GPS company Garmin has announced free lifetime map updates for its new nüvi 2000/3000 series devices, which it describes as an “industry first”.

Sensis isn't ready to dump the iconic printed Yellow Pages directory, but it is expanding the ways it provides access to the underlying information. The latest development is an app specifically for the iPad and iPad 2.

The latest version of Google Earth integrates Street View and includes 3D species-specific models of trees. It also provides more convenient access to historical imagery.

BlackBerry's maps and direction app has been around for a few years, and is at last available to users in Australia and New Zealand.

Faced with ever increasing competition from the likes of Apple, and the Google backed Android platform, Nokia and Yahoo! have formed a global alliance that will see Nokia become the exclusive, global provider of Yahoo!'s maps and navigation services and Yahoo! the exclusive, global provider of Nokia's Ovi Mail and Ovi Chat services

The free Ovi Voice application from Nokia lets you customise the directions given by Ovi Maps.

Navteq Transport warns drivers of restrictions that can hamper the movement of tricks and other large vehicles.

Navigon is offering two years of free map updates to new purchasers of its GPS devices.

Just days before the world is set to learn just what Apple has in store for 2010, Nokia has struck back at competitors with the stunning offer of free global GPS navigation for all existing GPS-equipped Nokia phones, rolling it out with a new version of Ovi Maps and promising no hidden charges whatsoever.

Australian and New Zealand iPhone owners have another choice for GPS navigation: iGO My way. An introductory offer puts the price below $A90.