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Anyone bought a GPS receiver ( for use with an online system) that they could recommend?
I'm thinking of the Nav4all program in the 'Software' forum with a W800.
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Posted: 2006-03-11 09:56:14
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I bought a cheap one from ebay (doesnt have a brand written on it) that does the job quite well.
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Posted: 2006-03-11 09:58:27
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Do they need a clear line of sight or can you put it in your pocket?
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Posted: 2006-03-11 13:17:00
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I have a Holux GR-230 BT GPS, which I use together with WayFinder on my SE K750i, and it works just fine :-)
Even if I put the GPS inside of my car, which as electric windshield - the GPS still receive!
Everyone is a mazed when they discover my cellphone leading us directly to our destination :-)
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Posted: 2006-03-11 15:16:21
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By the one that is on nav4all homepage its a holux 236 that is very good in tests allover the net.And now they sell it for only 69.50€ very chep.i cant find a price on this one cheper than 120€ on the net.
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Posted: 2006-03-11 17:25:14
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Thanks for the help. I've done a bit of research and I think I'll go with the Holox GPSlim 236 Bluetooth
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Posted: 2006-03-12 13:56:48
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THX a lot too!
Maybe someone has some more details about the navigation etc... Needs to be connected to GPRS all the time ? Reliability of it all ?
Thanks a lot!
Indeed, nav4all seems a perfect solution.
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Posted: 2006-03-26 16:04:37
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THX a lot too!
Maybe someone has some more details about the navigation etc... Needs to be connected to GPRS all the time ? Reliability of it all ?
Thanks a lot!
Indeed, nav4all seems a perfect solution.
I think you mean 'does it need to be connected to GPS all the time?'- u know, GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) is for Internet use (e.g. to surf mobile WAP) using a local mobile antenna, whereas GPS is Global Positioning System which is used with software such as Nav4all, which connects to satellites up in space via GPS.
You'd need to be constantly connected to the GPS sattelites otherwise the system won't be able to track and calculate co-ordinates and display where you are in that point in time. It doesn't really matter how long your connected because it uses GPS, not GPRS which is for mobile internet (which usually charges per 1MB of data transfered).
As with reliability, i think so long as you don't block the connected that goes up in space (like driving through a tunnel for instance) it should be reliable.
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Posted: 2006-03-26 16:29:52
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Ok, thanks for your answer!
I read somewhere that GPRS was required for continuous updates and calculations (in the case of nav4all). I'll check it again as I might be mistaken.
Of course, GPS is necessary
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Posted: 2006-03-28 19:44:06
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Yes it use gprs also to calculat routes.If we talking nav4all its a offbord navigaton so the program dosnt have the map or route data in the memory. It has to connect to the nav4alls database via gprs to make a route.But its very low cost in this program due to the way it is suposed to work with arrows rihgt and left an so on.It uses more gprs data if you want to look att the map all the time.But a map in a smal display like mobilphone you likly to drive off the road!! better to Use the arrows.
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Posted: 2006-03-28 20:45:54
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