google earth/maps gps?

streetpirate

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Oregon City, OR

• Nov 7, 2007

• #1

i em interested in getting a gps for dashboard navigation and trip planning, but im in love with what google is doing these days for maps.
the only gps that use google right now seem to be blackberry phones and the like, then i found this
http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/001623.php

thoughts from real gps users?

 

IntrepidXJ

NAXJA Member #647

Location

Grand Junction, CO

• Nov 7, 2007

• #2

that's a good solution for strictly navigating in your vehicle, as it is not very portable. so if you are not looking for portability, and have no issues mounting a laptop or tablet somewhere in your Jeep......it would work out very well.

i needed something that i could easily move between vehicles and use for geocaching/hiking/etc.....so this would not have been a good setup for me. though, it is pretty cool

 

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98XJLimitedNateWV

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Charleston, WV

• Nov 8, 2007

• #3

I'm not a real GPS user yet, but that looks like exactly what I've been kind of hoping to do. Thanks for the link!

 

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Handlebars

NAXJA Member #135

Location

Albuquerque, NM

• Nov 9, 2007

• #4

I think there comes a point where you can bring along so many electronic devices along to help you enjoy the outdoors that it takes away from the experience of actually being outdoors.

Repeat after me, "My big screen has windshield wipers".

 

Fish'nCarz

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Victor, ID

• Nov 11, 2007

• #5

http://www.gpsreview.net/delorme-earthmate-gps-pn-20/

Just posted this in another thread. It's awesome. Mine has a windshield mount for in the car, but it goes in my pocket for any self-propelled activities.

 

streetpirate

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Oregon City, OR

• Dec 7, 2007

• #6

http://jalopnik.com/cars/navigation/tomtom-google-join-forces-form-googoo-330739.php

 

XJensen

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Sacramento

• Dec 27, 2007

• #7

I just picked up a TomTom for the wife and you can e-mail google maps placemarks and info to it. I have not tried this yet but it looks cool. Both TomTom and google maps/earth use tele atlas basemap data, street centerline.

http://www.tomtom.com/page/tomtom-on-google-maps?Lid=4

EDIT: Now that I took the 2.3 seconds to look at your link that looks like it would be a cool solution, although pricey if you do not already have the laptop.

 

Last edited: Dec 27, 2007

Sting25

twitter.com/cmchadwick

Location

Wheat Ridge, Colorado

• Dec 28, 2007

• #8

I have a garmin 60csx that i run into my tablet. I use google eath with trail maps downloaded from traildamage.com. If you pay the $20/year for google earth plus it will live track using a gps. In properties of google earth I set my cache to the maximum of 2 gigs and then zoom into the areas I will be going to "load" the images/maps. It works great.

 

Sting25

twitter.com/cmchadwick

Location

Wheat Ridge, Colorado

• Dec 28, 2007

• #9

Here is a link to a free tool to auto create your offline google earth caches instead of flying around and manualy doing it.

http://bx11.gratis-server.de/gecacher.htm

Remember you need the $20/year plus version of google earth and to set your cache to 2 gigs...