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Lee_D

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Just got my first PDA.... I know how my Dad felt when he got his first Video
now ;-) ....ok perhaphs I exagerate a bit. Anyway... anyone recommend any
useful toys relevant to our hobby?

Is there a way to view acrobat files such as manuals? That would be handy
when we go on the continent save carrying shed loads of stuff.

It's running Medion-Navigator 4.2 - Any pointers to idiots guides to help me
install POI for LPG forecourts / Dealers would be mucho appreciated. Surfed
last night but was swapped with informantion to the point I confused myself.

Any other useful favorite utilities then please let me know.

Lee D

--

www.lrproject.com

Workshop photos from Landrover repairs
& other such tinkerings.
Home of Percy the Jag powered Landrover


 
"Lee_D" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just got my first PDA.... I know how my Dad felt when he got his first
> Video now ;-) ....ok perhaphs I exagerate a bit. Anyway... anyone
> recommend any useful toys relevant to our hobby?
>
> Is there a way to view acrobat files such as manuals? That would be handy
> when we go on the continent save carrying shed loads of stuff.
>
> It's running Medion-Navigator 4.2 - Any pointers to idiots guides to help
> me install POI for LPG forecourts / Dealers would be mucho appreciated.
> Surfed last night but was swapped with informantion to the point I
> confused myself.
>
> Any other useful favorite utilities then please let me know.
>
> Lee D

You can get Adobe PDF reader from
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. Just select Pocket PC
from the Platform list (3rd one down). Seems to work fine for me on my iPaq.

Martin
--
1988 90 Td5 Converted NAS Replica
www.web-rover.co.uk


 
"Martin Lewis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Lee_D" <[email protected]> wrote in message

> You can get Adobe PDF reader from
> http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. Just select Pocket
> PC from the Platform list (3rd one down). Seems to work fine for me on my
> iPaq.
>
> Martin
> --
> 1988 90 Td5 Converted NAS Replica
> www.web-rover.co.uk
>

Martin...I think I love you ;0)... I've now got my 101 manuals on there so I
can bemuse the parts people without having to do charades anymore. Result!

I had trouble bunging the files over to the card direct for some unknown
reason what ever the sync program is didn't like to do it direct but once I
put it in the machines memory then slid it over to the card it was fine....
I can feel a few memory cards comming on now :0)

Lee D


 
Lee_D wrote:
> Just got my first PDA.... I know how my Dad felt when he got his
> first Video now ;-) ....ok perhaphs I exagerate a bit. Anyway...
> anyone recommend any useful toys relevant to our hobby?
>
> Is there a way to view acrobat files such as manuals? That would be
> handy when we go on the continent save carrying shed loads of stuff.
>
> It's running Medion-Navigator 4.2 - Any pointers to idiots guides to
> help me install POI for LPG forecourts / Dealers would be mucho
> appreciated. Surfed last night but was swapped with informantion to
> the point I confused myself.
> Any other useful favorite utilities then please let me know.
>
> Lee D

Which did you get & how much Lee?

Ta

Nige

--
Subaru WRX (Annabel)

Landrover 110 County Station Wagon (Tyson)

'"Say hello to my little friend"


 
"Nige" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Which did you get & how much Lee?
>
> Ta
>
> Nige
>
> --
> Subaru WRX (Annabel)
>
> Landrover 110 County Station Wagon (Tyson)
>
> '"Say hello to my little friend"
>

I got a Mio as it comes...

http://www.totalpda.co.uk/Mio-168-GPS-Pocket-PC.aspx

a friend has allowed me to try theirs for some time with Medion Navigator
on. I've purchased my own software though through E-bay with the europe
Disks too for our tours with the Caravan.

It's down side is lack of expansion sockets , but then I purchased on a
budget so you get what you pay for. Toys like acrobat reader may just pay
for the unit themselves one day as I can now carry all my acrobat manuals on
MMC card.

Alot of it's features like calendar etc are for me gimmicks at the moment,
fun to fiddle with but the high chance of loosing all your data with PDA
battery power and the Mios vulnerable on switch being a high probability
then I'll stick to a paper diary for now... though it's very handy when
working fine.

I specifically got the unit to use for the car navigation with flexibility
to go on foot or use OS maps too. Anything else is a bonus / toy.

Oh and it does do email / squashed internet via the infra red link to my
Nokia (the Mio doesn't have bluetooth - least this 168)

Lee D


 
On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 09:48:32 +0100, Lee_D wrote:

> I specifically got the unit to use for the car navigation with
> flexibility to go on foot or use OS maps too.

Oohhh, foot GPS navigation and OS maps? If so what scale OS maps?

--
Cheers [email protected]
Dave. pam is missing e-mail



 
On 2005-06-10, Dave Liquorice <[email protected]> wrote:

> Oohhh, foot GPS navigation and OS maps? If so what scale OS maps?

You can get a product called "memory map" that does OS maps to 1:50000
for the whole country, and you can buy add-on maps to go down to
1:25000 or up.

(hope those are the right scales, I mean the 1:50000 is the equivalent
of the OS Explorer maps while the 1:25000 is the equivalent of the the
landranger maps. Might be a few too many 0's in there.)

You can also send parts of the maps down to a PDA apparently, not
tried that though.

--
For every expert, there is an equal but opposite expert
 
On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:17:40 +0100 (BST), "Dave Liquorice"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 09:48:32 +0100, Lee_D wrote:
>
>> I specifically got the unit to use for the car navigation with
>> flexibility to go on foot or use OS maps too.
>
>Oohhh, foot GPS navigation and OS maps? If so what scale OS maps?

You can snatch 1:25000 .png images from the OS site, they are just
about ok quality, if you comply with their terms. I tend to download a
few and print them on A4 with the waypoints marked and uploaded to my
12xl.

AJH

 
Hi there!

I have a compaq ipaq and use TOM TOM.

I use "checkpoint" which provides a full updated LPG Forecourt & Non-
Forecourt overlay. Running low on LPG "Navigate to.... gets me a list
(nearest to farthest away). It's brilliant.

Go to http://checkpoint.oabsoftware.nl/

Also has all the speed cameras :)

Regards,

Dan.


"Lee_D" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> Just got my first PDA.... I know how my Dad felt when he got his first
> Video now ;-) ....ok perhaphs I exagerate a bit. Anyway... anyone
> recommend any useful toys relevant to our hobby?
>
> Is there a way to view acrobat files such as manuals? That would be
> handy when we go on the continent save carrying shed loads of stuff.
>
> It's running Medion-Navigator 4.2 - Any pointers to idiots guides to
> help me install POI for LPG forecourts / Dealers would be mucho
> appreciated. Surfed last night but was swapped with informantion to
> the point I confused myself.
>
> Any other useful favorite utilities then please let me know.
>
> Lee D
>

 
On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 18:07:49 +0100, [email protected] wrote:

>> Oohhh, foot GPS navigation and OS maps? If so what scale OS maps?
>
> You can snatch 1:25000 .png images from the OS site, they are just
> about ok quality, ...

How does the GPS navigation software know where to plot the "You are
here" splodge on a .png?

--
Cheers [email protected]
Dave. pam is missing e-mail



 
On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 16:42:52 +0100, Ian Rawlings wrote:

>> Oohhh, foot GPS navigation and OS maps? If so what scale OS maps?
>
> You can get a product called "memory map"

Does it integrate with the GPS navigation software though? Plotting
your route both past and projected a You Are Here splodge etc

> (hope those are the right scales, I mean the 1:50000 is the
> equivalent of the OS Explorer maps while the 1:25000 is the
> equivalent of the the landranger maps.

'Tother way round 1:50,000 is the Landranger series, metric version of
the old 1" maps. 1:25,000 is Explorer or old 2 1/2".

--
Cheers [email protected]
Dave. pam is missing e-mail



 
On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 19:28:58 +0100 (BST), "Dave Liquorice"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 18:07:49 +0100, [email protected] wrote:
>
>>> Oohhh, foot GPS navigation and OS maps? If so what scale OS maps?
>>
>> You can snatch 1:25000 .png images from the OS site, they are just
>> about ok quality, ...
>
>How does the GPS navigation software know where to plot the "You are
>here" splodge on a .png?

For the software I use I first have to re save the image as a .bmp or
a .gif. The software that uses the gif uploads to my gps better but
that which requires the .bmp has better functions. You then calibrate
the map tiles and the program assembles them next to each other. I
then mark out my planned walk on the screen and print this. The
waypoints I have marked I upload to the gps via the serial port of the
pc.

In the car I either pre load a route with the same software or I can
use the gps connected to the serial port of an p1 133 laptop loaded
with an old copy of personal navigator.

Anquet and memorymap are the favourites for walkers, fugawi and
oziexplorer are also mentioned. They all are a lot less fiddly and
have "engines" from 3d gaming software with height data from shuttle
radar scans, these allow you to "fly through" your walk but I have not
tried this.

I am told there is the ability to make your own maps and upload them
to the colour screen garmins but again this is too cutting edge for
me.

AJH

 
On 2005-06-10, Dave Liquorice <[email protected]> wrote:

> Does it integrate with the GPS navigation software though? Plotting
> your route both past and projected a You Are Here splodge etc

I'm afraid I have no idea as I am one of those heathens who doesn't
like the offerings from Mr. Gates and his merry automatons, preferring
a Palm Pilot, which doesn't seem to be supported. Even if it was, I
only use GPS-based software when in a vehicle, I don't use it when
walking around preferring to look at what I'm stepping in.

>> (hope those are the right scales, I mean the 1:50000 is the
>> equivalent of the OS Explorer maps while the 1:25000 is the
>> equivalent of the the landranger maps.
>
> 'Tother way round 1:50,000 is the Landranger series, metric version of
> the old 1" maps. 1:25,000 is Explorer or old 2 1/2".

Yep, I always get them confused.

--
For every expert, there is an equal but opposite expert
 
Hi Lee, try ebuyer.com for your mmc cards, best prices i've found. And the
memory map software is brill for greenlaning etc.

Regards, Roy.

"Lee_D" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just got my first PDA.... I know how my Dad felt when he got his first
> Video now ;-) ....ok perhaphs I exagerate a bit. Anyway... anyone
> recommend any useful toys relevant to our hobby?
>
> Is there a way to view acrobat files such as manuals? That would be handy
> when we go on the continent save carrying shed loads of stuff.
>
> It's running Medion-Navigator 4.2 - Any pointers to idiots guides to help
> me install POI for LPG forecourts / Dealers would be mucho appreciated.
> Surfed last night but was swapped with informantion to the point I
> confused myself.
>
> Any other useful favorite utilities then please let me know.
>
> Lee D
>
> --
>
> www.lrproject.com
>
> Workshop photos from Landrover repairs
> & other such tinkerings.
> Home of Percy the Jag powered Landrover
>
>


 
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