+GeoSprite Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 My FIL bought a Magellan Meridian Gold but is returning it tomorrow. He didn't like the difficulty in creating customized routes. His next option is the iQue 3600. He wants to create customized routes between Texas and Wisconsin - including a return trip over a more easterly route. Therefore, he needs LOTS of memory. Hence, the iQue idea. They also like the idea of being able to point to things with the stylus. I've heard bad things about the battery. Would this still be a good option for them, considering it will be used in the car for street directions - not for offroad geocaching excursions? Are there any pitfalls I should be aware of? My own personal experience is with Garmin V using MapSource data and GSAK. I'd recommend the gpsmap76C, but I don't think the 115MB would be enough to get him to Wisconsin and back by two widely varying routes. Any thoughts? I hate to send him in the wrong direction, and they want to order this tomorrow (Wednesday) in order to have it on their trip Friday. They are not the most tech-knowledgeable folks. That's another reason I thougth the straight gps would be easier, but then there's that memory issue... and their infatuation with that iQue screen. Thanks in advance for any advice, GeoSprite Who now also has caught the gps bug and is trying to hold back from getting a 60C. Quote Link to comment
+GeoSprite Posted June 16, 2004 Author Share Posted June 16, 2004 Oops... other details (aka questions <G>) were left out. I know that Mapsource mapsets can be sent to the iQue. Can one also send waypoints and/or routes made in mapsource to the iQue? Or does all the routing, etc. have to happen in the gizmo, itself? GeoSprite Quote Link to comment
+JDan150 Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 On my iQue I don't know of a way to send a route to it. But it is easy to make one on the unit. just choose where you want to go, let it make a route there then add via points by choosing a waypoint (which you can transfer from mapsource), finding an address, point of interest or or just use the stylus to point at sone part of the map. Once you make a route on the iQue you can save it for later use. Quote Link to comment
+BassSax Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 I have an iQUE 3600, and it has proved a great caching GPS. I did add a 512M SD stick so now I have more than enough memory for topo maps, etc. Cachemate works well, but all entries in Cachemate must first be entered in the iQUE address book - as a waypoint. Then the mapping part of the iQUE will function for routing. Funny, but if the minimum map scale for the iQUE was say- 50 feet - instead of 120 feet, you wouldn't need Cachenav. Still I use the iQUE map to get me close to a location using the setting "track up" in GPS preferences. I wonder how rugged any GPS device really is - any device that gets dropped onto concrete is almost a gonner, but I know that most PDA'S would really suffer. Basssax (Kim Warner) email me at kmwarner@duratekinc.com for a more convient response. Quote Link to comment
+TotemLake Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 (edited) One of the problems I had with setting up my customer's IQue 3600 was we ran into a glass ceiling with a size limitation of the map. According to Garmin's CS, the max you can expect to make for a usable map is 140MB. Go beyond that size and data will be dropped to accomodate including the larger region. That data can include POI's, streets, cities, or small towns. We experienced the last three. She wasn't interested in POI's so we didn't confirm if that was lost too. Edited June 18, 2004 by TotemLake Quote Link to comment
+GeoSprite Posted June 18, 2004 Author Share Posted June 18, 2004 That's good to know. Without very much research, it "appears" that one is only limited by the size of the SD card. My FIL was able to upload map sections from Texas to Wisconsin... and another set following another route back. It took roughly 90MB, so he should be fine with that. It makes me wonder why they bother to accept such huge cards when you can't utilize them fully. GeoSprite Quote Link to comment
+TotemLake Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 It makes me wonder why they bother to accept such huge cards when you can't utilize them fully. The SD card can be utilized by the Palm software and other applications as well. It isn't just for the GPS side of it. Quote Link to comment
MIQ_WRX Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Here's a thread about the map size limit: PDA Street Forums The site this came from is the best for info on the iQ. -MIQ Quote Link to comment
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