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mrtrimmier
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 Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 1:17 pm Post subject: tom tom 5 altitude display?????? |
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Hey folks,
Is there a utility available for tom tom navigator 5 to facilitate an altitude display. Love the program but would like to have it show that information. regards
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mikealder
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| Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Not that I know of for TomTom, there other applications you can load onto the PDA that will display altitude such as "GPS Dash" but beware GPS altitude is never that reliable. Mike |
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Mullet
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| Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Tried GPS Dash last week but couldnt get it to work on a WM5 PPC. I have installed Visual GPS Sce. http://pocketpcfreeware.com/en/index.php?soft=853. Same location at differnt times had an altitude variation of about 20 feet and was way out unless 6 to 7 sats were locked. Still its free and something else to play with. |
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Robin2
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| Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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CoPilot shows altitude, but mine shows me at an altitude of 250 feet when I am driving along the sea shore
Robin
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mikealder
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| Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Robin2 wrote: | | mine shows me at an altitude of 250 feet when I am driving along the sea shore |
That is why I mentioned above it is not to be trusted, the GPS system uses a "virtual" sea level, which will vary around the globe (or even our small country) to introduce errors - if you don't know the altitude offset for the specific loacation you are at then I would not rely upon it (thats where the military based equipment offers stability, but it is way outside the price range of any of us) - Mike |
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