Aviation+Street GPS

Charles,

Does anyone know of any reasonable cost GPSs suitable for both street
and aviation use.


In a word: No. While the Garmin 296 is a nice unit, it will be much
more expensive than, say, a Lowrance 600c for aviation (the Airmaps
don't do turn-by-turn) and any TomTom, Garmin or whatever for streets.

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Charles Talleyrand wrote:


A Garmin GPSMAP 96 with the MapSource CD-ROM. It runs 375+99= $474.
This is not the color unit and only has 13M available for street
data. I have no idea if this is enough. And the screen is small.
But it's a Garmin, which means the interface is liked by me.


That's not nearly enough memory. I know what it took for the PDA with
those other two programs. So when I got the 296 I had to buy a memory
card, I bought the biggest one Garmin offered, 512MB. The price was
terrible but whaddyer gonna do? I was taking a trip so I downloaded the
entire states of Montana, Wyoming, North and South Dakota and Minnesota.
That was about 36 MB. So if the 96 doesn't have a memory card option
it won't work.



A reconditioned Garmin GPS Pilot III for about $300, and any street
gps for another $300. Total $600. The screens will be larger.

The Pilot III screen is the same size as the 96 screen. I've had them both.

In a previous article, Newps said:
those other two programs. So when I got the 296 I had to buy a memory
card, I bought the biggest one Garmin offered, 512MB. The price was
terrible but whaddyer gonna do? I was taking a trip so I downloaded the
entire states of Montana, Wyoming, North and South Dakota and Minnesota.
That was about 36 MB. So if the 96 doesn't have a memory card option
it won't work.

My 296 has a 256Mb memory card and I'll curse Garmin to my dying days for
not using a standard memory form factor like SD or CF. Putting in detail
maps for the entire drive from Rochester NY to Oshkosh fills it up.

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Hi,

Please send me an email and let me know what you don't like. We've been
getting excellent feedback on the new animated NEXRAD, Victor Airways, etc.
In fact, I used the new runway layout page with GPS yesterday and it really
helped. When we add new features, we try really hard to ensure that the
usability is not affected and we're always working on improving speed,
usability etc. I *really* do want your feedback on this because I cannot
think one case where a new WingX feature has detracted from a
current/previous feature.

The W&B is largely unchanged, the AF/D is mostly unchanged other than the
addition of important airport remarks and hot-linked phone numbers, same for
METAR/TAFs, FARs (it is now searchable)...

Again, I really would appreciate your feedback on this.

hilton*hiltonsoftwareDOTcom

Thanks,

Hilton


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Andrew Sarangan wrote:



I would recommend WingX for the aviation software, and Tomtom for the
street software, both running on the pocketpc.

I use Wing X also, but not the latest version, the one before that. The
latest is not as good, way too much crap on there.

Oh, BTW, there are screen shots of the new features I mentioned he

http://www.hiltonsoftware.com

Thanks,

Hilton

On 2007-05-21, Andrew Sarangan wrote:
On May 20, 7:54 pm, Newps wrote:

I would recommend WingX for the aviation software, and Tomtom for
the street software, both running on the pocketpc.

I'd like to try Xwing, but Microsoft products are such poor quality
garbage (both in terms of reliability and interface), and Xwing seems
to be completely dependant on PocketPC. There is no chance I would
allow Microsoft to support any aspect of my aviation navigation.

Are there any aviation GPS apps for PalmOS that folks recommend?

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In a previous article, Justin Gombos said:
Are there any aviation GPS apps for PalmOS that folks recommend?

FlightMaster+CoPilot. See http://aeropda.com/ for details.

(I'm a slightly biased observer here - if you buy it through aeropda.com
instead of downloading and registering the two applications separately, I
get a small cut.)


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On 2007-05-22, Paul Tomblin wrote:

FlightMaster+CoPilot. See http://aeropda.com/ for details.

Excellent! Looks like a good product for the money. It also seems
this is the "reasonably priced" nav system the OP is looking for.

(I'm a slightly biased observer here - if you buy it through
aeropda.com instead of downloading and registering the two
applications separately, I get a small cut.)

No problem.. thanks for pointing it out. Do you use the tool as your
*primary* nav system, or is it a backup?

It seems the Palm cradle would have to have a hood to shade the
screen. I could see the sun making a PDA LCD impossible to see.

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You'll have to get over your Microsoft phobia. I've had both platforms.
Palm is a horrible operating system for these types of operations.




Justin Gombos wrote:

On 2007-05-22, Paul Tomblin wrote:

FlightMaster+CoPilot. See http://aeropda.com/ for details.


Excellent! Looks like a good product for the money. It also seems
this is the "reasonably priced" nav system the OP is looking for.


(I'm a slightly biased observer here - if you buy it through
aeropda.com instead of downloading and registering the two
applications separately, I get a small cut.)


No problem.. thanks for pointing it out. Do you use the tool as your
*primary* nav system, or is it a backup?

It seems the Palm cradle would have to have a hood to shade the
screen. I could see the sun making a PDA LCD impossible to see.

Palm is a horrible operating system for these types of operations.

What is it about "these types of operations" that makes Palm horrible
for them (presumably without making it horrible for other stuff?)

Jose
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