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Dela @ Apr 21, 2009 16:55 | 6 comments

A GPS system for the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld console has been around for some time, but now GPS is new to the Nintendo DS handheld thanks to a product called Ranger, from Fab Chain of China. The product uses Google Maps, can do fake 3D map rendering and uses a U-Blox GPS receiver. It can also connect to other devices such as a laptop or a PDA as well.

It comes with it's own rechargeable battery that is charged via USB. It's website, ds-gps.com is mostly incomplete, and has no information on pricing or available yet.

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Comment by: louispq (Apr 21, 2009 18:49)

That would certainly be a fun gadget to have on the ds, but I don't think I would carry something that sticks that much out of my ds. Does a card come with it or do we have to load a rom on a card ourself?

Comment by: bomber991 (Apr 22, 2009 05:00)

I'm not too sure what you would use gps for in a ds. Seems like gps stuff would work a little bit better on something like an iphone or one of those google android phones.

Comment by: pcrazy99 (Apr 22, 2009 05:50)

That looks a little to bulky. I don't think I'd want to carry that around in my pocket.

Comment by: jpc1284 (Apr 23, 2009 15:34)

go to dcemu.uk and look into densikas forum and his MapTHIS project for the psp. it is far superior to this. I love my psp gps.

Comment by: IguanaC64 (Apr 27, 2009 15:32)

Doesn't work on a DSi since the DSi has no GBA port.

That being said, looks too big, but first generation products are usually like that. If they get that shrunk down enough, it would be a great product. I'd rather have that than a camera and image editing software to stretch faces around.

Comment by: cyan (Apr 29, 2009 17:18)

GPS on DS isn't new.
There are many homebrew programs with GPS functionality for DS using DSerial hardware which connect to DS slot and not gba slot. It was even one of the first homebrew idea developed for DS.
What's new is it's not a homebrew anymore.

Here is one of the homebrew example.