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Kindle Tips – Use GPS and Google Maps on the Amazon Kindle

Turn the Amazon Kindle into a GPS navigator. 

I’d already posted the Kindle hacks from the IgorS blog. Anyways here’s some more details -

The Kindle seems to have location-awareness in the CDMA module. You can plot your current location on Google Maps when you are in Browser Mode by pressing Alt -1 . The other shortcuts are:

Basic Options: 

Alt-2 find gas station nearby
Alt-3 find restaurants nearby
Alt-5 find custom keyword nearby

Advanced Options:

Alt-D dump debug info to the log and toggle highlight default item
Alt-Z toggle zone drawing and show log

Alt-1 show current location in google maps

I’m hoping some viewers can try it out and comment on how they find the experience. BTW I do have Google Maps on Kindle as part of my Header Image

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Filed under: kindle | Tagged: Amaozn Kindle Google Maps, Kindle Google Maps, kindle location awareness, Kindle Maps, maps on kindle

5 Responses

1. 

   Isryel, on December 11th, 2008 at 5:41 pm Said:

   i have a kindle and i cant get my gps location
   i press alt 1 and i get restaurants that aren’t even nearby

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     switch11, on December 11th, 2008 at 6:15 pm Said:

     where were you located when you tried this? zip code?

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2. 

   Gregory E Wright, on December 12th, 2008 at 12:55 pm Said:

   I tried all these shortcuts. Nothing happened.

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3. 

   switch11, on December 12th, 2008 at 1:11 pm Said:

   could you let me know the steps i.e.
   1) go into browser mode
   2) press alt-1.

   and so forth that you followed. thanks,

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4. 

   mathmom, on February 27th, 2009 at 9:27 pm Said:

   Sadly, this no longer works on kindle 2

   Reply