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ThatGuy · 07-12-06, 11:22 AM

ALK Pocket CoPilot Live 4.5
http://www.alk.com/copilot/

Pros

Custom map ranges
Custom waypoints
Custom waypoints can be grouped and labeled
Several million waypoints inlucded
Mostly intuitive
Re-routing, re-calcing, adding stops and changing route on the fly
Voice prompts
POI prompts
Highly visible, esily- readable 'driving' nav screen with changeable fields
Screen changes near turns to show maps
QuickStart option in case battery dies
US Highway maps can be installed easily for country-wide nav in ~40MB
Canada maps can be added for additional cost
Desktop application makes it easier to set up complex trips before trasnferring to PDA
Maps can have custom distances from start/end and a corridor of the entire trip

Cons

PC-created routes must be re-created in downlaod dialog
Custom waypoint groups cannot be separated when choosing
Some of the PC interface, especially, is non-intuitive
Addresses don't display fully
Many addresses not found when trying to look up
Intersection lookup nearly always fails
Maps are well out of date now (this is an older version)
Quite a lot of "Local Road" displays
Quite a lot of "Turn around on..." navigation
Voice prompts don't always work
No way to show turn by turn directions
POI prompts get really annoying at times
Walking screen is awful, next to no information displayed
Unable to input coordinates from the PDA
No real geocaching support
No world maps
Crashes fairly regularly, once every 8 or so hours of use at least
Expensive

Tested on an old iPAQ with Navman sleeve as well as Axim X50v with DeLorme Earthmate BlueLogger GPSr.

I have some screen shots available for comparison at http://th4tguy.com/nav/

07-12-06, 11:22 AM	#16 (permalink)
ThatGuy Aximsite Rookie DAP Freshman Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 50 Device: Samsung Carrier: Sprint Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Pocket CoPilot Live ALK Pocket CoPilot Live 4.5 http://www.alk.com/copilot/ Pros Custom map ranges Custom waypoints Custom waypoints can be grouped and labeled Several million waypoints inlucded Mostly intuitive Re-routing, re-calcing, adding stops and changing route on the fly Voice prompts POI prompts Highly visible, esily- readable 'driving' nav screen with changeable fields Screen changes near turns to show maps QuickStart option in case battery dies US Highway maps can be installed easily for country-wide nav in ~40MB Canada maps can be added for additional cost Desktop application makes it easier to set up complex trips before trasnferring to PDA Maps can have custom distances from start/end and a corridor of the entire trip Cons PC-created routes must be re-created in downlaod dialog Custom waypoint groups cannot be separated when choosing Some of the PC interface, especially, is non-intuitive Addresses don't display fully Many addresses not found when trying to look up Intersection lookup nearly always fails Maps are well out of date now (this is an older version) Quite a lot of "Local Road" displays Quite a lot of "Turn around on..." navigation Voice prompts don't always work No way to show turn by turn directions POI prompts get really annoying at times Walking screen is awful, next to no information displayed Unable to input coordinates from the PDA No real geocaching support No world maps Crashes fairly regularly, once every 8 or so hours of use at least Expensive Tested on an old iPAQ with Navman sleeve as well as Axim X50v with DeLorme Earthmate BlueLogger GPSr. I have some screen shots available for comparison at http://th4tguy.com/nav/ __________________ --- -ThatGuy To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Last edited by ThatGuy; 07-27-06 at 09:34 AM.