N95 and Satnav software problem ??

On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:28:16 +1000, NightStalker
<[email protected]> wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>,
>[email protected] says...
>>
>> I live in Manila, and the maps of that city only show a few of the
>> major roads, which makes it quite useless for navigating. In other
>> parts of the Philippines outside of the major cities its even worse.
>>
>> I believe the same would be true of any country that doesn't have maps
>> shown as being available under Nokia Map Loader.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>
>And does TomTom, Navman or Garmin have better maps of those areas?

TomTom has no maps at all for the Philippines. Not sure about the
others.

Chris

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"ChrisM" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Having used the Tom-Tom maps to drive by, I certainly wouldn't trust
>> their accuracy walking in mountainous terrain.
>
> But surely they are designed to be used for driving and not for walking...
> or is that your point?

Sort of. I understand they are intended primarily for road use, but finding
that the road maps contain some inaccurate information I would not trust
them for walking up mountains.

> I know you can get special 'walkers' GPS systems that display (what looks
> like) the UK OS Landranger series of maps...

Yes, a proper tool for the purpose.

--
Brian
"Fight like the Devil, die like a gentleman."

Route66 version545 can use N95 GPS, but you need to sign the sw
before you install it;

and N95 nokia map is good, but the navigation is not free you need to
pay for that;

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:47:26 GMT, thelane <[email protected]> wrote:

>Is there any software that is compatible with an N95 that uses the
>onboard GPS. Garmin, Route66 or any others.

Consider extgps if you would like to use your n-95 gps with a
bluetooth connected pda/notebook device. Currently free & in beta, it
worked with my tablet pc.

http://www.symarctic.com/beta/index.php?category=1