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quote:Originally posted by Anders:Setting the speed for interstates rather low, and autorouting for "shortest time", makes it possible for you to control to what extent you want to avoid the interstates. Shoot, here in L.A., setting the interstates rather low is just being realistic. Good idea though Anders! Fig

Firefishe, Here's my thoughts on some additions. 1) InfraRed Port - so you can exchange waypoint/route data with another unit, pda, or cell phone. 2) How about a screen like pda's with touch capability. Leave the buttons on just in case, but also the ability to touch the screen and enter commands would be useful. 3) Definitely use Compact Flash cards. And supplemental to that, make sure that the map file format is a plain file format, in otherwords nothing fancy. I use CF cards, and a digital wallet to dump pictures from my camera. The new wallets will allow you to upload from the wallet to the flash cards. If they were accessible this way, my 10gig wallet could hold all the maps I could possibly want, and I could upload them to the CF card if necessary. Also CFII compatibility. Those 1 gig microdrives are incredible. 4) USB/USB2/FireWire capability. 5) The ability to use internal and external memory as you want. In other words, if you have 128mb flash card in the unit, and you want to use it all for log data, then use it, instead of forcing log data to go to the internal memory. I don't know if this makes sense if you don't get what I am talking about, so I will rephrase it a little. Basically the ability to specify the location of all stored information. Being able to point it to either internal or external memory, and the ability to pass files back and forth. 6) Definitely route mapping, with voice. I bought the GPS V for this ability alone. It will need a headphone plug too. I ride a motorcycle and can't even hear the V beep at me. With a headphone jack, I could wire my helmet. 7) Replaceable screens or possibly like my Nokia 3360, where you can buy new covers, which include the clear screen by the way. The reason I mention this is I am really worried about scratching up the screen on my GPS V. I scratched the screen on my Samsung phone, and there's nothing I can do. My Nokia, if the screen gets scratched, I buy a $10 cover, and voila, new screen. Much less stress when carrying it around knowing I can replace the screen if it gets scratched (which it will!) BTW, I have put a WriteRite protector from a Color Palm on there, and so far it's working pretty good. That's all I can think of for now. I'll keep mulling it over. Fig

Firefishe, Here's my thoughts on some additions. 1) InfraRed Port - so you can exchange waypoint/route data with another unit, pda, or cell phone. 2) How about a screen like pda's with touch capability. Leave the buttons on just in case, but also the ability to touch the screen and enter commands would be useful. 3) Definitely use Compact Flash cards. And supplemental to that, make sure that the map file format is a plain file format, in otherwords nothing fancy. I use CF cards, and a digital wallet to dump pictures from my camera. The new wallets will allow you to upload from the wallet to the flash cards. If they were accessible this way, my 10gig wallet could hold all the maps I could possibly want, and I could upload them to the CF card if necessary. Also CFII compatibility. Those 1 gig microdrives are incredible. 4) USB/USB2/FireWire capability. 5) The ability to use internal and external memory as you want. In other words, if you have 128mb flash card in the unit, and you want to use it all for log data, then use it, instead of forcing log data to go to the internal memory. I don't know if this makes sense if you don't get what I am talking about, so I will rephrase it a little. Basically the ability to specify the location of all stored information. Being able to point it to either internal or external memory, and the ability to pass files back and forth. 6) Definitely route mapping, with voice. I bought the GPS V for this ability alone. It will need a headphone plug too. I ride a motorcycle and can't even hear the V beep at me. With a headphone jack, I could wire my helmet. 7) Replaceable screens or possibly like my Nokia 3360, where you can buy new covers, which include the clear screen by the way. The reason I mention this is I am really worried about scratching up the screen on my GPS V. I scratched the screen on my Samsung phone, and there's nothing I can do. My Nokia, if the screen gets scratched, I buy a $10 cover, and voila, new screen. Much less stress when carrying it around knowing I can replace the screen if it gets scratched (which it will!) BTW, I have put a WriteRite protector from a Color Palm on there, and so far it's working pretty good. That's all I can think of for now. I'll keep mulling it over. Fig