GPS for PDA

bennyx_o

I just got a Palm Tungston TX and I want to use it as a GPS in my car. WHich is the best GPS reciever/maps to use? Anything else I should know?

Cheers,
Ben

mkennedy

hi.
i use mapopolis on my ipaq 4150 (pocketpc) but afaik it works with palm as well.

its 2d at the moment but i find it serves me fine. the maps are navtech based so they should have full ireland mapping in the coming weeks.
you can get the app and the maps at www.mapopolis.com.

most european countries are fully mapped though. a full mappack of europe will cost you just over 100 euro but you can get demo maps of all counties in ireland for starters if you want.

i pair my ipaq with a bluetooth emtac receiver which i got from www.expansys.ie for around 200 euro.

hope that helps.
let me know how you get on.

mkennedy

i use mapopolis on my ipaq 4150 (pocketpc) but afaik it works with palm as well.

its 2d at the moment but i find it serves me fine. the maps are navtech based so they should have full ireland mapping in the coming weeks.
you can get the app and the maps at www.mapopolis.com.

most european countries are fully mapped though. a full mappack of europe will cost you just over 100 euro but you can get demo maps of all counties in ireland for starters if you want.

i pair my ipaq with a bluetooth emtac receiver which i got from www.expansys.ie for around 200 euro.

hope that helps.
let me know how you get on.

Villain

I got a GPS receiver from Ebay last week its the GPSlim 236, its a great receiver it has the latest sirf III chip. I got it for just over €100!!!

byrnefm

Make sure that the GPS software you do end up getting uses Navteq maps. There's another company which produces GPS maps also (eg those used by TomTom) but only Navteq have been actively trying to plug the gaps on Irish GPS map deficiencies - ie. adding in all the 'unclassified' roads. The present version of the maps cover rural, national and motorway roads. Navteq finished mapping the country's roads at the end of last year, so hopefully there'll be a marked improvement supplied with the next version of various GPS software.

bennyx_o

Cheers, I'm looking to get one of them GPSlims. Might be a stupid question, but where do I buy Navatech maps?