trubble wrote:
> I suggest getting a PDA with as large a screen as you can afford.
> Then download a copy of the Memory Map application and a UK map from a.b.warez.pocketpc.gps and try it out.
> Then you are ready to use it in NZ with a map you obtain there.
> Or buy a copy on line and use NZ to play with before you go. This way you can do some early planning.
> Since the maps are 50k scale, they are excellent for driving and walking.
> You don't really need the sort of direction giving in NZ that TomTom et al would provide.
> You can then compare the 50k map with the terrain shown on Google Maps and Earth.
> The app gives you altitude and you can see a 3D representation of the map.
> Anyway, you can read all this on their website.
> btw, the map detail on MM is much superior to Garmin, etc. which tend to be vector graphics rather than georeferenced
> raster imaging.
<<Yeah, I tend to agree with trubble
<<I have a pocket PC (PDA) with built-in GPS, mines an Acer N35 (no longer
<<made). Bought mine on eBay, put a new uprated battery into it, and it's
<<a good as new.
<<I can use it for both road, with TomTom and walking with Memory-Map.
<<you can have both pieces of software installed and the maps on the SD card.
<<Battery life is limited whilst walking to around 3-4hrs if left on all
<<the time, that's the only real drawback(so I turn it off when I'm not
<<looking at it). Plugs into the cigar lighter in the car, or mains at
<<home to charge and you can use it whilst it's charging.
<<Provided you can obtain maps of NZ for Memory-Map this is what I would
<<recommend. I use OS 25000scale maps for walking in the UK with
<<Memory-Map and it's brilliant. Better than a paper map cos you can zoom
<<in and out with the PDA to see precisely where you are.
As a build on this - you could install TomTom (upto vsn 6.74 for PDA, higher vsns are for TomTom devices)\line and MM and run them together. Assuming you have sufficient RAM and card memory.
My IPAQ 4700 has both but since it is WinCE 2003, I have to use GPSGate to enable sharing the \line bluetooth GPS input from a GPS mouse. I have installed both onto an IPAQ with WinCE 5 which \line I'm sure was able to run both without GPSGate.
Frequently I have TT running for the voice and speed camera warnings but have MM on screen\line to see where I am.
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