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**WoUtEr** Posts: 5

Hello,

I like to know if there is a way to use the GPS without using the internet?
Since i got the phone without internet contract, i pay full price for every single kB.

Are there program's that only make use of the Internet GPS and don't need internet?

Thank you,
Wouter
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Posted: 2008-11-12 21:52:12
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golemsmate Posts: 442

you will need the internet unfortunately because you need to load the maps, i dont think there is an application with preloaded maps because on PDA's they take up like 1gb memory
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Posted: 2008-11-13 15:52:03
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DarkKrypt Posts: > 500

http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=171460&start=4650
ive posted here in the c905 thread that you can get preloaded maps with one application in particular..

On 2008-11-07 03:11:14, DarkKrypt wrote:

On 2008-11-06 19:48:18, harry20larry wrote:
Back to a question I asked a few pages back, can you get GPS software with preloaded maps? (like nokia maps)

http://linuxtechs.net/kruch/tb/forum/index.php
^_(and below trekbuddy)

* bluetooth and serial port GPS, internal (JSR-179), simulator
* offline maps (common grids and projections)
* smart GPX / raw NMEA logs
* waypoints and navigation
* location sharing
* MIDP and Symbian phones
* Windows Mobile devices
* Blackberry devices
* Palm devices (Garnet OS)
... more in wiki

http://vidmar.net/weblog/arch[....]-software-for-java-phones.aspx
^more different types of apps
you can also try nav4all,i dont know if many of these applications work with sony ericsson's
lataz all

edit:
ive been going throught trekbuddy quite abit now..and it seems to be the best application for offline/preloaded maps
you can make your own maps too - one of the applications features - you could call it a feature..
just go through the forums of the first link i gave for trekbuddy
and also use this one too
http://gm2tb.awokenmind.de/
very nice..it will be - i think - great with the c905 and any phone with gps.

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trekbuddy is the probably the one you want..
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Posted: 2008-11-13 16:04:06
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ginek0log Posts: 19

mgmaps is awsome, u can dl maps but try if it recoginses internal gps.
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Posted: 2008-11-19 22:20:14
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DarkKrypt Posts: > 500

On 2008-11-19 22:20:14, ginek0log wrote:
mgmaps is awsome, u can dl maps but try if it recoginses internal gps.

hey ginek0log
nice app,,quite similar to trekbuddy, could be even more simpler..
check it out folks.
lol forgot about mgmaps - theyve improved it heaps..
http://www.mgmaps.com/

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[ This Message was edited by: DarkKrypt on 2008-11-19 21:30 ]
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Posted: 2008-11-19 22:29:54
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chrism_uk Posts: 53

How do you pre-load maps onto your memory card with Trekbuddy?
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Posted: 2008-11-20 10:36:03
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Kikos Posts: 162

you could read at trekbuddy.net
everything is explained there
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Posted: 2008-11-20 11:55:19
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**WoUtEr** Posts: 5

Thank you both for the links to the GPS program's.

I have a question about Mobile GMaps;

When i choose my Country (The Netherlands, Europe) and add Belgium to that.. I generate a .MAP file and then go to the GMapMaker.

Then this program takes hoooours to complete and the maps that he downloaded from the Google server and that i'm supposed to put on my memory stick,, are more then 3GB .. is this normal for two rather small country's?

I choose for Zoom to Level 16 (street level).

Did i do something wrong that makes it so massively big or?
Let alone if i add Germany, i have to buy a new memory card xD
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Posted: 2008-11-20 19:16:35
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Kikos Posts: 162

man, zoom 16 is rather big.
for a small country as Armenia I use zoom edit - 13 (not 11) for the whole country (it's already ~200Mb)
then I have zoom 15 for my city (the capital) (~100Mb more)

so I have ~300Mb satellite maps.

note street maps are small in size - maybe 5 times (don't remember exactly)

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[ This Message was edited by: Kikos on 2008-11-22 11:32 ]
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Posted: 2008-11-20 22:32:23
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**WoUtEr** Posts: 5

Ah, i see why it's so big.

I did Zoom level 0 to 17.

Now i did Zoom level 7 to 17 and it's a lot smaller

..I need to zoom in so far since i have some rather small streets that are literally on each other and not very clear to see, specially on mobile screen

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I thought that he was finishes, but i didn't saw those lines.
He is now at 400MB .. and started with line 2 of 26 lines.
will that be 400MB × 26 lines? :|
That's HUGE .. 10GB, or how does it work?

Thanks!

[ This Message was edited by: **WoUtEr** on 2008-11-20 23:10 ]
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Posted: 2008-11-20 22:43:44
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