cdnsupra

Hi,

I am planning to get a CF GPS sometime before april, and i just want some gernal info to start.

I have found several GPS systems, and several GPS software packages from here and several websites. My first question is about how the GPS software interfaces with the GPS itself. Are their certain GPS's that work especially good, or bad with certain software packages? Should i look for one which offers the software as well, which will hopefully be a great price, and be guarenteed to work great together?

How would i go about planning a vacation would be my second question?
1.)Do i load all the maps on my PC, plan a route, then have the neccessary info sync'ed or downloaded to AXIM? How much memory is needed for the program, and/or maps?
2.)Do i load all the maps/software onto the biggest SD flash card i can find and run everything on the AXIM?
3.)Do i need to take a laptop with me to get new maps or info as i go from state to state, and province to province?

Thanks....Ben

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CdnSupra a.k.a. Ben
Axim Adv. X5, 340mb Micro-Drive, 1GB SD
Duleo mouse GPS w/Destinator 2.0

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You need to go to gpspassion.com. You'll learn more in one hour than you can believe.

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moonkat

cdnsupra:
I am planning same though hopefully sooner than April.
My desire is for 03 Accord voice Nav system but with portability.
I just printed reviews from "Pocket GPS" at: http://www.pocketgps.co.uk/navman3400review.asp
Excellent reviews but must remember Europeans don't have Axim.

Another nice feature of this site is it gives you .wav files so you can compare voice nav voices.

Top packages now are Destinator 2 SmartST Pro US (best voice audio & 'todiefor' 3d view); Tom Tom package is highly rated for fast TTFF and I'm still researching.........

anspa

It's a big big question, which GPS software is "top". Destinator2 is okay to me, though it is very slow and dumb in operation. Mapopolis for example is much faster and has more intuitive and logical interface. Both of them are using maps from the same source - NavTech. Teletype is using TeleAtlas maps, which supposed to be less quality (in fact it is drawing roads in my community where they do not exist), but it is okay for major roads. There is no perfection in GPS world and never will be, at least on the consumer's market. As a previous message states - go gpspassion.com for diverse and accurate sources of information.

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anspa

Cool collection of GPS map software links for Pocket PC:

http://www.gpsinformation.org/dale/PocketPC/wince.htm

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