+cedar creek bassmaster Posted January 22, 2006 Posted January 22, 2006 I am looking for software to load on my PDA (Dell Axim) that will manage caches, has maps and will give turn by turn directions. I use a blue tooth conection to the GPS receiver and have found software that is great for geocaching but not good with maps or turn by turn directions and vice versa. Anyone know a good combo. that is out there? Quote
+WizCreations Posted January 22, 2006 Posted January 22, 2006 I suggest you post in GPS Units and Software. Quote
+Night Stalker Posted January 22, 2006 Posted January 22, 2006 Streets and trips will support you as far as showing where on the map you are currently, but I don't think it will give turn by turn. I suspect you will need some specialty software for that. Quote
+Quiggle Posted January 22, 2006 Posted January 22, 2006 Moving to GPS Units and Software forum. Quote
+Alan2 Posted January 22, 2006 Posted January 22, 2006 (edited) Mapopolis for audible and visual auto-navigation. You can try this for free for 9 days - mapopolis.com Mapopolis also has bearing, distance to cache and current coordinates for use in the woods. It also has a breadcrumb tracking feature. gpxtomaplet to overlay all the cache icons on top of the Mapopolis maps so you can use it to autonavigate to the nearest street by the cache locations. I don't know which other navigation programs do tghis in PPC's but this is a really great feature. You can see where the caches are while you are just driving around. gpxsonar for paperless caching; to see the web pages in your PPC. Edited January 22, 2006 by Alan2 Quote
+WalruZ Posted January 22, 2006 Posted January 22, 2006 Mapopolis is an important part of my geocaching setup. I use a geko for my gps, just an arrow (and a compass, it's a 301). My palm has cachemate for caches and mapopolis for mapping. Cachemate has a mapopolis plug-in that will export caches such that they show up on the mapopolis map. It does do turn-by-turn, although I'm not a big user. In unfamiliar complex areas it can be very handy. Naturally it doesn't show you where you are on the map, but I can usually figure that out for myself. The map is easier to manipulate than a map loaded into, say, a legend. If your palm will run it I recommend trying it - the cost is pretty reasonable. Quote
+mlk3454 Posted January 22, 2006 Posted January 22, 2006 (edited) I use TomTom with my axim and love it. It is paired up with a Holux GPslim236 bluetooth receiver and the sirf III chipset works wonders nicely tucked away in my glovebox. I also use BeeLine for caches but that is just when I dont have my hand held with me. Edited January 22, 2006 by mlk3454 Quote
+GeckoGeek Posted January 22, 2006 Posted January 22, 2006 Naturally it doesn't show you where you are on the map, but I can usually figure that out for myself. Is that just because you don't have the Palm connected to the GPS? I've seccessfuly connected my Geko 201 to a Palm IIIxe and got Cachemate to talk to it. Just take the Geko cable and the Palm serial cable and connect them together with a 9-pin null modem adapter. Quote
+Alan2 Posted January 23, 2006 Posted January 23, 2006 I use TomTom with my axim and love it. It is paired up with a Holux GPslim236 bluetooth receiver and the sirf III chipset works wonders nicely tucked away in my glovebox. I also use BeeLine for caches but that is just when I dont have my hand held with me. Can you overlay caches into Tom Tom like Mapopolis? Quote
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