Re: Using a GPS with a PDA
From: Dale DePriest (Dale_at_gpsinformation.het)
Date: 11/26/04
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Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 21:16:26 -0800
Check my web site for lots of information on PDA and GPS systems, hookup
and other data.
Dale
John wrote:
> 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
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