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Peter Seddon

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> is there anyone here who knows their way around GPS equipment and
> associated gubbins?
> I've sent an email to gps4less.co.uk but I'd also like some impartial
> advice.
>
>
> Regards.
> Mark.(AKA, Mr.Nice.)

What do you want to know?

Peter.


 
> I'm looking for a system that..
> 1, does not cost the earth.
> 2, uses OS maps allowing me to work away from roads as well as on
> them.
> 3, can navigate me to street addresses.
> 4, mostly for in-car use but easly removable to use on-foot.
> 5, isn't going to interfere with my dash-mounted compass.
>
> I'm considering one of those laptop pluggy in things working with
> either autoroute and/or memory-map. The only thing I have against that
> idea is that the wife will have to sit with the thing on her lap or
> it'll be sat on the seat and I'll have to look along way from the
> windscreen to check progress.
> I'm going to have a laptop with me pretty much all the time.

You need a GPS mouse, plugs into a USB port and will work directly with the
two progs you mention. Anothre latrnative is TOMTOM or Ipac with GPS addon.

Peter


 

>>You need a GPS mouse, plugs into a USB port and will work directly with
>>the
>>two progs you mention. Anothre latrnative is TOMTOM or Ipac with GPS
>>addon.
>>
>>Peter
>
> How important is the location of the GPS mouse thingy? could it be
> fixed to the laptop and so work in any rotation/location? or does it
> need a nice dashboard-location?
>
>
> Regards.
> Mark.(AKA, Mr.Nice.)

It needs a place where it can see as much sky as possible, this is true for
any GPS antenna. If the car has one of those fancy quick clear front screens
it wont work properly as the wires in the screen cut the signals too much.
The roof is the best place, they are generally speeking waterproof.

Peter


 
Mr.Nice. wrote:
> I'm looking for a system that..
> 1, does not cost the earth.
> 2, uses OS maps allowing me to work away from roads as well as on
> them.
> 3, can navigate me to street addresses.
> 4, mostly for in-car use but easly removable to use on-foot.
> 5, isn't going to interfere with my dash-mounted compass.
>
> I'm considering one of those laptop pluggy in things working with
> either autoroute and/or memory-map. The only thing I have against that
> idea is that the wife will have to sit with the thing on her lap or
> it'll be sat on the seat and I'll have to look along way from the
> windscreen to check progress.
> I'm going to have a laptop with me pretty much all the time.
>
>
> Regards.
> Mark.(AKA, Mr.Nice.)

No single solution will do all that, if you intend to use a laptop then
consider InfoMap Navigator as a cheap and usable voice solution for road
navigation and Memory-Map for the OS stuff. You could get a laptop mount
from RAM-Mounts but you need a lot of space to use them.

For a PocketPC solution, again Memory-Map for OS maps and TomTom Navigator
with the excellent (and free) UKPostCode Plug-In from www.digitools.co.uk .

All the above and many more options reviewed on our site. I have recently
taken delivery of a 04 Disco and kited it out with three Brodit Mounts
(www.brodit.com) one on the A pillar and two on the dash for my GPS kit. I
can supply a URL to photos if anyone's interested, the beauty of Brodit is
they are superb mounts and require no holes drilling as they are custom
designed for each vehicle and clip in or around trim..

Happy to supply impartial advice if you need it.

--
Darren Griffin
PocketGPSWorld - www.pocketgpsworld.com
The Premier GPS Resource for News, Reviews and Forums


 
Mr.Nice. wrote:
> How important is the location of the GPS mouse thingy? could it be
> fixed to the laptop and so work in any rotation/location? or does it
> need a nice dashboard-location?

In a Landrover it needs to be on the dash as far forward as possible, GPS
receivers need clear line of site to the sky for optimum satellite
reception. I have one Bluetooth GPS on the dash and another wedged in the
sunroof edging. Both work fine even with the heated windscreen.

Bluetooth are by far the most adaptable solutions, with no wires you can
place them wherever is best, CF are not prectical in many cars so GPS Mice
are the next best although wires can become an issue.

--
Darren Griffin
PocketGPSWorld - www.pocketgpsworld.com
The Premier GPS Resource for News, Reviews and Forums


 
Peter Seddon wrote:
> It needs a place where it can see as much sky as possible, this is
> true for any GPS antenna. If the car has one of those fancy quick
> clear front screens it wont work properly as the wires in the screen
> cut the signals too much. The roof is the best place, they are
> generally speeking waterproof.

No problem with my Disco's heated windscreen. Also worth pointing out that
few GPS Mice are waterproof these days.


--
Darren Griffin
PocketGPSWorld - www.pocketgpsworld.com
The Premier GPS Resource for News, Reviews and Forums


 
Can any one tell me what a GPS mouse thingy is and would it be of any use
for a tomtom go??

Rich


 
Rich wrote:
> Can any one tell me what a GPS mouse thingy is and would it be of any
> use for a tomtom go??
>
> Rich

A GPS Mouse is a GPS Reciever in a mouse type package that connects to a
PDA, Laptop etc via a cable, e.g. http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/holuxhw.php

It would not work with a GO unit which has a built-in GPS receiver. if you
have signal reception problems with the Go then you need either the external
antenna accessory, see
http://www.pocketgps.co.uk/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=384 or an
GPS Re-radiating antenna, see http://www.pocketgps.co.uk/menu_rerads.php .

--
Darren Griffin
PocketGPSWorld - www.pocketgpsworld.com
The Premier GPS Resource for News, Reviews and Forums


 

"Darren Griffin - PocketGPSWorld" <darren@pocketgpsworld.com> wrote in
message news:41a999f8$0$10561$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net...
> Mr.Nice. wrote:
> > I'm looking for a system that..
> > 1, does not cost the earth.
> > 2, uses OS maps allowing me to work away from roads as well as on
> > them.
> > 3, can navigate me to street addresses.
> > 4, mostly for in-car use but easly removable to use on-foot.
> > 5, isn't going to interfere with my dash-mounted compass.
> >
> > I'm considering one of those laptop pluggy in things working with
> > either autoroute and/or memory-map. The only thing I have against that
> > idea is that the wife will have to sit with the thing on her lap or
> > it'll be sat on the seat and I'll have to look along way from the
> > windscreen to check progress.
> > I'm going to have a laptop with me pretty much all the time.
> >
> >
> > Regards.
> > Mark.(AKA, Mr.Nice.)
>
> No single solution will do all that, if you intend to use a laptop then
> consider InfoMap Navigator as a cheap and usable voice solution for road
> navigation and Memory-Map for the OS stuff. You could get a laptop mount
> from RAM-Mounts but you need a lot of space to use them.
>
> For a PocketPC solution, again Memory-Map for OS maps and TomTom Navigator
> with the excellent (and free) UKPostCode Plug-In from www.digitools.co.uk
..
>
> All the above and many more options reviewed on our site. I have recently
> taken delivery of a 04 Disco and kited it out with three Brodit Mounts
> (www.brodit.com) one on the A pillar and two on the dash for my GPS kit.
I
> can supply a URL to photos if anyone's interested, the beauty of Brodit is
> they are superb mounts and require no holes drilling as they are custom
> designed for each vehicle and clip in or around trim..
>
> Happy to supply impartial advice if you need it.
>
> --
> Darren Griffin
> PocketGPSWorld - www.pocketgpsworld.com
> The Premier GPS Resource for News, Reviews and Forums
>
>

Darren,

I'd love to see the photos. Have I missed a review or a "Reader's Mount" (or
Staff's Mount) ?

Foxy


 
FireFox wrote:
> Darren,
>
> I'd love to see the photos. Have I missed a review or a "Reader's
> Mount" (or Staff's Mount) ?
>
> Foxy

No you haven't missed a review, I only got the Disco a couple of weeks ago
and finally sorted out the mounts yesterday. I've knocked up a quick page
with photos:
http://www.griffinnet.co.uk/ppgps.htm


--
Darren Griffin
PocketGPSWorld - www.pocketgpsworld.com
The Premier GPS Resource for News, Reviews and Forums


 

"Darren Griffin - PocketGPSWorld" <darren@pocketgpsworld.com> wrote in
message news:41aa2afa$0$4030$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
> FireFox wrote:
> > Darren,
> >
> > I'd love to see the photos. Have I missed a review or a "Reader's
> > Mount" (or Staff's Mount) ?
> >
> > Foxy
>
> No you haven't missed a review, I only got the Disco a couple of weeks ago
> and finally sorted out the mounts yesterday. I've knocked up a quick page
> with photos:
> http://www.griffinnet.co.uk/ppgps.htm
>
>
> --
> Darren Griffin
> PocketGPSWorld - www.pocketgpsworld.com
> The Premier GPS Resource for News, Reviews and Forums
>
>

Darren,

a) I hope you enjoy the Disco
b) Very neat!! I look forward to the full write up. I'd be interested (put
it in the write up, don't bother posting details here) in as much detail as
possible on how the cradles "are hard wired into the fuse box".

Foxy


 
Just ordered memory map it's on 3 DVD's so the detail level must me amazing!

something else to play with!!


"Peter Seddon" <peter.seddon@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:30s45vF32efvnU1@uni-berlin.de...
>> I'm looking for a system that..
>> 1, does not cost the earth.
>> 2, uses OS maps allowing me to work away from roads as well as on
>> them.
>> 3, can navigate me to street addresses.
>> 4, mostly for in-car use but easly removable to use on-foot.
>> 5, isn't going to interfere with my dash-mounted compass.
>>
>> I'm considering one of those laptop pluggy in things working with
>> either autoroute and/or memory-map. The only thing I have against that
>> idea is that the wife will have to sit with the thing on her lap or
>> it'll be sat on the seat and I'll have to look along way from the
>> windscreen to check progress.
>> I'm going to have a laptop with me pretty much all the time.
>
> You need a GPS mouse, plugs into a USB port and will work directly with
> the two progs you mention. Anothre latrnative is TOMTOM or Ipac with GPS
> addon.
>
> Peter
>


 
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