Makes sense to me. You just need to be in the ballpark, not down to the foot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marvin Hlavac
Makes sense to me. You just need to be in the ballpark, not down to the foot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marvin Hlavac
I think it should be noted in the software list that MapPoint and Streets and Trips are identical, MapPoint just has a few more features
Updated.
Can I play tron using gps?
Yes.
Another really great GPS solution is the Garmin GPS 18 and City Select USA(has Canada maps too)
Not to sound like a spammer but you can purchase the receiver, software and maps for north america(USA and Canada) in one package that only costs $114US(or $150CAN) from GPSCITY:
Canadian Buyers: Garmin GPS 18 USB
US Buyers: Garmin GPS 18 USB
Here are some of the Specs:
- Choose between USB or Serial Interface(links above are for USB version)
- Includes maps for USA & Canada(maps for europe also available)
- extremely small receiver with magnetic base
- mapping software has daytime and nighttime skins which automatically toggles between the two
- Has 5 million points of interest(for North America)
- Map and POI updates available yearly
- Very low resource footprint
- Voice prompting for turn by turn directions
Shipping is cheap($5CAN with canada post) and FAST. I ordered mine
mine from gpscity.ca and it arrived 2 days later.
Creating a front end was not too difficult either and i now use that for the GPS system in my car. Its kept inbetween the glove box and dashboard and I still get good reception in most areas.
The software performs very well and uses VERY little memory. Also, I noticed that some people had problems planning coast to coast trips with software like Destinator. Just for fun, I planned a trip from Victoria, BC Canada which is on an Island, to Los Angelos, California. It took a short while to calculate it(understandable) but the program came up with a feasible solution which even showed me which ferry to take.
Oh and lastly, the voice prompts, as nice as they already are, can be customised. They are simply wave files so they can be replaced with any voice or sound you like and don't suffer as much from the "Steven Hawking effect" (no offence intended to Dr.Hawking). Anybody out there with a sexy woman's voice :)
Some screenshots are available on my project thread and eventually i'll post a video showing the GPS in action:
2005 Mazda 3 Install
I've never heard of City Select! Does it only come with the Garmin? I did a quick Google and it appears to only come as a bundle.
The Garmin unit I ordered came with :
1) MapSource CitySelect North America
- Provides maps, POI
2)nRoute
-used for viewing the maps, creating routes, searching for POI, waypoints, etc
3)The GPS receiver
I "believe" you can download nroute for free but you need to purchase the maps from garmin. I'm not sure if the download link on their site is an update or the full version. Regardless, you may be able to use it with non-garmin hardware, but im not sure.
Even if you decided to use non-garmin hardware, it may not be to your benefit because City Select North America is about the same price as the Garmin GPS 18 deluxe(which includes city select north america and nroute AND the receiver)
I'm not 100% sure either, but my guess would be that no, you cannot use nRoute with a non-Garmin GPS receiver. That software will likely be not compatible with a "regular" GPS unit that outputs the standard NMEA sentences. But don't quote me on that, because I have never tried the above mentioned software.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cocoman
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Originally Posted by Bugbyte
I agree with all of the above, so there is no need to edit it ;-) I just have a couple of additional pieces of information to consider.
1. Since the release of the 2005 version, which introduced improved GPS functionality, the most requested feature appears to be the turn by turn voice prompts, so chances are good Microsoft has listened to the masses and the upcoming 2006 version may bring us a pleasant surprise.
2. S&T 05 does not have night color theme, but there are a couple of less known ways to help this a bit. View one picture >>here<<
3. Perhaps S&T could be made more touch screen friendly and more usable to carputer community by modifications by ResHacker. Dumpper, a member of gpspassion.com has discovered how. In the past I opened the EXE file and there was almost nothing that I could do, but Dumpper today found we have to ignore the EXE and we have to go somewhere else... Read more >>here<<
Great stuff guys. I've been searching in this forum for preferred online dealers of GPS units. Anyone have an online dealer that they have had a good experience with? This might be good information to add to this guide.