Google today announced that it will put Google Earth as the basis for GPS navigation system for the first time in a vehicle. Audi will be the first car manufacturer to bring Google Earth to your vehicle ‘officially’. If you’re lucky enough to own an Audi A8 you’ll be able to enjoy 3D satellite images, terrain information, and a bunch of other layers of information associated to where you are.

British BAE Systems just received about $42 million to supply the U.S. Army with a lightweight, handheld laser target locator systems powered with GPS. The all weather device will allow soldiers to accurately identify target locations in day time or night, and even in fog and smoke.

Possibly made by the same people who brought you GPS tracking for Alzheimer patients – Pikavu is a GPS child tracking system which consists of a base station and a quite stylish wrist watch.

Vexia has unveiled its new range of GPS navigators, the Vexia Econav Series 80 which we noticed became sleeker but luckily kept all the features that you’d expect from other higher end models in the GPS navigation market.

TomTom decided to release an only U.S. version of their iPhone GPS navigation app by taking Canada off the maps. The original version was $99 dollars but this version is only $49.99 – something closer to what most people can afford.

Google Nexus One is apparently the name of the Google phone that was leaked with some pictures yesterday. Story is that the device was given to all Googlers for testing and it is expected to hit the market as soon as next month.

Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition we mentioned back in August was just announced for the U.S. This is an upgrade from the basic Nokia 5800 package. It includes device lifetime voice-guided navigation for North America and a car kit (CR-103). It comes preloaded with Ovi Maps for mobile that offers turn by turn directions for both cars and pedestrians.