GPS devices - Universal Thread

[diffuser911]

^^Well all you need to do is select Yahoo! India Road maps on the site www.mapcacher.com and the downloader will do the rest for you. The output folder will be having the same name.

[Neel08]

^^^
ehhh...... Sorry..missed the dropdown menu ....But thanks a lot for your nice help.

[Snow]

Got a Chinese 5" GPS from a chinese shopping site (HK Based). I dont know if it is allowed or not to mention the site name here. It is working fine with almost all software and map like Sygic, Miero MM!, Garmin, Ndrive.
Buy a Cigerate lighter socket for Rs. 90/- Will fit it soon to my Apache RTR 160. I will use this GPS with my Bike.

[sourabh2910]

Difference between a GPS Tracker, Reciever and Navigator?

Hey Guys, Here's my situation.

I have decided to go for a GPS device for I am going to tour a lot and To be safe and sure, I think it is important to have a GPS device alongside.

I Already have a Sony Ericsson W705 which comes with Google Maps. Although it is accurate upto 90% of times I have used the only things it misses out on is "My location" especially if I am on the move within the city and sometimes on NH's.... I also have a Blackberry Curve 8520 which has an option to connect a GPS device to it through usb/bluetooth.

My Questions:

1. Do I need to get a gps device in 1st place looking at the way Google maps on my sony ericsson is working? If we venture into the hills or some place remote, obviously the Data connections (GPRS/EDGE/HSDPA) not going to be guaranteed there..

2. Whats the difference between a Tracker, Reciever and a Navigator? Is it enough for me to get a reciever since i can plug it to my BBerry? or do i need a tracker/navigator...

I have seen some GPS devices on ebay.in... mainly from Holux/Garmin

Please Advice. Cheers!

[rajesh1136]

Help needed in Fixing GPS Device(nokia 5800) in Bike

Hi all,

I did a search for word GPS im surprised to see no results coming up for that.

So decided to create a thread.

I'm planning to fix my Nokia 5800 (which has Garmin with map) in my bike. Is there products which we can buy directly and fix it ?

there are car holders but i dont think it will be good for bikes.

Please also tell about the availability of the product and if anyone tried before ?

[bfl]

GPS devices

I am looking for a handheld GPS system which I may carry with me on rides for getting positioning info,also are there GPS devices which may be used to locate the bike in case of theft etc..

Please let me know the model,price and from where we may procure them?

[sunilg]

Query approved and merged.

[Rony]

Google Street View is here !

Guys check this out !

Google Street View comes to India - The Times of India

[hunkofgals]

hey guys
ive recently purchased
CASCA navigation system for my car
can u say me where to download the maps
they have given me preloaded maps
but i want to upgrade

if possible say me how to install them also

thanks in advance

[abhijitkn]

Website

hey guys
ive recently purchased
CASCA navigation system for my car
can u say me where to download the maps
they have given me preloaded maps
but i want to upgrade

if possible say me how to install them also

thanks in advance

Hi,

Check out the OEM website.

[abhijitkn]

GPS Anti theft & GPS system

I am looking for a handheld GPS system which I may carry with me on rides for getting positioning info,also are there GPS devices which may be used to locate the bike in case of theft etc..

Please let me know the model,price and from where we may procure them?

For GPS anti theft systems check here. But I'm not sure the availbility & usefulness in India.
I use Garmin eTrex Vista HcX which is a very good GPS. I loaded it with Indian City Navigator Maps (though little costly). I find it pretty useful since I mainly used it while hiking & trekking as well as now while riding. lots of options & with Mapsource you can transfer the data to Google earth. I bought it for 11K..about 3 yrs back.
Check out Garmin India website, now plenty of other good options are also available.

[revvhard]

Ok, read enough. What I can do here is help out guys using Nokia's GPS enabled phones.

• First of all, of course, get the phone. I am using a Nokia 6210 Navigator.
• Ditch the Nokia Maps software, it's useless outside the 4-5 cities that are provided there.
• Download MGMaps and install it on your phone
• Go to the site Mobile GMaps - Map Tile Caching tools, download and install gMapMaker on your computer.
• Go to www.mapcacher.com and select the area whose map you require, the map type, detail level and zoom levels required. Yahoo India road maps has the best coverage. Sinlge clicks are used to mark the area boundary. Clicking on generate will ask you to save a .map file.
• Run gMapMaker and select the option "MGMaps mode, use a .map file" and click Go. Locate the .map file in your computer and let the apllication download map tiles for a while in the output directory specified.
• Copy the output to your phone card and start MGMaps. In Settings, go to Map Browsing and tick Stored Maps and Offline Mode. Browse to the directory where you copied the maps and save the settings. Restart application.
• Navigate to the area whose map you just copied.

Would this be helpful for touring???i mean are the maps very detailed and on my nokia n97 would i be able to get voice directions??

[Seibott]

Why is this topic even there in the first page.

[J.Ravi]

Odisha listed under other country in v7.0 maps of MMI!

A few days back, I got my MapMyIndia Lx130 navigator successfully updated to the new v7.0 maps. Now, the new maps show foot-prints of buildings including my home with door number. In the previous version, it didn't show those finer details.

Today, I was testing the navigator by searching some PoI in Assam, West Bengal and Odisha. To my horror, I could not locate Odisha in the list of states. For that, I need to go on this path: Select country>Other>Odisha to search PoI/towns/villages/street address in that state. In the earlier version, it was not so. I don't know, how many countries I have to select to access different states in India in the future upgrades of MMI maps.


I informed MMI about this goof-up. That customer support lady was arguing that if there is no problem, what do you want us to do? I told her point blank that Odisha is part and parcel of India, and so, it should be listed with the other states in India and not under other country! Then she agreed and noted down my contact number and navigator details. To be on the safer side, I sent an email also to the MMI customer support.

[sayank10]

Today, I was testing the navigator by searching some PoI in Assam, West Bengal and Odisha. To my horror, I could not locate Odisha in the list of states.

try orissa,hope it works.