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  Re: Which PC navigation software for OZ?
| Marvin Hlavac | 04-25-2010 |
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Steve Firth wrote on Apr 26, 2010:
>
>>
>> Never used a Garmin before - are the above simply a PC-based UI using the
>> standard Garmin maps?
>> Never used a Garmin before - are the above simply a PC-based UI using the
>> standard Garmin maps?
>
> Yes.
>
> TBH I'm not sure what your intended use is. However if what you want is
> to use a SatNav in the car and to have a PC Application that you can use
> to create routes and export them to the SatNav then with a Garmin you
> don't need to buy a separate application. When you get a Garmin map
> package you also get Garmin RoadTrip with the package (or you can
> download it from the Garmin website once you have registered your map
> package).
>
> This gives you a full mapping package on your PC which you can use to
> plan routes and export to any Garmin GPS, including the handheld units.
> In my case that includes my venerable Garmin 12XL which is a "mars bar"
> type GPS which just gives a heading to the next feature on the route. It
> also includes more recent in-car units.
>
> What RoadTrip doesn't do is connect to a GPS so that your PC can be used
> as a SatNav. It's purely a tool used for planning routes. If you want
> your PC to be used for navigation then you need to look elsewhere such
> as MobilePC. There are also free navigation applications such as GarTrip
> that will work with the routes designed in RoadTrip.
> Yes.
>
> TBH I'm not sure what your intended use is. However if what you want is
> to use a SatNav in the car and to have a PC Application that you can use
> to create routes and export them to the SatNav then with a Garmin you
> don't need to buy a separate application. When you get a Garmin map
> package you also get Garmin RoadTrip with the package (or you can
> download it from the Garmin website once you have registered your map
> package).
>
> This gives you a full mapping package on your PC which you can use to
> plan routes and export to any Garmin GPS, including the handheld units.
> In my case that includes my venerable Garmin 12XL which is a "mars bar"
> type GPS which just gives a heading to the next feature on the route. It
> also includes more recent in-car units.
>
> What RoadTrip doesn't do is connect to a GPS so that your PC can be used
> as a SatNav. It's purely a tool used for planning routes. If you want
> your PC to be used for navigation then you need to look elsewhere such
> as MobilePC. There are also free navigation applications such as GarTrip
> that will work with the routes designed in RoadTrip.
Does Garmin produce a PC version of RoadTrip? I thought it was for the Mac
only.
--
Mike Lane
UK North Yorkshire
email: mike_lane at mac dot com
> Steve Firth wrote on Apr 26, 2010:
>>> Never used a Garmin before - are the above simply a PC-based UI using
>>> the
>>> standard Garmin maps?
>>> the
>>> standard Garmin maps?
>> Yes.
>> TBH I'm not sure what your intended use is. However if what you want is
>> to use a SatNav in the car and to have a PC Application that you can use
>> to create routes and export them to the SatNav then with a Garmin you
>> don't need to buy a separate application. When you get a Garmin map
>> package you also get Garmin RoadTrip with the package (or you can
>> download it from the Garmin website once you have registered your map
>> package).
>> This gives you a full mapping package on your PC which you can use to
>> plan routes and export to any Garmin GPS, including the handheld units.
>> In my case that includes my venerable Garmin 12XL which is a "mars bar"
>> type GPS which just gives a heading to the next feature on the route. It
>> also includes more recent in-car units.
>> What RoadTrip doesn't do is connect to a GPS so that your PC can be used
>> as a SatNav. It's purely a tool used for planning routes. If you want
>> your PC to be used for navigation then you need to look elsewhere such
>> as MobilePC. There are also free navigation applications such as GarTrip
>> that will work with the routes designed in RoadTrip.
>> TBH I'm not sure what your intended use is. However if what you want is
>> to use a SatNav in the car and to have a PC Application that you can use
>> to create routes and export them to the SatNav then with a Garmin you
>> don't need to buy a separate application. When you get a Garmin map
>> package you also get Garmin RoadTrip with the package (or you can
>> download it from the Garmin website once you have registered your map
>> package).
>> This gives you a full mapping package on your PC which you can use to
>> plan routes and export to any Garmin GPS, including the handheld units.
>> In my case that includes my venerable Garmin 12XL which is a "mars bar"
>> type GPS which just gives a heading to the next feature on the route. It
>> also includes more recent in-car units.
>> What RoadTrip doesn't do is connect to a GPS so that your PC can be used
>> as a SatNav. It's purely a tool used for planning routes. If you want
>> your PC to be used for navigation then you need to look elsewhere such
>> as MobilePC. There are also free navigation applications such as GarTrip
>> that will work with the routes designed in RoadTrip.
> Does Garmin produce a PC version of RoadTrip? I thought it was for the Mac
> only.
> only.
Cheers guys - Mobile PC looks just like what I am after.
> Does Garmin produce a PC version of RoadTrip? I thought it was for the Mac
> only.
> only.
I thought they did, but since I have a Mac and CBA with PC based stuff
anymore, no idea.
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