Hi there folks,
Can anybody provide a straightforward answer to the following.
I have the XDA2 and I want to get a GPS system for car use - What GPS system actually works with the XDA2 and with what mount.
Reading the posts I am more and more bemuddled.
Thanks in advance.
Phil :?
Are you looking for wired or bluetooth?
just got one of these, seems to work well. Just plugged it in and the XDAII found it right away.
http://arkon.com/gpsmount.html#imate-gps
Many thanks for that. The Arkon Mount and receiver seems to do the trick - But I note that it is supplied with US Maps - Can other maps eg COPilot or TomTom be used with third party recievers or are they tied to their own makes? I need UK / Ireland and Continental European Maps.
Phil
Have you tried Mapopolis?
http://www.mapopolis.com
I have used their stuff on XDA with good results. It is not hardware specific and covers the area you need ( I use a Garmin 35)
Yes you can use a gps with 3rd party navigation programs. Ireland is very poorly served for street maps unless there has been a recent release that addresses that shortcoming.
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Hi I was just wondering if anyone has any comments on which is the best sat nav program Tom Tom 3 Nav or Alturion 6. I am using tom tom at the moment but having a few problems so might switch to alturion.
I've used both and I do believe that Alturion is the better of the two.
+ The fact that you have an PC-application as well as an pda one
+ you can combine different maps and make them as one, so you don't have to change maps at the border. Tom Tom has European roads, but then it lacks the detail where you want it. Alturion you can have like the area where you start, 5km around your planned route, and the province of your destination, in high detail, and the so build map, wouldn't be larger than any other map.
So why do I have TomTom then, well because of the price
TomTom costs 169€
Alturion 129€, but Alturion charges 79€/year for support
TomTom has a larger community so easier to find addons like Poicheck
but most importantly TomTom is warez, Alturion I haven't found as warez
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What do u mean by warez?
warez = free version to 'test' a commercial app.
you wont be suprised that testing will take forever
in other words: it is not officially licensed and thus illegal s/w
alturion v6 is on the newsgroups
maps are updated more freq with altruion theres some nice features but the menus are a bit fiddly also its speed sensor function is good
it automatically calls out if your exceding the speed limit for the particular road your driving on
nice that it works on my laptop as well as xda2
suppose tt3 is good as its easyily used but it needsds more updates for maps
tt4 is out but not tried it yet
xda2 with alturion 6 standard
Hi
I am new to this site, I am a proud owner of a second hand XDA2. I already have alturion std 6 version with a serial gps receiver.I have installed it on my xda2 and when i try to export maps, for some reason it says i dont have active sync on my computer. It is strange because i would'nt have installed alturion on my xda2 without active sync. By the way I have active sync 4.2 on my PC.
Any help will be very much appreciated
cheers
shanks
Alturion has a very good helpdesk. Beter to ask it there.
I think you should stay with Tomtom.
Hi Everyone,
Well I have my GPS and TyTN up and running smoothly but there is a surprisingly big lack of maps and/or software that seems to cover Japan/Tokyo. With this country being GPS mad there must be something available I can use without having to resort to google maps and downloading stuff all the time. TomTom does not do Japan (??) So perhaps a Japanese local offering?
Anyone in Tokyo using an interesting solution.
Thanks,
Ray
FYI - Mapking seems to offer a Tokyo map.
I was astounded at first, too that it's so hard to find any decent maps for Japan. None of the big players seems to cover the land of the rising sun. But it's not that surprising if you take into account that (nearly) everybody is using GPS in their cars or on their cellphones (which all have to have GPS since last April).
That said, check out www.mgmaps.com. It's a Java midlet application, but a darn good one! It allows you to *download Google Maps tiles of your chosen area and store them on your card*. Saves you time and data once you cut out the map(s) you need. It'll take you a while, but it's a great and free solution that even offers navigation instructions in some areas (I think Google doesn't cover all of Japan right now).
The other solution would be http://uud.info/shop/catalog/contact_us.php?language=en where you can buy maps for Garmin Map Source that you can use on you PPC if you have the according software. Usually Garmin bundles with their GPS hardware, but they recently released a program that enables you to just use your own (builtin) GPS. I hope one of those
I've been using Mapopolis for years. Until recently I never had a GPS device, so I only had the mappacks without GPS-support.
Recently I got the brandnew xda orbit 2 (HTC Polaris) with integrate GPS , and when I tried to upgrade my mappack I was qute surprised to learn, that mpopolis is out off business.
Luckily my mappack did not expire jet so I could download the most recent maps for western Europe.
I really love mapopolis, so does anybody know how to enable GPS-support in my maps, or where to get gps-enabled maps?
Cheers, sean
Have you actually tried configuring the GPS options within the Mapopolis application? - I don't know what port the GPS is available on the exact hardware you have so a little messing around will be required - a tip though, do not mess with the seperate GPS aplet that is part of the Windows OS, this will only serve to confuse you further - Mike
Thanx Mike,
This is more a license issue than a configuration issue, which is hard to solve, after Mapopolis is outof business.
Mapopolis has two different Mappacks, one with GPS-Support called Navigatior-Mappack, and one without, called Platinum-Mappack.
I do have one map from the Navigator-Mappack and it works great with GPS and everything.
Now I am looking fo a solution to get hold of GPS-enabled Maps for the rest of Europe, or a way to transform my Platinum-maps into Navigator-maps. They are essentially the same maps. Some byte just keeps them from using GPS.
Cheers, sean
sean20357 said:
Thanx Mike,
This is more a license issue than a configuration issue, which is hard to solve, after Mapopolis is outof business.
Mapopolis has two different Mappacks, one with GPS-Support called Navigatior-Mappack, and one without, called Platinum-Mappack.
I do have one map from the Navigator-Mappack and it works great with GPS and everything.
Now I am looking fo a solution to get hold of GPS-enabled Maps for the rest of Europe, or a way to transform my Platinum-maps into Navigator-maps. They are essentially the same maps. Some byte just keeps them from using GPS.
Cheers, sean
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PM Me,
I have been able to GPS enable my platinum map set.
Hi there,
I am looking for a good car navigation solution for Raphael (for travelling in Europe). After reading infos about TT which seems to work at least with the latest releases and Navigon (for which I am not that sure ...), I now read about Tele Atlas McGuider which also seems to be quite good and even less expensive, but it seems to lack TMC or other traffic assistance support which is crucial for me (radio broadcasted or via internet, I do not mind, but it is a must).
I know that there are some other solutions out there. I wonder if you guys have experiences to share, also w/regard to VGA screen resolution and so on.
Thanks!
Eriol
I like the CoPilot Live, works very well and has a nice look and feel.
Co Pilot live is ok, but the traffic part of it is rubbish compared with tomtom. There is no visual display of traffic incidents ahead on the map, only a description that pops up with incident details which you either avoid or ignore. You can set it to automatically reroute, but you dont know whats going on. In my opinion, tomtom is currently the best.
I also found co-pilot slow to scroll around the map, but there again i dont have a fast mem card. Unfortunately there si no trial version available. make sure you get the version specific for the HTC diamond (also compatible with Touch Pro). It can be purchased online (from handango) cheaper than most retail stores.
Thx to both of you! I still would like to compare TomTom with McGuider ...
Eriol
McGuider
Hello,
I am using last version McGuider (7.x I think) and it work fine, but map and icons are too small, I and don't know if it can be repair.
Please if some one use thist program please write down here about how work.
Bye
Garmin XT is the best imo. TT cannot hold a candle to Garmin.
iGO 8
I think iGO 8 is the best solution for Raphael
Navigon
I really like Navigon !
Search Youtube for Navigon 7 !!
Greetzzz,
Jochen
jochenandries said:
I really like Navigon !
Search Youtube for Navigon 7 !!
Greetzzz,
Jochen
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Hi Jochen,
I have a stand alone PNA running Navigon 6.5, and I like it, too. But my experience with Navigon, especially running on my HTC Wizard (MN 6.x), is that the route calculation is rather slow and the whole app is not that fast on a PDA. This might be different on a Raphael due to processor speed, though. We also will use an Xperia X1 here: Is it possible to run MN7 on 800x480 screens?
Eriol
i maybe wrong, but some navigation programs will only run when the supplied memory card is installed. Installing the maps to another card will not work which therefore means you have to swap cards when using the software. Check before you buy!!!
jochenandries said:
I really like Navigon !
Search Youtube for Navigon 7 !!
Greetzzz,
Jochen
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Navigon is nice-- but once you're in the tunnel and lose signal it would say you've reach your destination I also don't like its route calculation-- it's giving me a longer route than tomtom
To my mind ist the default navigation (TomTom 7.451) the best. it uses vga, is fast, new maps
Eriol said:
Hi there,
I am looking for a good car navigation solution for Raphael (for travelling in Europe). After reading infos about TT which seems to work at least with the latest releases and Navigon (for which I am not that sure ...), I now read about Tele Atlas McGuider which also seems to be quite good and even less expensive, but it seems to lack TMC or other traffic assistance support which is crucial for me (radio broadcasted or via internet, I do not mind, but it is a must).
I know that there are some other solutions out there. I wonder if you guys have experiences to share, also w/regard to VGA screen resolution and so on.
Thanks!
Eriol
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ardsar said:
Co Pilot live is ok, but the traffic part of it is rubbish compared with tomtom. There is no visual display of traffic incidents ahead on the map, only a description that pops up with incident details which you either avoid or ignore. You can set it to automatically reroute, but you dont know whats going on. In my opinion, tomtom is currently the best.
I also found co-pilot slow to scroll around the map, but there again i dont have a fast mem card. Unfortunately there si no trial version available. make sure you get the version specific for the HTC diamond (also compatible with Touch Pro). It can be purchased online (from handango) cheaper than most retail stores.
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In Copilot7 there is indeed visual display of incidents ahead on the map, you also can get to incident-specific info in just three taps, reporting delay and other usefull info........
No need for automatic rerouting, you can let Copilot ask you what you want to do, after you have read the incident-info and delay time.....
No need for the diamond-version either, regular version runs great on my Touchpro....
See.......................you we're allmost right.....
Someone tried Navigon Mobile Navigator 7 for PDA on Raphael?
Is it compatible and full working?
Before then I buy, I asked to the support team, but no clear response about it.
Thanks.
NAVIGON Mobile Navigator 7 can work fine on Raphael, with this simple workaround.
You need a GPS port replicator (like Franson GPSgate) to solve the GPS signal stability problem on MN7.
I hope this can help who love this product family.
Seems there is no easy solution to receive TMC on many PDAs or phones. I have difficulty finding a working TMC solution for my HTC Diamond 2 with any NAV program.
There are a lot of smart guys on this forum. Why not make TMC available via a website and load it via G3/GPRS in any suitable NAV program?
-Receive TMC signals around the world and put them on a site
-Build a program for PDA that will download TMC info from site via G3/GPRS and make it available to suitable Navigation software.
This should be possible, fast, should work around the world, independent.
Anyone?????
To the best of my knowledge the whole problem is that TMC is built around dumb PNA devices with no internet connection. The FM broadcast concept works for PNA as it only picks up local relevant data and it means that the owner of the PNA does not need to subscribe to a dataprovider (phone company) just for their PNA.
You would think that PDA devices would begin to get some navigation market share and attention but you get a higher perceived product value by selling a hardware navigation device rather than navigation software (plus you prevent software theft). Navigation providers know that the big money is in selling hardware which really costs them peanuts.
However as you point out there is definitely a market for navigation incident data to be available via the internet. The obvious problem would be how the information gets onto the internet in the first place.
This has been a very unhelpful rant but I am frustrated by the same situation
Getting the TMC info on the net should not be that hard. I can receive the Dutch TMC with a simple receiver and put it on internet. If more people do that for their country or region, it would be available to anyone. It should be easy to develop a simple device which could do that all automatically.
I agree that companies want to sell hardware or a subcribtion to traffic info (like TomTom is doing with TT Live)
If there is a demand, there should be a way....
I have a touch HD and my girlfriend the touch Diamond2
We both have IGO8 working on our device with TMC. not via GPRS but with the headset.
Look at this thread and you have tmc without hardware.
And maybe you've allready found it. But maybe handy for other users.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=511838
Topaz (Diamond2, WM 6.5 Dutty R3, Igo 8.3)
Does anyone has a working solution fpr this combination?
iGO8 8.3
GJ latest Version ((6.11....)
Topaz WM 6.5 (Dutty R3)
The issue is that - on GPS Port 4 / 9600 combined with TMC Port 9 GNS GPS drops connection. When you reenable it over iGO it says Device connected but no Sattelite found (like hanging) but receiving TMC Messages ...
Also - even as Channel is set in sys.txt it doesn't use it in iGO. When using Autotuning it sees Channels with TMC but jumps over instead of staying at a tuned one - when doing it manually it us anoying (as you don't know how for it goes when you press the tuning button) and doesn'rt remember the chanel ...
THX
Markus