[Maced] Car GPS

[Jason Bradley]

Actually Dave I was given a new mobile phone by my wife two weeks ago  
( a gift for suffering though this darn knee reconstruction) its a  
Nokia N95 8GB. Darn amazing phone and it has a standard GPS receiver  
built in. Also came with a free 6 month trial to the maps application.  
The GPS receiver works the same as a standard magellon, eg way points  
etc. Then with the maps app it works like an in car navigator. The  
problem with the later is it downloads the maps via the phone (they  
are always up to date though) so downloads are big. It doesnt matter  
when i am in the city on the 3 Network but when roaming on the telstra  
network..... OUCH. An of course if there is no mobile signal...there  
are no maps.

Cheers

Jason

On 02/12/2007, at 8:22 AM, Hounsell, Dave wrote:

> And paper maps have to me a huge advantage in wilderness areas -  
> they never malfunction - as long as you have a compass so the map's  
> not upside down and a rough idea where you are so you know which map  
> to use!
>
> You make some interesting points below Scott.
> It seems that Car GPS are a great tool for most situations.
>
> As an aside, I also read an interesting article where Google are  
> planning to triangulate your mobile phone and show your location as  
> a red dot on a map.
> Not going to help much out in the bush though.
>
> Dave Hounsell
> Assistant Principal Technology
> http://www.broulee-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/
> Broulee PS
> 612 44718304



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