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I've never really used the GPS in my C905 but I figure it could be useful on my trip to Canada next month.
The thing is, from playing around with it a little it appears to download everything from the internet in real time. I was wondering if there's any way to download maps onto the memory card in advance so I don't need to use data (which will be expensive if even possible abroad) when using it.
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Posted: 2009-01-18 23:45:16
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An application called trekbuddy can do this.
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Posted: 2009-01-18 23:55:46
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As far as I understand, C905 is shipped with google maps, which does not have the ability to pre-load maps. Like wayfinder, (that also comes with C905 in Sweden under certain conditions), it downloads maps on the fly, which indeed will become expensive, especially if you travel abroad.
You would have to seek and find another application that can use the built-in GPS receiver. Unfortunately, I don't know of any such program.
On phones with the Symbian platform, like W950i, you could use TomTom Navigator, for example.
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Posted: 2009-01-19 10:53:59
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sorry to be a noob on this but im planning on buying a GPS G705 and it saids its got GPS...
what program do i use for maps ?? is it using google maps ??? thats not really GPS..
im confused
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Posted: 2009-01-19 13:02:25
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Google maps uses both radio and GPS for positioning. If the phone has a GPS device, google maps will use it, otherwise, it will use the positioning from the GSM antenna locations.
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Posted: 2009-01-19 13:35:53
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like yea g says,trekbuddy is the one you want.
works good on my c905 with maps i made using the application.
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Posted: 2009-01-19 14:57:32
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On 2009-01-19 14:57:32, daviep wrote:
like yea g says,trekbuddy is the one you want.
works good on my c905 with maps i made using the application.
It would be really good if someone really clever and smart would create a concise map-pack for trekbuddy and upload it with torrents.
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Posted: 2009-01-19 16:28:34
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@mistamatrix-that would be very usefull,have found some maps people have made and uploaded on the forum at mgmaps.com but not for my area.
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Posted: 2009-01-19 16:52:45
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Have a look at this thread, C702 Gps:
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=170301&start=30
And at this about "pre loaded maps" with Wayfinder:
http://www.wayfinder.com/?id=10786&lang=en-UK
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Posted: 2009-01-19 20:27:52
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For trekbuddy:
http://www.trekbuddy.net
For maps for tb:
http://gm2tb.awokenmind.de
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Posted: 2009-01-20 07:16:30
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