GPS receiver help - Page 2

Deleted account DD · 21-04-2009, 16:39

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Originally Posted by lacroupade

If your GPS device can't get a signal indoors upstairs in a bedroom then it won't be up to the job.

Strange evaluation technique

In all seriousness my old one would not get a signal upstairs but it would downstairs no problem at all except in the study which seems to be TMobile, Vodaphone and satellite signal proof , the the latest one grabs a signal all over the place.

lacroupade · 21-04-2009, 16:42

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Originally Posted by daved

Strange evaluation technique

In all seriousness my old one would get a signal upstairs but it would downstairs no problem at all except in the study which seems to be TMobile, Vodaphone and satellite signal proof , the the latest one grabs a signal all over the place.

wajya mean, its technical eevaleweashun!

Seriously, if it gets a signal indoors through the roof in a reasonable time, then you're unlikely to lose it under trees etc, which happens with a lot of GPS-equipped PDAs/phones.

Liam · 21-04-2009, 16:43

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Originally Posted by lacroupade

Not there in the week, but missus would welcome her so long as she doesn't mind three pigs, seven sheep, six cats and four dogs

Cats and dogs would be ok but I think the piggy smell would be too much,unless of course it was piggy in the oven, in which case she would be very happy. And don't even mention lamb or she'd have them raw.

lacroupade · 21-04-2009, 16:48

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Originally Posted by pajo

Cats and dogs would be ok but I think the piggy smell would be too much,unless of course it was piggy in the oven, in which case she would be very happy. And don't even mention lamb or she'd have them raw.

Jeezuz! Now I'm scared!!!

and my piggies are squeaky (or is that oinky) clean I'll have you know....

Liam · 21-04-2009, 17:32

She's just going for a girly few days (I know what you're thinking) and probably going to spend a lot of time giggling and doing girly things at the beach if the weather is good.

Hope it doesn't turn into one of those "what a lovely skirt,mind if I try it on) type of breaks, you know the type you sometimes see in some of the better films that are encrypted on some people's hard drive.

lacroupade · 21-04-2009, 20:31

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Originally Posted by pajo

She's just going for a girly few days (I know what you're thinking) and probably going to spend a lot of time giggling and doing girly things at the beach if the weather is good.

Hope it doesn't turn into one of those "what a lovely skirt,mind if I try it on) type of breaks, you know the type you sometimes see in some of the better films that are encrypted on some people's hard drive.

i think people have separate hard drives for that stuff - or so i've heard...i mean 500Gb of artistic cinematography is a lot of culture for one PC...I keep mine on a nice new Fujitsutachi MonkeySpanka.

I'll keep an eye out for the hen...

Liam · 08-05-2009, 23:14

Just an update on the Garmin + PDA. Got a bluetooth GPS receiver,looks the same as yours,Paul, only no name other than Blue Tooth GPS on it. Also managed to get Garmin maps 2010 free from somewhere and the whole thing is working quite nicely at detailed map level. I was wondering if it is possible to also run some Topo maps from somewhere, UK & Ireland would suffice but I don't know where to find them or whose maps to use. Ideally these would be free maps as I don't do enough in the wild to justify buying maps. Previous information from all posters was very helpful so hopefully you will all come up trumps again.

Liam · 08-05-2009, 23:19

Found a link to these Contour Maps. I haven't tried them yet but thought I'd post the link as they may be useful to some of you out there.

http://www.smc.org.uk/ContourMaps.htm

lacroupade · 08-05-2009, 23:22

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Originally Posted by pajo

Just an update on the Garmin + PDA. Got a bluetooth GPS receiver,looks the same as yours,Paul, only no name other than Blue Tooth GPS on it. Also managed to get Garmin maps 2010 free from somewhere and the whole thing is working quite nicely at detailed map level. I was wondering if it is possible to also run some Topo maps from somewhere, UK & Ireland would suffice but I don't know where to find them or whose maps to use. Ideally these would be free maps as I don't do enough in the wild to justify buying maps. Previous information from all posters was very helpful so hopefully you will all come up trumps again.

not sure what you mean by topo maps versus whatever the Garmin ones are Liam?

Big problem here is that with Memory Map, for example, you have to use Ordnance Survey maps that are hellishly expensive. Not sure what the Irish equivalent is??

You might try and see what map types the Garmin can read and then download some pirate versions via bittorrent?

Liam · 09-05-2009, 01:16

Thanks Paul, OS maps are available here too and are also expensive. I suppose what I'm looking for is like the OS maps with contours,elevation etc. I'm using Garmin City Nav Europe with the PDA at present which is fine for on road, just thinking there may be something more like th OS maps available to use with this setup.

lacroupade · 09-05-2009, 08:22

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Originally Posted by pajo

Thanks Paul, OS maps are available here too and are also expensive. I suppose what I'm looking for is like the OS maps with contours,elevation etc. I'm using Garmin City Nav Europe with the PDA at present which is fine for on road, just thinking there may be something more like th OS maps available to use with this setup.

Liam just re-read the thread; if your device is an I3 like the pic below then you are stuffed - its like the TomTom and suchlike, only works with the standard mapping and nothing else. Only way you can do what you want is to go the PDA route with Memory Map or Fugawi, or get a Garmin type device that will load OS-type maps. But thats expensive potentially; I've not found a 'download' for Ireland anywhere....

Its the cost of maps that will kill you; OS licensing is really expensive, after all they did all the hard work...getting naughty downloads for UK is easy but not to the Republic sadly...

This is worth a read - check all 5 pages...

http://www.gpsdaily.co.uk/off-road/i...-outdoors-gps/

Liam · 09-05-2009, 22:15

Good info,Paul, thanks. Checked with the OS Ireland site and they have a Irish ITM system which is similar to that used by OS UK. Still reading up on it. I am using a Del Axim 50v with Garmin City Nav Europe 2010 maps, the I3 is purely vehicle based and very limited as Emily has lost her voice and I lost the battery cover. Checked out the PDA with Garmin today and it seems to work fine on roads, I may need to purchase an Etrex for off road trips unless I can figure out how to use routes and waypoints with the PDA. Fugawi seems to cost money,which is low at present. Thanks for all the advice so far, it has been really useful.

lacroupade · 09-05-2009, 23:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by pajo

Good info,Paul, thanks. Checked with the OS Ireland site and they have a Irish ITM system which is similar to that used by OS UK. Still reading up on it. I am using a Del Axim 50v with Garmin City Nav Europe 2010 maps, the I3 is purely vehicle based and very limited as Emily has lost her voice and I lost the battery cover. Checked out the PDA with Garmin today and it seems to work fine on roads, I may need to purchase an Etrex for off road trips unless I can figure out how to use routes and waypoints with the PDA. Fugawi seems to cost money,which is low at present. Thanks for all the advice so far, it has been really useful.

The key for you Liam is getting Irish maps....I can give you Fugawi full for nothing but its only got UK maps......the actual programme isn't the issue, its getting the maps to use it with....they are what costs the money and as I said, no downloads around...

Deleted account DD · 10-05-2009, 11:02

One word of warning re using "mixed systems" they may work nicely independently and sitting in the living room but when youre on the hills and the batteries running low you do not want it crashing and getting its electronic knickers in a knot over everything its trying to work out.

I use mem maps for walking. Theyre excellent but far from perfect. For example if the battery runs out whilst its tracking it sometimes creates a corrupted record that can wipe out your routes. That happened this week about 30 miles into the 53 mile walk across the N York moors we finished yesterday.

I've also had problems importing older version routes as well as some that are available as helpful free downloads, they go on then play up.

Please trust me KISS is best

settle for one system and dont intermix. Fugawi is good, used that quite a lot and mem map seems pretty good too but I've only had that a cfew months.

lacroupade · 10-05-2009, 22:58

Well for walking and implicity, the Garmin eTrex does it, and cheap!

08-05-2009, 23:14	#22
Liam Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Laois,Ireland Posts: 923	PDA Just an update on the Garmin + PDA. Got a bluetooth GPS receiver,looks the same as yours,Paul, only no name other than Blue Tooth GPS on it. Also managed to get Garmin maps 2010 free from somewhere and the whole thing is working quite nicely at detailed map level. I was wondering if it is possible to also run some Topo maps from somewhere, UK & Ireland would suffice but I don't know where to find them or whose maps to use. Ideally these would be free maps as I don't do enough in the wild to justify buying maps. Previous information from all posters was very helpful so hopefully you will all come up trumps again.

08-05-2009, 23:19	#23
Liam Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Laois,Ireland Posts: 923	Contour maps Found a link to these Contour Maps. I haven't tried them yet but thought I'd post the link as they may be useful to some of you out there. http://www.smc.org.uk/ContourMaps.htm

21-04-2009, 17:32	#20
Liam Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Laois,Ireland Posts: 923	She's just going for a girly few days (I know what you're thinking) and probably going to spend a lot of time giggling and doing girly things at the beach if the weather is good. Hope it doesn't turn into one of those "what a lovely skirt,mind if I try it on) type of breaks, you know the type you sometimes see in some of the better films that are encrypted on some people's hard drive.

09-05-2009, 01:16	#25
Liam Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Laois,Ireland Posts: 923	Thanks Paul, OS maps are available here too and are also expensive. I suppose what I'm looking for is like the OS maps with contours,elevation etc. I'm using Garmin City Nav Europe with the PDA at present which is fine for on road, just thinking there may be something more like th OS maps available to use with this setup.

09-05-2009, 22:15	#27
Liam Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Laois,Ireland Posts: 923	Good info,Paul, thanks. Checked with the OS Ireland site and they have a Irish ITM system which is similar to that used by OS UK. Still reading up on it. I am using a Del Axim 50v with Garmin City Nav Europe 2010 maps, the I3 is purely vehicle based and very limited as Emily has lost her voice and I lost the battery cover. Checked out the PDA with Garmin today and it seems to work fine on roads, I may need to purchase an Etrex for off road trips unless I can figure out how to use routes and waypoints with the PDA. Fugawi seems to cost money,which is low at present. Thanks for all the advice so far, it has been really useful.

10-05-2009, 11:02	#29
Deleted account DD Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 4,705	One word of warning re using "mixed systems" they may work nicely independently and sitting in the living room but when youre on the hills and the batteries running low you do not want it crashing and getting its electronic knickers in a knot over everything its trying to work out. I use mem maps for walking. Theyre excellent but far from perfect. For example if the battery runs out whilst its tracking it sometimes creates a corrupted record that can wipe out your routes. That happened this week about 30 miles into the 53 mile walk across the N York moors we finished yesterday. I've also had problems importing older version routes as well as some that are available as helpful free downloads, they go on then play up. Please trust me KISS is best settle for one system and dont intermix. Fugawi is good, used that quite a lot and mem map seems pretty good too but I've only had that a cfew months.

10-05-2009, 22:58	#30
lacroupade Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: All hail to the Glove of Love... Posts: 9,212	Well for walking and implicity, the Garmin eTrex does it, and cheap!