week. Windows mobile and BlackBerry versions will be released soon.

Users can log into the amAze web site: www.amazegps.com to register and obtain their free copy of this first of its kind useful mobile software.

About DigitalGlobe

Longmont, Colo. - based DigitalGlobe is the clear leader in the global commercial Earth imagery and geospatial information market. The company`s technical superiority and innovation, unparalleled commitment to customer service, extensive business partner network and open systems philosophy make DigitalGlobe the preferred supplier of imagery products to government and commercial markets. DigitalGlobe is the only geospatial content provider to take an end-to-end approach to geospatial imagery, from acquiring proprietary high-resolution images through a leading-edge satellite and aerial network, to integrating and distributing that data through GlobeXplorer, a proprietary web-based search and retrieval system that makes it easy to find, purchase and download global imagery. DigitalGlobe`s QuickBird satellite is the world`s highest resolution commercial imaging system. The company`s next-generation WorldView 1 satellite is scheduled to launch in mid-2007, and its WorldView 2 satellite is anticipated to launch in late 2008. The company`s updated and growing ImageLibrary contains over two hundred million square kilometers of QuickBird imagery and an extensive global library of aerial imagery suited to countless mapping and planning needs.

About LocatioNet

With a track record of over 16 years in the field of location-based services, Locationet is best positioned to re-define the navigation and local search market. Based on a field proven LBS middleware, best of its kind GIS engine and advanced client-server technology, LocatioNet is serving mobile carriers, local search vendors and other content providers. The solution is hosted from Europe, USA and Asia.

We are happy to announce that amAze coverage was expanded to cover more countries in Eastern Europe, including these new countries:

• Croatia
• Estonia
• Greece
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Poland
• Russia
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Turkey

Click here to see the full coverage map.
Enjoy!
The amAze Team

The yellow pages Association (YPA) awarded our partners, Amdocs Inc., with the Silver YPA Industry Excellence Award for their "Amdocs Mobile & IPTV Advertising" product.
This product is based on the LocatioNet's amAze hosted service and it won in the category of: "Marketing Innovation", for 'marketing strategies that attract new advertisers and promote yellow pages advertisers to expand their current programs'.
Please see: PDF press release.  This is yet another important recognition by the yellow pages industry of the leading and innovating nature of amAze.

We're about to release an update to amAze with some significant changes:

• Downloadable sound packs - amAze can speak your language!
• All new arrow mode - Economy with map like precision!
• Aerial photos and hybrid maps - partial coverage of major cities
• And much more...

A few screenshots:

Stay tuned for more...

amAze is the first mapping and navigation application of its kind for mobile phones and it is totally free to use for consumers. The application provides any regular, Java-enabled mobile phone with mapping, navigation and local search information to anywhere in Central and Western Europe and North America. An additional voice-guided navigation feature can be accessed using any bluetooth GPS device."amAze is a must-have mobile application for all consumers," said Ofer Tziperman, President of LocatioNet. "Navigation and the ability to search for local information are tools that we all need regular, almost daily, access to. Our trial phase has shown us how keen people are to download and use amAze."

amAze features the following benefit:

• Visual and voice guidance to any destination
• Search any location by its address
• Search and navigate to businesses listed in local search directories
• Indicate any required location on the map
• View and use dynamic, high quality maps at various scales
• Calculate the fastest route between two locations
• Save and manage personal favorites list
• Covers Central and Western Europe and North America, without purchasing or downloading additional maps

amAze is being launched as a collaborative effort led by LocatioNet and including leading vendors in the fields of mapping, local search , weather and other geographically related content.

The application is free to consumers and income is generated through advertisements and sponsorship which are intelligently integrated into the application. The user is served relevant and targeted advertising which enriches the user experience with more relevant information.

Tziperman continued, "We believe that we have produced a very innovative offering for consumers and partners alike. amAze will offer an outstanding free service to users, while our business model means that we can generate a healthy revenue stream."

Future versions of amAze will also feature high quality aerial photos, satellite imagery and topographical maps on a wide coverage as well as weather conditions. Additional regions will also be added to the mapping information.

amAze already supports about 100 Java-enabled mobile handsets with more handsets supported every week. Windows mobile and Blackberry versions will be released soon.

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