Ipaq GPS Software

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Destinator 3 will do what you want
Jack wrote:
> I spent about 3 days trying to research gps's plus software that
would work
> both in the car and on our boat and my brain is fried!
>
> We own an iPaq 3670, so finally decided to buy a CF card GPS. (We
already
> have used iPaq with an old Magellan GPS, but to many dangling wires
and
> fragile connectors!)
>
> I looked at several models that included software but decided to just
buy a
> bare bones CF card - Globalsat 307.
>
> Now to auto software. We have Fugawi with Canada/USA streets
capability -
> but
> no turn by turn - also somewhat out of date. We also have MS S&T
2004 which
> has POI, but no turn by turn. Any recommendations for turn by turn
Auto
> software that has good coverage in Canada and USA - Easy to use
interface,
> POI, accuracy would be important.
>
> For boat, we now have Fugawi v3.xx - Upgrade to enc enabled version
is
> costly. Any other suggestions for an improvement to what we now have
that
> will work on iPaq and/or laptop ?
>
> Graham

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Jack wrote:
> I spent about 3 days trying to research gps's plus software that
> would work both in the car and on our boat and my brain is fried!
>
> We own an iPaq 3670, so finally decided to buy a CF card GPS. (We
> already have used iPaq with an old Magellan GPS, but to many dangling
> wires and fragile connectors!)
>
> I looked at several models that included software but decided to just
> buy a bare bones CF card - Globalsat 307.
>
> Now to auto software. We have Fugawi with Canada/USA streets
> capability - but
> no turn by turn - also somewhat out of date. We also have MS S&T
> 2004 which has POI, but no turn by turn. Any recommendations for
> turn by turn Auto software that has good coverage in Canada and USA -
> Easy to use interface, POI, accuracy would be important.
>
> For boat, we now have Fugawi v3.xx - Upgrade to enc enabled version is
> costly. Any other suggestions for an improvement to what we now have
> that will work on iPaq and/or laptop ?
>
> Graham

Plenty of options, Alk's CoPilot, TomTom Navigator (newly released with
Canada mapping), Destinator, Mapopolis, Deluo Routis.

All and mor reviewed on our website.

--
Darren Griffin
PocketGPSWorld - www.pocketgpsworld.com
The Premier GPS Resource for News, Reviews and Forums

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Thanks David,
I downloaded the trial of Pocket Navigator - Seems to work quite well - I
thought that they said that all NOAA charts were available free? The
program now cost just $19.95. In functionality, it seems similar to PPC
version of Fugawi, but with Fugawi, you have to find your own free charts.

MS S&T is usable, but I may try and pick up something like iGuidance,
Tom-Tom, Copilot, Destinator, Routis, Mapopolis etc - If anyone has Canadian
and USA experience with any of these, I would be interested.

Just ordered a dual CF sleeve with battery for our iPaq 3670
fromyourmobiledesk.com - seems like a good buy at US$79.99. This will be
used with our new Globalsat CF GPS - bought for $47.00 on eBay!

"David" <davidwnh@ncia.net> wrote in message
news:Ac-dnYT89ry0hSLcRVn-vw@adelphia.com...
> Street Atlas for handhelds by Delorme will put routes on your street
> maps but otherwise is less functional and detailed than MS Streets and
> Trips. I use SA for routing and Streets & Trips for detail with a
> program called GPSGate that allows more than one program to access the
> GPS at once.
>
> As far as nautical I use Pocket Navigator, however it doesn't use ENC
> charts though I get my BSB charts free through work. Overall the Pocket
> version of Fugawi may be cheapest because the cost of keeping up to date
> commercial digital charts is generally where the greatest expense lies.
>
> Jack wrote:
> > I spent about 3 days trying to research gps's plus software that would
work
> > both in the car and on our boat and my brain is fried!
> >
> > We own an iPaq 3670, so finally decided to buy a CF card GPS. (We
already
> > have used iPaq with an old Magellan GPS, but to many dangling wires and
> > fragile connectors!)
> >
> > I looked at several models that included software but decided to just
buy a
> > bare bones CF card - Globalsat 307.
> >
> > Now to auto software. We have Fugawi with Canada/USA streets
capability -
> > but
> > no turn by turn - also somewhat out of date. We also have MS S&T 2004
which
> > has POI, but no turn by turn. Any recommendations for turn by turn Auto
> > software that has good coverage in Canada and USA - Easy to use
interface,
> > POI, accuracy would be important.
> >
> > For boat, we now have Fugawi v3.xx - Upgrade to enc enabled version is
> > costly. Any other suggestions for an improvement to what we now have
that
> > will work on iPaq and/or laptop ?
> >
> > Graham
> >
> >
> >

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"David" <davidwnh@ncia.net> wrote in message
news:9uOdnbvsNq-rpl3cRVn-vg@adelphia.com...
> The only free NOAA Charts are ENC charts. That is the benefit of
> programs that use them like Fugawi. I doubt Pocket Navigator will ever
> support them because they are also in the business of selling elec.
> charts. I personally haven't switched to Fugawi because I like the
> interface and functionality of what I currently use and also get my
> elec. charts paid by my employer. Not to mention encs are mostly just
> US coast and I ship worldwide. BSB regions generally run around $250
> each so encs are well worth the free price tag. In any case here is the
> NOAA link for them:
> http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/mcd/enc/download.htm
>

The version I downloaded, was actually called Outdoor Navigator ( Not Pocket
Navigator). This costs $19.95 and this apparently provides FREE access to
thousands of NOAA charts via Maptech's servers. It is even possible to
download these charts using the free trial version. Here is a cut from the
outdoornavigator website
http://www.maptech.com/products/ou [...] /index.cfm

"Make Your Adventures Safer!

Make your work easier and your adventures safer by putting topo maps and
nautical charts on your Pocket PC or Palm handheld.

$19.95 gets you the PDA software and unlimited map downloads. If you have a
PDA and memory card, there's nothing else to buy.

Use it with or without GPS. Use it like a portable map library. Or connect a
GPS receiver, and you will have a powerful moving map display. "

I have spent a little time with the Trial Version and it seems to work well.
I already have Fugawi V3 with PPC version so need to do a comparison. But,
for $19.95 with free and convenient chart downloads, it is hard to see any
reason not to use this software for the PPC.

Let me know if I am missing something!

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Dale,

I looked at your site amongst several others while frying my brain - All
sites need to weed out the out of date stuff or have a separate section for
the latest programs & equipment.

Problem is, is that this stuff keeps changing and many of the older reviews
are not to relevant.

Based on price, Canadian coverage and features, I chose iGuidance v2. It is
an update of Routis, previously sold by Deluo who seem to have a problem
with the software owners, so have now resorted to packaging S&T with their
GPS,s. I am sure that iGuidance will not be perfect, but then some of the
others at 3X the price might not be either.

It is really tough to make an educated evaluation for ones specific needs
without having all of the top programs to road test.

I want to try turn by turn navigation, but in the end, MS S&T might be the
sensible buy because it is cheap enough to pick up a new copy each year and
thus keep the highway/street data current. It at least has reasonably good
POI . It is up to date maps that are really important - how the software
uses the data is really secondary.

Thanks for maintaining your site.

"Dale DePriest" <Dale@gpsinformation.het> wrote in message
news:10s62igpsaapa46@corp.supernews.com...
>
>
> Jack wrote:
>
> > I spent about 3 days trying to research gps's plus software that would
work
> > both in the car and on our boat and my brain is fried!
> >
> > We own an iPaq 3670, so finally decided to buy a CF card GPS. (We
already
> > have used iPaq with an old Magellan GPS, but to many dangling wires and
> > fragile connectors!)
> >
> > I looked at several models that included software but decided to just
buy a
> > bare bones CF card - Globalsat 307.
> >
> > Now to auto software. We have Fugawi with Canada/USA streets
capability -
> > but
> > no turn by turn - also somewhat out of date. We also have MS S&T 2004
which
> > has POI, but no turn by turn. Any recommendations for turn by turn Auto
> > software that has good coverage in Canada and USA - Easy to use
interface,
> > POI, accuracy would be important.
> >
> > For boat, we now have Fugawi v3.xx - Upgrade to enc enabled version is
> > costly. Any other suggestions for an improvement to what we now have
that
> > will work on iPaq and/or laptop ?
> >
> > Graham
> >
> >
> >
>
> Check my page for a complete list of applications for GPS navigation
> use. There are reviews of some of them.
>
> Dale
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