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Topic: Are there BT GPS receivers with dead reconing? |
robpow
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Forum: GPS Receivers Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:16 pm Subject: Are there BT GPS receivers with dead reconing? |
Hi,
Are there any bluetooth GPS receivers that keep on outputting correct navigation data even when in tunnels, under roofs etc like car-mounted systems or the Tomtom 920?
Cheers,
Matt |
Topic: G2500 No Longer Charging Axim X51v - Speaker still powered! |
robpow
Replies: 1
Views: 2142
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Forum: GPS Receivers Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:32 pm Subject: Two years |
If you bought it from a European outfit the law gives you a statutory two years 'guarantee' period under EU law: http://tinyurl.com/7cjsj
Additionally, if you bought it using a credit card the issu ... |
Topic: Haicom 203e - Groundhog Day |
robpow
Replies: 3
Views: 3564
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Forum: GPS Receivers Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:38 pm Subject: Haicom 203e - Groundhog Day |
I remember having to leave my 203 on for a good while, I don't think it was as much as 4 hours but maybe 45 - 60 minutes the first time. It kept reporting a location in the far east until it had locke ... |
Topic: PocketGPSWorld.com to visit TeleAtlas in Belgium |
robpow
Replies: 40
Views: 34940
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Forum: GPS Shows & Related Technology Events Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:18 pm Subject: PocketGPSWorld.com to visit TeleAtlas in Belgium |
I wonder when they will separate out the application from the maps, a bit like Mapopolis. Why not make the application with some very basic maps free, or available at a low cost and then charge for up ... |
Topic: Wishes for next version? |
robpow
Replies: 11
Views: 4243
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Forum: TomTom Software-Only Products Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 5:48 pm Subject: Wishes for next version? |
Overall TTS is just not yet there - you can't really understand what the robotic voice is trying to say, especially when it tries to pronounce foreign street names.
Actually, the pSpeak engine as us ... |
Topic: Full postcode lookup |
robpow
Replies: 8
Views: 3936
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Forum: Beginners GPS Lounge Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 8:03 pm Subject: Full postcode lookup |
I suspect the lack of postcodes is more to do with the size increase to the map data than any licensing problems. Take for instance Infomap Navigator, they have a full maps of Europe including million ... |
Topic: New Police Bike with Speed Camera |
robpow
Replies: 48
Views: 36623
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Forum: PocketGPSWorld Speed Camera Database Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 7:44 pm Subject: New Police Bike with Speed Camera |
Not convinced about the limping argument that "nobody slows down thanks to speed cameras and the government just makes money of them".
I avoid speeding while driving and therefore don't get caught ... |
Topic: Police are to use a new Speed Gun |
robpow
Replies: 83
Views: 79995
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Forum: PocketGPSWorld Speed Camera Database Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2004 8:59 pm Subject: Police are to use a new Speed Gun |
If people feel so strongly that the speed limits are wrong or that they are not signposted clearly, why do you rather go and spend hundreds of pounds on (sometimes) ineffective detectors, diffusers an ... |
Topic: Mapopolis Map Errors |
robpow
Replies: 12
Views: 11280
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Forum: Other Software Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:11 pm Subject: Mapopolis Map Errors |
Just a tiny little minute detail missing.... The Thames!!!
Actually it is there but it's colour coded as general background area so it doesn't really show up as a stretch of water. Mapopolis have ... |
Topic: Mapopolis 4.26 out with new UK Maps |
robpow
Replies: 1
Views: 3550
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Forum: Other Software Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 6:20 pm Subject: Mapopolis 4.26 out with new UK Maps |
After the extended trial phase it now looks like Mapopolis have released the final version 4 European maps. I'm for one going to download a few to check out how accurate my local area has turned out. ... |
Topic: Are there any TMC products? |
robpow
Replies: 75
Views: 43027
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Forum: Traffic Message Channel (TMC) Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 8:51 pm Subject: Are there any TMC products? |
The first PocketPC software to integrate with something like Livewire and include it with a map subscription which gives you regularly update maps like every 2-3 months will be on to a winner! Hmm... ... |
Topic: Are there any TMC products? |
robpow
Replies: 75
Views: 43027
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Forum: Traffic Message Channel (TMC) Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 9:33 pm Subject: Are there any TMC products? |
(apart from RDS radios for cars, that is)
Would be very cool if you could have a TMC or Trafficmaster receiver for your PocketPC which caused your navigation software to re-route you automatically. ... |
Topic: REVIEW COMMENTS: Mapopolis |
robpow
Replies: 7
Views: 12700
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Forum: Other Software Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2003 11:20 pm Subject: REVIEW COMMENTS: Mapopolis |
Lutz,
Thanks for the pointer, I've downloaded the Audrey voices from their support forum and will take in for a test drive over the weekend. It does look very sleek and I think I will definitely b ... |
Topic: REVIEW COMMENTS: Mapopolis |
robpow
Replies: 7
Views: 12700
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Forum: Other Software Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 3:17 pm Subject: New version |
Hi,
Thanks for a very detailed review. It made me go and download the application (which is free) and some of the UK demo maps available on the www.mapopolis.com website. The latest version of th ... |
Topic: GPS on h1910 / h1915 |
robpow
Replies: 1
Views: 4030
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Forum: Other Hardware and Software Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 10:37 pm Subject: GPS on h1910 / h1915 |
If anyone is looking to connect their GPS to an iPaq (and possibly other Pocket PCs?) that lack a serial port like the 1910 I can thoroughly recommend this converter. Easy and cheap to build or you c ... |
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