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#7 of 1753 New Portable GPS by s852 May 19, 2003 (9:14 pm)
Here is something newer: http://www.navmanusa.com/land/icn630/index.html Maybe it will work better than Streetpilot III. Has anyone tried this one?
#8 of 1753 Re: StreetPilot III by texasbeast May 20, 2003 (2:21 am)
As with everything, YMMV (your mileage may vary), I guess. Mine has been outstanding on Texas road trips, and one trip to relatives in Alabama, and one to New Mexico. Very few hang-up glitches ever, with these particular maps. I'm a ham radio operator, so I preemptively rigged a special antenna for my unit, and I've never noticed any significant loss of satellite coverage. The thing eats batteries like the Cookie Monster does cookies, color screen and talking voice and all, so I only use it plugged in. (I carry a more efficient, but much-less-powerful Garmin eTrex Vista for non-wheeled unplugged adventures.) And as far as the chunky size--yeah, well, this is *Texas*, and I drive a Dodge Ram MaxiWagon 15-person van, so that big box on the dash is right at home here! Ha ha!   Both being Garmin products, I can use the same media for this and my Vista when on foot. (It gets to be a real pain to have to have totally different media for all your different GPS hardware.) I have the internal built-in base maps for both, plus the detailed CityNavigator that came with the SPIII, and a Garmin topo disc for use with my eTrex when hiking. The little eTrex only has 24 MB of memory, so you have to reprogram it occasionally, but programming is actually kind of fun, so overall this works well for me.   One thing I saw some search-and-rescue guys do was to install a dedicated 8"-ish LCD screen on top of the dash that they could plug the GPS unit into. Swivels and tilts on a little pedestal. This gives the driver and navigator a much easier-on-the-eyes monitor than that puny little 3" deal on the unit itself. You and I may have a little difficulty explaining that monitor being up front near the driver to a cop ("Sir, were you watching TV while driving down the road? Was that why you were speeding and weaving like that?"), but it works well for those who need it in their line of work. A liability insurance-wise, but it sure is a lot easier to see while driving down the road than a handheld or even an in-dash unit.
#9 of 1753 Map Souce media by pathstar1 Jun 23, 2003 (11:31 am)
Going on a trip to Malaysia, Thailand, and Japan. Just bought the Garmin Mapsource Worldmap to use with my GPS III+. When I installed it the program immediatly recognized the Streetpilot Citynavigator install and piggybacked on to it. Very clever. Only have to run one program for two different GPS' (both Garmin, of course). The Streetpilot can't use the worldmap data and the GPS III+ can't use the Citynavigator data, but at least I only have one install to worry about. The program keeps the data on the correct device. The maps look pretty good (better than what I've been able to find on the internet). We'll see how often we get lost next month, but as it's a vacation getting lost is just more adventure .
#10 of 1753 Tractors that steer themselves by steve_ HOST Jul 12, 2003 (8:45 pm)
How far behind will cars be?   The Sky's the Limit (Fast Company)   Steve, Host
#11 of 1753 by steve_ HOST Sep 16, 2003 (3:57 pm)
Anything new for Fall?   Steve, Host
#12 of 1753 new delorme by dudka Sep 17, 2003 (3:12 am)
I got an e-mail from Delorme that they have improved their receiver. The new one is much smaller and only needs 5 seconds to warm up. Big improvment over the older version.   Does that constitute "New for Fall"
#13 of 1753 dudka by qbrozen Sep 17, 2003 (3:38 am)
do you have the current delorme software and receiver?   I'm having trouble with mine. Its incredibly annoying to plan routes with. I sit here at my desk and try to navigate the map and it keeps beeping every 10 seconds or so and shifts the view on the map to another part of the state (different every time). Really wish I hadn't bought this thing. very frustrating.
#14 of 1753 by bat1161 Sep 17, 2003 (11:39 am)
Has anyone seen/used the new Garmin iQue3600 PDA/GPS? (www.garmin.com/que) It came out last month and I am curious if anyone has any opinion on it.   Mark
#15 of 1753 qbrozen by dudka Sep 18, 2003 (4:27 am)
It seems like you have "auto paning" enabled. I was not able to get GPS to work at home.   The only beef I have with the current version of the mapping software is that whenever i veer off route the very annoying voice keeps saying "off route, off route..." and does not recalculate. I have to restart the software to get rid of the bug. Another issue with Delorme is that you HAVE to use Delorme software. I have tried using MS trips and tips, but Delorme receiver has a chip that disables NEMA communications with programs other than Delorme. I am will be checking out Rand McNally and eTrecks as the upgrade.
#16 of 1753 dudka by qbrozen Sep 18, 2003 (5:13 am)
i'll have to check that out. I thought it might be that auto-centering feature, but I disabled that and still no go. I'll have to find auto-panning.   you'll have to let me know if any other software works. That would be great.

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