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Pocket PC Forum / End Users / Pocket PC / December 2004Using a GPS with a PDA
I recently bought the MapSend CD for my Magellan Sportrack GPS which allows me to connect my GPS to my laptop via the serial port at 4800 baud, and map my progress with my laptop. It also offers POI data (restaurants, hotels, gas stations, parks,etc) that I can lookup on the laptop or transfer to my GPS. However with only 6MB of add on memory I just limit my transfers to street data. If I need to know POI data I use the Yellow Page. Besides that what the former Palm.net offered to my VIIx was so much better for POI data, because it mapped the entire US, while the GPS is limited to a aging CD-ROM disc. I'm suprised at how fast I can transfer 3MB of street data via a 4800 baud connection. Its cool how fast things transfer with a null modem serial connection. Know since my laptop is such a joke for battery power, is it possible to also use my serial port GPS with my PDA? Has anyone here done such a thing, and if so what did you do? I am using a Jornada 720 HPC and a Palm OS type unit. I suppose with the Windows CE device the CF card would serve as the storage area. With the Palm device I dont know how much I could store with only 8MB. My Palm unit connects to my Mac, while my Jornada 720 to my Windows PC. Has anyone else used a GPS with a PDA? It does not matter if its PocketPC, HPC, or Palm. I supose since I use both Mac and Windows there may be a option for me. John  Signaturehttp://johnw.freeshell.org/Stratega/ - A Macintosh Stratego clone http://www.yellowgames.com - A Windows/PocketPC/Windows CE Stratego clone Yes you can use the GPS with your handhelds, but not the MapSend CD data or maps. You basically can set up the SportTrack to deliver GPS data to the handheld as a serial data stream. Typically that is input to the handheld via a sync like cable connection. Then you would need some sort of mapping software to read the incoming GPS data and do something with it on the Handheld. Lots of that stuff available. Delorme makes a package, Street Atlas Handheld that has both Palm and PocketPC components. Not sure about Handhelds. I have a Sporttrack myself and actually find the map data is much more compressed on it than any of my PPC programs, i.e. the file size for he same area is much smaller for the Magellan. With the handheld you do often get the advantage of street routing (as opposed to as-the-crow-flies), and audible prompts. SignatureSven, MS-MVP Mobile Devices > I recently bought the MapSend CD for my Magellan Sportrack GPS which > allows me to connect my GPS to my laptop via the serial port at 4800 [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > John Thank you sir; I will take a look at that package. I suppose that I'd need to purchase a regular palm serial cable over the hotsync cradle, and get a gender changer. As with the HPC the same. For gender changes I will need to go to a nice computer store, over a place like Best Buy which is not guaranteed to sell anything old. John > Yes you can use the GPS with your handhelds, but not the MapSend CD data or > maps. You basically can set up the SportTrack to deliver GPS data to the [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > John > Signaturehttp://johnw.freeshell.org/Stratega/ - A Macintosh Stratego clone http://www.yellowgames.com - A Windows/PocketPC/Windows CE Stratego clone Has anyone (successfully) used this product with HPC? I have the desktop version and am considering an upgrade, soon. I was wondering about their Handheld version and its compatibility with the J720. [stuff deleted] > Delorme makes a package, Street > Atlas Handheld that has both Palm and PocketPC components. Not sure about > Handhelds. [more stuff deleted] Kenny; I am also wondering the same thing. Does anyone know? John > Has anyone (successfully) used this product with HPC? I have the desktop > version and am considering an upgrade, soon. I was wondering about their [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > [more stuff deleted] > Signaturehttp://johnw.freeshell.org/Stratega/ - A Macintosh Stratego clone http://www.yellowgames.com - A Windows/PocketPC/Windows CE Stratego clone Crossposting is really RUDE!!! On 21-Nov-2004, John <johnw_94020@yahoo.com> Flushed this thought from his brain to the screen:: > My Palm unit connects to my Mac, while my Jornada 720 to my Windows PC. > Has anyone else used a GPS with a PDA? It does not matter if its > PocketPC, HPC, or Palm. I supose since I use both Mac and Windows there > may be a option for me. I used the DeLorme Earthmate with my trusty ol' m515 for many trips using a Serial HotSync cable and a Null modem to connect to the GPS... worked like a charm! It solely helped me navigate my family out of JFK back to the "Jersey Shore" to the beaches I grew up in... WyreNut SignatureYou can't shake hands with a clenched fist! -- Indira Ghandi > Crossposting is really RUDE!!! > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > WyreNut Where can I find this? John Signaturehttp://johnw.freeshell.org/Stratega/ - A Macintosh Stratego clone http://www.yellowgames.com - A Windows/PocketPC/Windows CE Stratego clone > My Palm unit connects to my Mac, while my Jornada 720 to my Windows PC. > Has anyone else used a GPS with a PDA? It does not matter if its > PocketPC, HPC, or Palm. I supose since I use both Mac and Windows there > may be a option for me. www.pocketgps.co.uk has alot of info including reviews of software and hardware. SignatureConor Normality will be restored once we work out what normality actually is. Check my web site for lots of information on PDA and GPS systems, hookup and other data. Dale > I recently bought the MapSend CD for my Magellan Sportrack GPS which > allows me to connect my GPS to my laptop via the serial port at 4800 [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > John Signature_ _ Dale DePriest /`) _ // http://users.cwnet.com/dalede o/_/ (_(_X_(` For GPS and GPS/PDAs I'm trying to secure an NEC MobilePro 780 from eBay for this. I've got a Magellan GPS 315 with a serial cable. I've used it with a laptop and Microsoft MapPoint 2002. That program comes with Pocket Streets 2002 and it is supposed to work with a GPS too. So, I'm hoping that I'll have everything that I need for after I get the Handheld PC. Newer versions of Pocket Streets require WinCE 3.0 or better. > I recently bought the MapSend CD for my Magellan Sportrack GPS which > allows me to connect my GPS to my laptop via the serial port at 4800 [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > John I wish that I had known that Microsoft decided not to provide the GPS update for HPC users. Pocket Streets 2002 won't work with my GPS and HPC after all. I could have swore the docs claimed CE HPC Pro support. > I'm trying to secure an NEC MobilePro 780 from eBay for this. > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >> >> John I think you may have fallen foul of a typo error that was on MS.com. I and some of our forum members had the error fixed. Effectivly is stated that the latest version of Streets was CE2 and HPC Pro compatible. They have remedied the situation now. Pocket Streets will work with 2 and Pro, however there is no GPS module. You will have to persue other options. There is at least one thread on the subject on our forum currently, there are software suggestions in there. SignatureChris Tilley Editor-in-Chief ___________________________________________________________________________ HPC:Factor http://www.hpcfactor.com/ HPC:Factor HPC Forums http://www.hpcfactor.com/forums/ >I wish that I had known that Microsoft decided not to provide the GPS >update for HPC users. Pocket Streets 2002 won't work with my GPS and HPC [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >>> >>> John |
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