A $40 GPS for your travels
Jun 16th, 2007, 05:11 PM
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A $40 GPS for your travels
Through 19 June 2007, Fry's Electronics is offering the DeLorme Earthmate LT-20 GPS receiver bundled with their Street Atlas USA 2008 for $59.99 with two $10 rebates (one of which requires proof of ownership of another mapping program). So for $40 or $50, you have all the hardware you need to run Microsoft AutoRoute, which offers country- to street-level routing and navigation with voice directions all over Europe on your laptop. AutoRoute can be found on eBay for a very few dollars.
Jun 17th, 2007, 07:27 AM
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Why the attack posture? You don't know anything.
I live for my family, music, literature, golf, and flying. The fact that you use paper instead of silicon says far more about you than it does me.
I live for my family, music, literature, golf, and flying. The fact that you use paper instead of silicon says far more about you than it does me.
Jun 17th, 2007, 07:34 AM
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while I am not very savy with electronic gadgets of sorts, there have been times when a GPS would've worked wonders. Try reading a map at night and you're lost. I am going straight to DH with this one. Thanks Robes!
Jun 17th, 2007, 08:30 AM
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Microsoft mapping software (<i>Streets & Trips</i> for U.S. and <i>AutoRoute</i> for Europe) works as well as any I've seen. It has all the best features, such as autocompute if you have to deviate from a planned route, and voice prompts.
<i>p.s.</i> in order to make the LT-20 play nice with software other than DeLorme's, it is necessary to install their Serial Emulator.
delorme.com/support/SupportTemplate.aspx?id=319
<i>p.s.</i> in order to make the LT-20 play nice with software other than DeLorme's, it is necessary to install their Serial Emulator.
delorme.com/support/SupportTemplate.aspx?id=319
Jun 17th, 2007, 11:53 PM
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Robespierre - with Autoroute, can you load that on a Pocket PC with on onboard GPS receiver or do you have to load it on a pc and download routes/maps to the PPC? I am looking for an inexpensive European navigation program that will effectively turn the PPC into a handheld GPS.
Jun 18th, 2007, 05:21 AM
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Packed - absolutely. See microsoft.com/autoroute
Ripit - no, AutoRoute doesn't run on a PPC, and it hasn't made downloadable maps since MS stopped marketing Pocket Streets in 2006.
But to make a PPC into a handheld GPS, you might look at tinyurl.com/2ztexj
Ripit - no, AutoRoute doesn't run on a PPC, and it hasn't made downloadable maps since MS stopped marketing Pocket Streets in 2006.
But to make a PPC into a handheld GPS, you might look at tinyurl.com/2ztexj
