Re: GPS

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Bob Hobden

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• Nov 27, 2004

• #1

"Mr.Nice."wrote ...
> is there anyone here who knows their way around GPS equipment and
> associated gubbins?
> I've sent an email to gps4less.co.uk but I'd also like some impartial
> advice.
>

Loads on uk.rec.walking and some are also Landy owners. There is also a
proposal out for a GPS newsgroup atm.

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Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London

 

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StaffBull

Guest

• Nov 27, 2004

• #2

I've fitted a few into my company motors but would not bother now - Just buy
a TOTOM GO unit www.tomtom.com and ure laughing they relly are exellent and
at £420 bloody good value too


"Bob Hobden" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Mr.Nice."wrote ...
>> is there anyone here who knows their way around GPS equipment and
>> associated gubbins?
>> I've sent an email to gps4less.co.uk but I'd also like some impartial
>> advice.
>>
>
> Loads on uk.rec.walking and some are also Landy owners. There is also a
> proposal out for a GPS newsgroup atm.
>
> --
> Regards
> Bob
> In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London
>

 

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SimonJ

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• Nov 27, 2004

• #3

"StaffBull" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I've fitted a few into my company motors but would not bother now - Just
buy
> a TOTOM GO unit www.tomtom.com and ure laughing they relly are exellent
and
> at £420 bloody good value too
>
Good value?
I've just bought a PDA with built in GPS, and included navigation software
(falk) for £290. Does everything the tom tom does, and then some.

 

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Rich

Guest

• Nov 27, 2004

• #4

Hi all the TomTom Go units are they really good ? what is the mapping like
does it go right down to street level and do you get the road names and
numbers displayed on the screen?
Does any one know where I can see one demonstrated ?

Rich

 

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StaffBull

Guest

• Nov 27, 2004

• #5

Dixons are selling them now - they go to postcode level let alone street and
the 3D mapping is abosulutley superb
and the voice prompts make sense - i found the VDO ones I used to have to be
a bit confusing at times.I also like the POI warning system which warns of
speed cameras etc.





"Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi all the TomTom Go units are they really good ? what is the mapping like
> does it go right down to street level and do you get the road names and
> numbers displayed on the screen?
> Does any one know where I can see one demonstrated ?
>
> Rich
>
>

 

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StaffBull

Guest

• Nov 27, 2004

• #6

I prefer the "does what it says on the tin" aproach of the GO as PDA's have
the habit of locking up if you fill them with other stuff - the tomtom just
does sat nav and does it well. also the speaker is much better and it has a
stereo mute O/P.

Steve

"SimonJ" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "StaffBull" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> I've fitted a few into my company motors but would not bother now - Just
> buy
>> a TOTOM GO unit www.tomtom.com and ure laughing they relly are exellent
> and
>> at £420 bloody good value too
>>
> Good value?
> I've just bought a PDA with built in GPS, and included navigation software
> (falk) for £290. Does everything the tom tom does, and then some.
>
>

 

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Darren Griffin - PocketGPSWorld

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• Nov 28, 2004

• #7

Mr.Nice. wrote:

> How good is the mapping for rural areas?
> If it's at least as good as autoroute then I can work with that.
>
>
> Regards.
> Mark.(AKA, Mr.Nice.)

It's as good as Autoroute if not better and has dynamic reoute calculation,
i.e. if you wander off route it will recalculate which AR will not do.

Full reviews on our website.

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Darren Griffin
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Darren Griffin - PocketGPSWorld

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• Nov 28, 2004

• #8

Mr.Nice. wrote:
> How good is the mapping for rural areas?
> If it's at least as good as autoroute then I can work with that.

The problem with GO is it is a dedicated road nav device so you would not be
able to load up Memory-Map or other off road apps on it unlike a PDA.

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Darren Griffin - PocketGPSWorld

Guest

• Nov 28, 2004

• #9

Mr.Nice. wrote:
> Is there software that can make a laptop do this?
>
> I like the tomtom as I saw a demo of how it works and I like that,
> it's also going to be easy to mount and use. but I'd like the detail
> level of memory-map.
>
> I like the laptop as it'll show me the detail level of memory-map but
> mounting it will be a problem.
>
> I am considering using both, depending on the cost of memory-map and a
> gps mouse thingy.
>
> I don't so much need the memory-map to give me directions, more to
> show me exactly where I am on an OS map, how accurate is GPS on a
> memory map thingamijig?

Yes, InfoMap Navigator does all this for less than £50 and CoPilot Laptop is
the Rolls Royce solution for considerably more, see
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/menu_pcstreetrouting.php

GPS is accuracte to approx 10m or so given a good fix.


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Dave Liquorice

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• Dec 3, 2004

• #10

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:41:04 -0000, StaffBull wrote:

> Dixons are selling them now

Well if you must buy from that group...

> - they go to postcode level let alone street

A post code depends on where that code is. In urban areas it's
probably good to 50m or so on a single road but our post code covers
about 4 square miles of countryside with just 5 delivery points in it
on at least three different roads/tracks. Another local example is a
single code for an estate of 75 houses...

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Darren Griffin - PocketGPSWorld

Guest

• Dec 3, 2004

• #11

StaffBull wrote:
> Dixons are selling them now - they go to postcode level let alone
> street and the 3D mapping is abosulutley superb
> and the voice prompts make sense - i found the VDO ones I used to
> have to be a bit confusing at times.I also like the POI warning
> system which warns of speed cameras etc.

They have 5 digit PostCode look-up not the full 7 digit PostCode.

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Darren Griffin
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