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Just loaded a map for walking tomorrow and have had to spply to friends whom I am meeting up with various bits of info such as how long the walk will be, how high we will be climbing etc, etc This got me thinking...it should be possible to add features when using waypoints such as average speed, dis...

Hi Frank, I think you are running these two on the same machine as I am - HTC Wizard, Qtek9100 etc, etc. I had real problems with TomTom and assigning a serial port, so what I did with GPSMap-OS was to load up Franson GPS splitter - and then change the GPS receiver port in TomTom to the one which sa...

Hi Simon, As you say this is possibly machine dependant. I have a number of other programs using up the memory on my PDA/Phone which use up a lot of memory - esp TomTom. This seems to eat memory up. It is not too bad though as the total area of maps I can load is more than adequate for what I need.

Thanks Dr Matt...I did suspect as much. I have been playing around with map resolutions and sizes. I scanned part of an OS 1:50,000 of Yorkshire Dales for my test around Hawes. I got the resolution to around 80 dpi and it was still very legible and with a total image size of 101Kb (card size - don't...

This is a trail from Hawes in Wharfedale, through Apperset and heading towards Hardraw. The trail stops before Hardraw though as the battery on the GPS went flat

The GPS is very good on its accuracy but it tells lies on its charging state.

By way of reply to myself. I have now used the GPSMap OS v1.5 and this allows me to track my route and save as a .kml file. This file will simply load into Google Earth and show the route you travelled. Simple but brilliant for me 'cos I like to mark my walking routes on the my maps so I am not doin...

Hi Mark, All I did was copy the .exe file across using Active sync into put it into the My Documents folder on the PDA. I then went into My Documents on the PDA using File Explorer and then cut and pasted the .exe file into windows>start menu>programs. A dialog came up asking "This file a...

Hi Mark, I'm using a JRT-29 Bluetooth GPS which I got off eBay for 23 quid inc postage. The seller had plenty for sale. It is probaly a generic type of unit. This is the same type of unit, but not the same seller. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bluetooth-42-Channel-GPS-receiver-device-PDA-Car...

I installed the new version earlier and then went out and had a walk to test it so I could make a .kml file to download into Google Earth. I did a couple of miles or so on the road & fields surrounding my house and when I got back to the front door I saved the route. I have just loaded it into G...

I have mine working on an unlocked HTC Wizard with an updated ROM flashed onto it, (petty much the same as a T-Mobile MDA, O2 XDA, Q-Tek 9100) running Windows Mobile 5 with a 2Gb SD card as storage. This gets its GPS from a Bluetooth GPS receiver. Seems to work very well. I also use it to run TomTom...

Hi Everyone, I seem to have difficulties loading some maps. I have tried saving the map image in different formats i.e. .png, .bmp, .jpg but I keep getting the dialog box Error - "Failed to load map" :cry: What are the format limitations, and what is the best format? i.e. size, pixel per i...

I have been experimenting with the GPS Map OS software and I decided to load a detailed OS map of my home and surrounding area into my PDA. This map was taken from Promap and used vector data as I needed to use it in AutoCAD. I converted the ACAD drawing into a .png image and it loaded fine. In orde...

Thanks for reply Dr Matt. I know that 3-4 metres isn't too bad, I suppose I'm just being a tad pedantic :oops: That update sounds great. 8) In fact I had my pda and gps receiver in the car with me today and the tracking on it was absolutely bang on (except for the offset :roll: ) within the map I lo...

I have to say that I'm amazed by this program and its versatility too. Something that uses OS map references not just Long & Lat is a bonus !! I copied & loaded a map tile from Streetmap in the area I live. At a certain zoom they give the OS Contour lines too. The calibration data I had was ...