Re: GPS Dude (again)

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Darren Griffin - PocketGPSWorld.Com

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• Aug 13, 2005

• #1

MVP wrote:
> Right, time to buy some GPS,
> I've been fantastically busy for the last few months and I hereby
> spend some of that money...
>
> I'm looking for an in-far GPS thingymajig that'll navigate me using
> postcodes, addresses and/or just towns.
>
> Will recalculate if I take a different route.
>
> Will let me load POI's that other people have compiled (most notably
> LPG sellers).
>
> Does that funny low-angle graphic thingy rather than just looking
> straight down on a map.
>
> That ought to do it, budget of about £500 to £600.

Your major decision will be whether to go for a dedicated nav system such as
the TomTom GO series or a PocketPC based solution.

For dedicated Nav, get a GO, the 300 is the base model which can hook up to
a BT Phone to poll for traffic updates (req. subscription), the 500 adds BT
handsfree and optional remote and the 700 has a hard disk with full Europe
coverage, and inc remote.

For PocketPC, get a Mitac Mio 168 bundle with TomTom Navigator or any decent
PocketPC with BT, a BT GPS and software.

I suggest TomTom because it has by far the best interface, excellent support
for POIs (and there are a great many available on our site and others in
TomTom format inc the LPS database) inc our Safety Camera Database, and also
has full UK 7 Digit PostCode support unlike others.

A 300 is approx £380, but for £600 you could get a 700.

Reviews of all on our website.


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Darren Griffin
PocketGPSWorld - www.PocketGPSWorld.com
The Premier GPS Resource for News, Reviews and Forums
Creators of the free UK Safety Camera POI

 

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Guest

• Aug 16, 2005

• #2

MVP wrote:

> Tomtom go 300 it is then, I got one for £350 and found some POI's to
> add to it for LPG stations and about everything else I could ever
> want.
> Cheers D

How do you liek it so far? I want to get the 300 but am waiting to
hear some personal experiences. It looks pretty good to me though.

 

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Richard Brookman

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• Aug 16, 2005

• #3

so Darren Griffin - PocketGPSWorld.Com was, like...
> For dedicated Nav, get a GO, the 300 is the base model which can hook
> up to a BT Phone to poll for traffic updates (req. subscription), the
> 500 adds BT handsfree and optional remote and the 700 has a hard disk
> with full Europe coverage, and inc remote.

Am I right in thinking that to get the full street-level mapping of Europe
you would have to go for the 700? Is there a CD available for Europe
(street-level) that could go with the 300? (There wasn't when I last
researched it, but I got hints that one was on the way.) I can't really see
the point of street level for UK and then major roads only for Europe. I
can use the major roads all by myself (I can read a Europe road atlas) -
it's the little buggers I need the help with. I don't need Bluetooth or a
remote.

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Rich
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Disco 300 Tdi auto
S2a 88" SW
Tiggrr (V8 trialler)

 

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Darren Griffin - PocketGPSWorld.Com

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• Aug 17, 2005

• #4

MVP wrote:
> I need to figure out how to make it go to a postcode location at the
> moment it wants part of an address as well which is of no use to me
> often.
> Aside from that, I'm jolly happy.

Tap Screen | Navigate To | Click Next Page Arrow | PostCode

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Darren Griffin
PocketGPSWorld - www.PocketGPSWorld.com
The Premier GPS Resource for News, Reviews and Forums
Creators of the free UK Safety Camera POI

 

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Darren Griffin - PocketGPSWorld.Com

Guest

• Aug 17, 2005

• #5

Richard Brookman wrote:
> Am I right in thinking that to get the full street-level mapping of
> Europe you would have to go for the 700? Is there a CD available for
> Europe (street-level) that could go with the 300? (There wasn't when
> I last researched it, but I got hints that one was on the way.) I
> can't really see the point of street level for UK and then major
> roads only for Europe. I can use the major roads all by myself (I
> can read a Europe road atlas) - it's the little buggers I need the
> help with. I don't need Bluetooth or a remote.

The Maps of Western Europe (MoWE) CD set is now available.
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=122323

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Darren Griffin
PocketGPSWorld - www.PocketGPSWorld.com
The Premier GPS Resource for News, Reviews and Forums
Creators of the free UK Safety Camera POI

 

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• Aug 17, 2005

• #6

MVP wrote:

> It does everything I want, I have POI's for LPG stations and just
> about everything else you could want.
> nice clear screen and directions.
> 'night' mode with dull colours on the screen so easy on the eyes.
> I need to figure out how to make it go to a postcode location at the
> moment it wants part of an address as well which is of no use to me
> often.
> Aside from that, I'm jolly happy.


I didn't even realize it had a different setting for night mode. It
really does make it easier to use when it's dark out?

 

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Darren Griffin - PocketGPSWorld.Com

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• Aug 17, 2005

• #7

[email protected] wrote:
> I didn't even realize it had a different setting for night mode. It
> really does make it easier to use when it's dark out?

Indeed it does, see:
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/reviews/tomtom-go-2005/tomtom-go98.gif
http://cse.jgeertsma.com/images/maps/sjaak1.jpg

Using a freeware colour style editor you can even easily create your won day
and or night colour schemes, match your instrument backlighting etc.

http://cse.jgeertsma.com/index.php?lang=english

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Darren Griffin
PocketGPSWorld - www.PocketGPSWorld.com
The Premier GPS Resource for News, Reviews and Forums
Creators of the free UK Safety Camera POI

 

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Danny Clarke

Guest

• Aug 17, 2005

• #8

Hi Y'all:

I have TomTom V5 on an ipaq PDA, and all I can tell you is "Brilliant"!
What really does it for me is the FREE add-on called chackpoint from
http://checkpoint.oabsoftware.nl

This FREE software add-on has all the LPG (on-court & off-court) as well as
many more overlays for all sorts of thingy's (speed cams etc.).

My Rangie runs on LPG and as I drive along this add-on alerts me to all LPG
re-fill opportunities along the way.

I may only be getting 11-12 MPG on LPG but it is only 42p.ltr
And that's equivalent to 22-24 MPG on Petrol.

As the company pays 23p/mile i am actually running the car for free-ish.

Ha-Ha!

Dan.

 

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Tim Hobbs

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• Aug 17, 2005

• #9

>
>As the company pays 23p/mile i am actually running the car for free-ish.
>
>Ha-Ha!
>
>Dan.

You want to have a moan. Inland Revenue FPCS allows 40p / mile for
first 10,000 miles and 25p thereafter. If your employer is paying you
less than that you _may_ be able to get some tax allowance for the
difference between what they are paying and what it is costing you.
Or may not... Of course, the Revenue don't know that you are running
LPG!





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'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
'03 Volvo V70

 

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GbH

Guest

• Aug 17, 2005

• #10

In news:[email protected],
Darren Griffin - PocketGPSWorld.Com <[email protected]> blithered:
> [email protected] wrote:
>> I didn't even realize it had a different setting for night mode. It
>> really does make it easier to use when it's dark out?
>
> Indeed it does, see:
> http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/reviews/tomtom-go-2005/tomtom-go98.gif
> http://cse.jgeertsma.com/images/maps/sjaak1.jpg
>
> Using a freeware colour style editor you can even easily create your
> won day and or night colour schemes, match your instrument
> backlighting etc.
> http://cse.jgeertsma.com/index.php?lang=english

Why do I have visions of a backlight on a sundial?

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[email protected]

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• Aug 18, 2005

• #11

That's really cool. Thanks for posting that. I really like the way it
looks in that night vision shot.

 

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Richard Brookman

Guest

• Aug 19, 2005

• #12

so Darren Griffin - PocketGPSWorld.Com was, like...
> Richard Brookman wrote:
>> Am I right in thinking that to get the full street-level mapping of
>> Europe you would have to go for the 700? Is there a CD available for
>> Europe (street-level) that could go with the 300? (There wasn't when
>> I last researched it, but I got hints that one was on the way.) I
>> can't really see the point of street level for UK and then major
>> roads only for Europe. I can use the major roads all by myself (I
>> can read a Europe road atlas) - it's the little buggers I need the
>> help with. I don't need Bluetooth or a remote.
>
> The Maps of Western Europe (MoWE) CD set is now available.
> http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=122323

Cheers, Darren.

--
Rich
==============================
Disco 300 Tdi auto
S2a 88" SW
Tiggrr (V8 trialler)