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C905 GPS - can you download maps in advance? |
steoc4
Joined: Jul 09, 2004
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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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yea g
Joined: Jul 02, 2008
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From: New Zealand
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An application called trekbuddy can do this.
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altemyr
Joined: Jan 21, 2002
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From: Stockholm, Sweden
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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. |
BUFFBOY
Joined: Jul 20, 2005
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From: Sydney
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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 |
altemyr
Joined: Jan 21, 2002
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From: Stockholm, Sweden
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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. |
daviep
Joined: Apr 04, 2005
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From: bonnie scotland
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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. |
mistamatrix
Joined: Nov 21, 2008
Posts: 138
From: Bristol
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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.
k750i=>k810i=>c905=>c905=>c905=>c905=>c905 |
daviep
Joined: Apr 04, 2005
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From: bonnie scotland
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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. |
Iron
Joined: Jan 11, 2008
Posts: 75
From: Sweden
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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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yea g
Joined: Jul 02, 2008
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From: New Zealand
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For trekbuddy:
http://www.trekbuddy.net
For maps for tb:
http://gm2tb.awokenmind.de
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ginek0log
Joined: Jul 30, 2007
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i can suggest great program i use for offline maps:
www.mgmaps.com
You can DL google, yaho, msn ... and others maps for offline usege. They are not routable though  |
TeknoBoi90
Joined: Mar 08, 2008
Posts: 164
From: Piemonte, Italy
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I tried Amaze, Nav4All, Wayfinder & Trekbuddy...
The results are that with Amaze and Nav4All you have the navigation "free" but the downloading of the maps is a pain (expensive and slow if you haven't 3G coverage)...
Trekbuddy has free maps but personally if found it not intuitive, e.g. the menu, the waypoints system etc + plus you have to make the maps and if you want zoom that's another thing (creation of atlas)...
So the soution could be Wayfinder, which you have to pay for... With pre-loaded maps you have to download from the net only 50kb ca. per hour... |
masada1971
Joined: Jun 05, 2008
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i dont know what will happen with wayfinder 8 the newest version,which will come along with newest firmware of c905..will it have pre-installed maps?? |
volvoman
Joined: Dec 15, 2002
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From: Cumbria, England
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Amaze will be offering downloadable maps shortly, in V5.
C702i x 2, T650i, K850i, W850i, K810i, K800i, tomtom GO 910, Brodit proclips. |
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Posted: 2009-01-18 23:45
