Touchscreen Yellow Pages

cadence117 · 11-28-2004, 10:21 PM

I'm looking for some sort of a Touch-screen friendly address book (yellow-pages) software to use to find addresses, that can be then be copy pasted into i-guidance(gps software).

Anybody using/know of anything good?
or has anyone found a viable alternative?

Tuckie · 11-28-2004, 10:40 PM

i love the idea, it would also be good to dial phone numbers

NovaKane · 11-28-2004, 11:08 PM

i would like one of those as well.

muldrick · 11-29-2004, 07:14 PM

I looked, looked and looked some more for this. They don't make them anymore. I ended up buying StreetAtlas 2005, it lists many (forget how many) business phone numbers and addresses. Very nice. But SA navigation sucks, I now use iGuidance. I get listings/addresses through SA and then enter the address in iGuidance.

Don't know if you heard about this; You can text message (example) Pizza ***** (*=your zip) to 46645 (googl). You will then get a return text message listing pizza places, phone and address in that zip code. Pretty cool, but new. (I think)

cadence117 · 11-30-2004, 08:40 PM

...would anyone be interested in developing something of the sort?

I can't believe it's not more of feature for gps software...some sort of a updating system of addresses and phone numbers would be incredibly nice

PaCMaYNE · 11-30-2004, 08:47 PM

i think this has been talked about before a few times, and there were some other options out there,, just dont rem.

RoyN · 11-30-2004, 09:05 PM

Maybe take suggestions to the destinator frontend forum... maybe if someone writes in delhpi (i think this is what the D3 front is in) you can write some code and give it to NM to incorporate into the frontend... just a suggestion....dont know what type of DB you would use though...

ryuandwings · 11-30-2004, 09:07 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by PaCMaYNE

i think this has been talked about before a few times, and there were some other options out there,, just dont rem.

I remember seeing something like this before, too.
I'll look for that.

frodobaggins · 11-30-2004, 09:24 PM

http://www.cd-rom-directories.us/

$$$

SWC · 11-30-2004, 09:30 PM

I would be willing to work on something touchscreen friendly if someone can find me a database to use.

cadence117 · 11-30-2004, 10:04 PM

wow... $100

how can something so available and open to the public not be available in a downloadadble database form

muldrick · 12-01-2004, 07:28 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by SWC

I would be willing to work on something touchscreen friendly if someone can find me a database to use.

I was talking about about the Lexus Nav software, (here: http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=36389)
At the time I wanted the maps. Now that I found iGuidance I'm fine without the maps. But this Gen4 software has 11 million POI's!. I have a couple copies, they are on DVD. I was hoping someone could use this database for what we want.
The POI's seem to be ".IDX" files. I can send a DVD to whoever thinks is best at doing this?

frodobaggins · 12-01-2004, 07:44 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by muldrick

I was talking about about the Lexus Nav software, (here: http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=36389)
At the time I wanted the maps. Now that I found iGuidance I'm fine without the maps. But this Gen4 software has 11 million POI's!. I have a couple copies, they are on DVD. I was hoping someone could use this database for what we want.
The POI's seem to be ".IDX" files. I can send a DVD to whoever thinks is best at doing this?

Paste a sample of an IDX file.

MoFo · 12-01-2004, 07:49 PM

uh oh, you just gave Frodo a way to show off his skill at being a badass at everything.

muldrick · 12-01-2004, 07:55 PM

Frodo, look at some of the screen pics here: http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/show...9&page=2&pp=15
post# 20 show some of the IDX files, but there are hundreds.
Then maybe tell me which one you may want to see, but here is part of one:
WEISMAN ART MUSEUM/‡ª ¿ s r³ƒ0 Ôù WEISS EASTGATE CITY PARK MANDELL MANDELL WEISS EASTGATE CITY PARK /Gf€¿ s b¯ª’Ç0 …²
WEISS PARK¶A ¿ s
"j©çk0 ý¨ WEISS PARK KEITHKEITH WEISS PARK #.¿ s —G¤ˆÝ0 ®õ WEISS PLAYLOT CARL WCARL W WEISS PLAYLOT #.
‚v ¿ s Û
*•ä0 %)è WEISSGLASS MEMORIAL PARK JULIUSJULIUS WEISSGLASS MEMORIAL PARK .)
Ÿ1¿ s q£µ®(0 ø™ WEISSHAAR PARK FREDERICK WFREDERICK W WEISSHAAR PARK )
Ÿ€¿ n §§£Èo0 Y WEKIVA FALLS PARK
Ÿ€¿ c §§£Èo0 ~ WEKIVA FALLS RESORT QZ€¿ s ï£Ì•0 Ý WEKIWA SPRINGS STATE PARK @8€¿ s 2¤©žo0 × WELBORN PARK
Oç€¿ D€[%¶0 ÿh WELBY'S CAR CARE CENTER XÔ€. s
WELCH PARKŒ k 'XÔ€¾ gµ‰S0 9q
WELCH PARK&WELCH PARK\2300 HURAN DR, SAN JOSE, CA '3
$€¾ ¬;¶i0 hŸ
WELCH PARK?WELCH PARK\WELCH ST, NORTH VANCOUVER DISTRICT, BRITISH COLUMBIA3ÿÿÿÿ €N
WELCH PARKH k / ¿ s j
Ÿð¤0 &VS WELCH PARK JOHN PJOHN P WELCH PARK @ ¿ s ö«³ÀÏ0 z¹ W

BTW, it takes forever to open in notepad