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What would be your price range?  Membership basis or per trip fee?  Cost would be my biggest question.  Am I getting value for what I`m paying.  I think your program would be well embraced by travelers.  I would like this type of service b/c I would want to maximize my dollars and time when vacationing in a foreign place.

Good luck!

It`s a pretty good idea but I would be concerned about the long-term viability of a business based on this technology.  GPS is making its way into cell phones, laptops, cameras and other portable gadgets.  In the coming years, more and more people will already be carrying around GPS devices.  As this technology becomes more commoditized, there will be less of a demand for stand-alone GPS products.  It`s my understanding that the current leaders of these products (like Garmin) are worried as GPS becomes part of other products.

I have to agree with CampSteve on this. Phones are where everything will end up ( cameras and gps ). Almost all will have internet connection in the future so maybe you could think of a way to design a website that does the same thing. They go to it on their phone, your site pulls their gps location currently or where they will be, and you display cool loctions on a google map interface. That would be interesting I think. Good luck!


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I thought you could alread download various software applications that load your GPS with this type of information? 

How about starting out targeting the elderly crowd driving the 150 foot RV`s and get them to KOA locations and sightseeing destinations - maybe offer CD`s to walk them through the history of what your leading them to?

That`s done by many companies, on the Phone. For example, iFund just funded a company doing iPhone software for that.

Instead of using GPS, Apple gets the phone location based on cell towers and nearby Wifi access points. It is not as accurate, but it is within half block or so.