Re: Using a GPS with a PDA
From: John (johnw_94020_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 11/22/04
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Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 22:13:28 -0800
Thank you sir;
I will take a look at that package. I suppose that I'd need to purchase
a regular palm serial cable over the hotsync cradle, and get a gender
changer.
As with the HPC the same. For gender changes I will need to go to a
nice computer store, over a place like Best Buy which is not guaranteed
to sell anything old.
John
In article <#4jgnmE0EHA.2716@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl>,
"Sven, MVP-Mobile Devices" <sejohannsen@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Yes you can use the GPS with your handhelds, but not the MapSend CD data or
> maps. You basically can set up the SportTrack to deliver GPS data to the
> handheld as a serial data stream. Typically that is input to the handheld
> via a sync like cable connection. Then you would need some sort of mapping
> software to read the incoming GPS data and do something with it on the
> Handheld. Lots of that stuff available. Delorme makes a package, Street
> Atlas Handheld that has both Palm and PocketPC components. Not sure about
> Handhelds.
>
> I have a Sporttrack myself and actually find the map data is much more
> compressed on it than any of my PPC programs, i.e. the file size for he same
> area is much smaller for the Magellan.
>
> With the handheld you do often get the advantage of street routing (as
> opposed to as-the-crow-flies), and audible prompts.
>
> --
> Sven, MS-MVP Mobile Devices
> "John" <johnw_94020@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1101091052.g6sP+dUnXzpnQrRlvFKTxg@teranews...
> > I recently bought the MapSend CD for my Magellan Sportrack GPS which
> > allows me to connect my GPS to my laptop via the serial port at 4800
> > baud, and map my progress with my laptop. It also offers POI data
> > (restaurants, hotels, gas stations, parks,etc) that I can lookup on the
> > laptop or transfer to my GPS. However with only 6MB of add on memory I
> > just limit my transfers to street data. If I need to know POI data I
> > use the Yellow Page. Besides that what the former Palm.net offered to
> > my VIIx was so much better for POI data, because it mapped the entire
> > US, while the GPS is limited to a aging CD-ROM disc.
> >
> > I'm suprised at how fast I can transfer 3MB of street data via a 4800
> > baud connection. Its cool how fast things transfer with a null modem
> > serial connection. Know since my laptop is such a joke for battery
> > power, is it possible to also use my serial port GPS with my PDA? Has
> > anyone here done such a thing, and if so what did you do? I am using a
> > Jornada 720 HPC and a Palm OS type unit. I suppose with the Windows CE
> > device the CF card would serve as the storage area. With the Palm
> > device I dont know how much I could store with only 8MB.
> >
> > My Palm unit connects to my Mac, while my Jornada 720 to my Windows PC.
> > Has anyone else used a GPS with a PDA? It does not matter if its
> > PocketPC, HPC, or Palm. I supose since I use both Mac and Windows there
> > may be a option for me.
> >
> >
> >
> > John
> > --
> > http://johnw.freeshell.org/Stratega/ - A Macintosh Stratego clone
> > http://www.yellowgames.com - A Windows/PocketPC/Windows CE Stratego clone
>
>
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