Hi all, I have been searching everywhere for a GPS software that incorporates traffic data into its route planning. However, it seems that none exists in the USA. But I know for a fact that Acura cars have this feature. Where can I find such software? Thanks!
Take a look at Route 66 Navigate. The latest update to this software claims to accept TMC data from the internet (i.e. over GPRS/EDGE/HSDPA) or via RDS (if your GPS hardware supports that).
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Hi. i am kinda new to the Windows Mobile realm. i have an E-TEN G500 (owned it for 6 months at this point) and i really like it. i love the fact there is a satellite reciever integrated into it. i use TomTom 6 everyday, but was wondering about satellite radio.
I read in a review that i can use the receiver in my pocket pc phone to access satellite radio simultaneously with satellite GPS since the receiver my phone uses can recieve up to 20 channels. i tried searching for software but they require a data internet connection since the software only accesses the internet radio services of XM and Sirius. i don;t have a very good data plan and my data network type sucks (GPRS.. ugh)
is there any software that can access the radio services using the satellite reciever only and not the internet? i want my pocket pc to be set up like as if i was using a reciever i buy from a store to get the services.
by the way feel free to comment if i have technologies mixed up and in fact you can not do both with the same atellite receiver and i was reading an error. i cant seem to find the location of the article but if i do i can post the link and quote it directly.
Hi all,
has anyone got rds-tmc (live traffic updates through the radio receiver) working with tomtom? if so, what version of tomtom are you using?
if not, are there any nav software packages that will do this on the awesome Raph?
While the Raphael can read FM-RDS signals, I don't think it has been set up to get TMC data.
You can use Garmin Mobile XT which offers free traffic information downloaded via your data connection (3G, EDGE, etc).
I installed TomTom in my phone but AT&T discontinued the data plans. Does TomTom uses data to work?
tomtom uses a gps receiver.. you don't need the plan
you will need it if you are planning to use plus services (e.g. traffic)
Thank you AthenaLod and nir36.
if i'm not mistaken though you will need some type of gps plan though......
(this is att's)
http://www.wireless.att.com/businesscenter/popup/telenav-gps-important-info.jsp
no gps's is free to any device which got gps
it's just a matter of recieving the signals that the gps
satelites broadcast
nobody can detect or stop you from reciving the signals
so no gps plan as it's not a product that can be sold
gps plans are only for online GPS.
when using a gps receiver you don't need a plan, only the receiver and an app.
well thats good to know......
Hi!
I'm using my tf in my car as navigation system. I have the direct comparison to my Samsung Galaxy S (SGS) smart phone and I have to say that Google Navigation isn't running smooth for me. When driving through the streets, the displayed position jumps or jiggles from point to point in an interval with about 6 seconds. My SGS can handle this smooth, with the arrow moving in a constant speed over the maps.
First I expected that the TF has a worse GPS module but it seems that the GPS receiving is pretty good with other diagnostic apps. Could it be that Google Navigation runs better on a slower and older device?
How can I fix this problem? I have the newest OTA update from 25th Aug for DE.
thx
Could you try another navigation software? May be its some of the background app/temps.
How are you getting your Map update?
You will need a 3G data to push the maps (unless you have pre-downloaded them first of course).
Beards said:
How are you getting your Map update?
You will need a 3G data to push the maps (unless you have pre-downloaded them first of course).
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I activate wlan tethering on my phone and connect the tablet over wlan. Works very good and the map updating is pretty fast. It also possible to listen to webstreams or watch youtube without any problem so I don't expect a problem on the internet connection.
thx for your answer anyway
Can somebody confirm, that it should be possible to have a smooth navigation in google maps navigation? Maybe it is a basically problem with the transformer?
fpdragon said:
I activate wlan tethering on my phone and connect the tablet over wlan. Works very good and the map updating is pretty fast. It also possible to listen to webstreams or watch youtube without any problem so I don't expect a problem on the internet connection.
thx for your answer anyway
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Understood.....
Try this and see if there is any difference:-
Next time you have a WLAN connection on your TF load Google Maps and download a map you would use for a particular journey.
When you next go out try using just your TF (not tethered) and the downloaded map.
Basically at this stage all we are trying to ascertain if the issue is with tethering or map updates.
Beards said:
Understood.....
Try this and see if there is any difference:-
Next time you have a WLAN connection on your TF load Google Maps and download a map you would use for a particular journey.
When you next go out try using just your TF (not tethered) and the downloaded map.
Basically at this stage all we are trying to ascertain if the issue is with tethering or map updates.
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2 things:
first... I think the beta labs feature to download maps is just for google maps and not google maps navigation. anyway... I make an offline test.
second... Do you mean to make a test without wlan or bluetooth enabled? Right now there must be much wireless traffic in my car:
bluetooth: phone to parrot
bluetooth: tablet to parrot
wlan: phone to tablet
other wireless: parrot wireless steering wheel remote
Maybe something of these disturbs the GPS?
Your phone is cheating. It has an assisted GPS that uses both GPS and cell triangulation to speed up lock and help maintain location when GPS is weak, without cellular your tf has to rely only on a limited GPS chip.
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Your phone is cheating. It has an assisted GPS that uses both GPS and cell triangulation to speed up lock and help maintain location when GPS is weak, without cellular your tf has to rely only on a limited GPS chip.
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Exactly what I was building up to Ryan.
ryan stewart said:
Your phone is cheating. It has an assisted GPS that uses both GPS and cell triangulation to speed up lock and help maintain location when GPS is weak, without cellular your tf has to rely only on a limited GPS chip.
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I have to say that I develop GPS Receiver for space use and I know a little bit about GPS
Anyway AGPS or assisted GPS just speeds up the first fix (as you said) and can fix the position error a very little bit. On weak GPS signal it wont make any difference if you have AGPS or GPS. Both wont work and none would work better or worse. With no GPS signal the AGPS Receiver would only know where the satellites are but thats it and he can't navigate with this info only.
So I don't expect a problem due to the not available AGPS, just to stop the speculation .
Maybe it's a SW thing or the GPS chip is just bad.
Anyway I still don't know if google navigation is running smoth on your tablet?
The Problem is solved...
A Speedometer Widget seems to be the cause:
https://market.android.com/details?id=it.opbyte.odometerwidget&feature=search_result
I uninstalled the widget and Google Maps Navigation runs fluently.
thank you all for helping
Does anyone know of an app that you can use to track your phone without an active data/internet connection? Basically something that can run on GPS only. I have a Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0 which does not have SMS/Calling/3g/4g etc... All it has is Wifi and GPS. I would like to somehow be able to track my location if I am not in a wifi hotspot. The other downside is I use the lock screen on the phone. If someone steals it chances are it could be quite some time before the phone would actually connect to a network (considering there wouldn't be any way for them to get to the wifi settings to log into a network).
Does anyone know of anything like this? Is it possible?
Wont be possible without either data/internet connection or cell/texting service. GPS will show the location on the device, but you have to transmit that somehow.
GPS is purely passive, you don't send anything and neither do satelites transmit something specific to you.
You just grab what ever signals you can find, and if its enough calculate the current position.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System