Gps

[Pika1971]

Hi everyone, I am looking to buy a gps system for a winter skiing trip in Europe in my surf. I have a PDA and tried using the gps on that but it was ****. I want to buy something like this (http://www.handtec.com/acatalog/copy....html#a1_21158) but know nothing about gps, any advice?

[Gizmo]

Hi everyone, I am looking to buy a gps system for a winter skiing trip in Europe in my surf. I have a PDA and tried using the gps on that but it was ****. I want to buy something like this (http://www.handtec.com/acatalog/copy....html#a1_21158) but know nothing about gps, any advice?

try looking at the following site: www.globalpositioningsystems.c o.uk for a variety of kit and links
or www.pocketgps.co.uk

[Maverick]

what software are you using on your PDA, I'm running TOMTOM5 on mine and have had no problems at all.

[Gizmo]

The GPS depends upon you unit....I have a IPAQ With an Arkon [Sirf-ii] cradle and thats fine. Some software you may have to set up using the NMEA configuration [like memory-map on mine, even though there is a setting for SIRF connections]

[Pika1971]

Unit

I have a motorola a1000, its really a phone but has agps. I don't want to use that though, I want to buy a completely separate unit.

[Gizmo]

I use an IPAQ 2210 running TomTom v5.0 and just recently added Memory-Map v5 software

[SparX]

I use an IPAQ 2210 running TomTom v5.0 and just recently added Memory-Map v5 software

Im running Tomtom too , I use that for on road stuff . then you can use the Tomtom reciever to feed the data to other bits of software. I use Beeline GPS for walking to co-ordinates when geocaching and a gem of a software package called GPS TUNER , which you can create your own maps from jpegs , ideal for greenlaning as you can see contours as well. All this runs on a IPAQ 2210 with 512Mb memory.

[IIIrd]

garmin dps stuff is good. their handheld units a well made and easy to use.

[Pika1971]

TomTom

I ended up buying a tomtom GO 700, seems good, even has bluetooth for connecting to a mobile phone, although it is proving a pig to get my mobile to work with it.

[mark g8awo]

I use tom tom 5 every day in a artic and recently i took it over to the US to which it performed with no problems at all.. One thing i will suggest to anybody thinking of going the PDA route is to get a amplified cradle mine has a receiver built into it saves all thoughs orrible wires across the dash, as if i havent got enough wires with HF radios in the back of the truck as well..

[Chiko]

I use a tomtom Go 500 and I can't fault it. It's superb

[dirtydog]

ive got a Sony Clie TH55 bluetoothed to a Navman GPS4460. Great stuff but the newer one has a postcode search which I wish I had!

[cellone]

I use tom tom 5 every day in a artic and recently i took it over to the US to which it performed with no problems at all.. One thing i will suggest to anybody thinking of going the PDA route is to get a amplified cradle mine has a receiver built into it saves all thoughs orrible wires across the dash, as if i havent got enough wires with HF radios in the back of the truck as well..

i have it on my phone O2 Xda IIs and i love it
just getting it in all my vans and my 7.5 tonner how do you set it up to avoid low bridges????

its not something i ever worried about before

[mark g8awo]

you can not set it up to avoid bridges......unless you want to spend hours setting up avoids

if you log onto www.pocketgps.co.uk and look at the forum pages their is a guy on their giving the database away with 2000 bridges to use as POI`s

[Gizmo]

i have it on my phone O2 Xda IIs and i love it
just getting it in all my vans and my 7.5 tonner how do you set it up to avoid low bridges????

its not something i ever worried about before

If you can install POIedit [free software] you can then automatically set up preferences to download items from the database [poi own needs subscription] but you can then autolink to the pocketgps sight for the info...there is low bridges on there.