+tonydenson Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Have just acquired a TomTom Bluetooth GPS to go with my iPaq. Is there any software around that will give a similar display to my Etrex (i.e. arrow and distance) to be able to use the PDA as the primary device for finding a waypoint. Quote Link to comment
Team 'James W' Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 I've found Beeline GPS to work quite well, it works alongside Pocket Sonar .gpx files so that you can view your GeoCache page, then select the appropriate waypoint in BeeLine. It's also got the Cache symbols (Treasure Chest, etc.) Hope this helps James Quote Link to comment
DaBeEm Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Ive been using Beeline over the weekend, with good results, useful for adding notes on the cache too. Adding waypoints by hand seems nice and easy too. Quote Link to comment
JackiePenn Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 BeelineGPS and gpstuner spring to mind, Neither are freeware. Quote Link to comment
+kbootb Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Google for GPSdash. Not free but works well. Watch the battery life on the PDA though. Quote Link to comment
+Moote Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Just got Beeline I am very impressed, GPX Tuner is also good bot lacks some eatures of Beeline. Moote Quote Link to comment
+tonydenson Posted January 30, 2006 Author Share Posted January 30, 2006 THanks everyone, I'll take a look at Beeline (I had already downloaded GPSTuner but didn't have enough free memory to run it, I need to reorganise my PDA). Quote Link to comment
+Moote Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 This PDA guide I wrote might help you understand PDA resource management. PDA Guide Moote Quote Link to comment
+tonydenson Posted January 31, 2006 Author Share Posted January 31, 2006 Thanks. Quote Link to comment
+tonydenson Posted February 2, 2006 Author Share Posted February 2, 2006 Just realised a conceptual problem here. My Garmin Etrex Summit always points at the waypoint becasue it knows which way it is being held (it has an ibuilt compass). This of course is not true of the PDA. Quote Link to comment
JackiePenn Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 (edited) Just realised a conceptual problem here. My Garmin Etrex Summit always points at the waypoint becasue it knows which way it is being held (it has an ibuilt compass). This of course is not true of the PDA. Yeah its a kick in the teeth when you start using a PDA after using the likes of a GPS with a proper built in electronic compass. You'll have to go back to the old school 'GPS DANCE' to get the pointer ...er pointing. I have to say I have rarely use the pointer on the PDA I have found all recent caches with memorymap and its distance to target readout. This is with either displaying an OS map or with the fantastic aid of an aerial photograph. Edited February 2, 2006 by stonefisk Quote Link to comment
+tonydenson Posted February 2, 2006 Author Share Posted February 2, 2006 Hmmm yes, maybe I'll keep my Etrex Summit with me at all times as well. I guess the point about MM is that if you have a sufficiently detailed map (25000) then you have a sense of which geographical direction the cache will be. Quote Link to comment
+marknhelen Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 This looks an amazing piece of kit. I use tomtom 3 for the car and a GPS60 when out of the car. My question is, would it work with my tomtom receiver ? Quote Link to comment
+marknhelen Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Many thanks (as usual), I will try it on a trip away this weekend. Quote Link to comment
JackiePenn Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 I guess the point about MM is that if you have a sufficiently detailed map (25000) then you have a sense of which geographical direction the cache will be. The distance to target becomes the more important reading than the pointer, just need get your mind around using the new arrangement. On a side note, the aerial photograph in MemoryMap mostly provides that extra detail much better than the OS maps that is why is a great bonus to cache location whilst backing up the OS map. Even after long period of time since the date of capture the surrounding land rarely changes that greatly. You can identify individual trees, buttress in walls and fences. The true lay of a footpath across a field rather than the OS suggested route and so on. The other day whilst doing this GCRXDC cache I passed a corn field which had been all harvested apart from a strip left for pheasant run feed. I was blown away when looking at the aerial photograph to see the exact strip being displayed right there on a God knows how many year old photograph. Year in year out the farmer must leave this strip like that. I guess that example is only a helpful navigation at certains of year Quote Link to comment
+tonydenson Posted February 2, 2006 Author Share Posted February 2, 2006 I've never really looked at the aerial photos in MM. Are these that you are using the standard ones that come with the 25000 maps, and also, do you download just the bits you want to the PDA ? Quote Link to comment
JackiePenn Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 I've never really looked at the aerial photos in MM. Are these that you are using the standard ones that come with the 25000 maps, and also, do you download just the bits you want to the PDA ? Yes I am using the 1:25,000 aerial photos, think I have a fair chunk of the UK coverage on the PC (would have to check). As for the PDA, I have simply drawn a track around the whole of the Wiltshire border (in two parts, east and west) and have installed that onto the SD card (Later MM allows this odd shaped to be sent to PDA rather than in big wasteful squares). So yeah, I downloaded just the bits I frequently need...the whole of Wiltshire. On the OS map side, the PDA holds quite a bit more. I have installed 1:50,000 maps of the following entire grid regions SO SP ST SU which covers my stomping ground and then some. I have a few 1:25,000 OS maps but yet to have the opportunity to use them on the PDA. Quote Link to comment
+tonydenson Posted February 2, 2006 Author Share Posted February 2, 2006 That particular sample you uploaded looks somewhat better resolution than the 25000 ones I have with MM (Yorkshire Dales and Lake District), or is that just an optical illusion. Quote Link to comment
JackiePenn Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 That particular sample you uploaded looks somewhat better resolution than the 25000 ones I have with MM (Yorkshire Dales and Lake District), or is that just an optical illusion. They are aerial photographs of the UK on a OS grid code basis (ST, TL, SO etc etc) under the copyright of "Getmapping plc & EVO Distribution Ltd". I do not know if they are the same as the ones bundled with the OS 1:25000 maps. Quote Link to comment
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