I am considering buying a satnav and would welcome some advice. I've never used one and I'm assuming any setup software, map updates etc will need a Windows PC. I don't have such a thing and want to avoid buying a satnav which I can't then fully use/update/configure or whatever for lack of windows availability.
Any suggestions? Or am I worrying unnecessarily?
Cheers
Mick
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I know TomTom runs on some sort of linux kernal, which suggest someone would have figured out how to get it working, and indeed google evidence seems to suggest that as well.
http://safle.org/wordpress/2006/11/06/tomtom-one-and-gnu-linux.html
From a usability point of view, i have used tomtom and garmin, and the
tom tom was far superior.
On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 1:49 PM, mbm mbm@rlogin.net wrote:
I am considering buying a satnav and would welcome some advice. I've never used one and I'm assuming any setup software, map updates etc will need a Windows PC. I don't have such a thing and want to avoid buying a satnav which I can't then fully use/update/configure or whatever for lack of windows availability.
Any suggestions? Or am I worrying unnecessarily?
Cheers
Mick
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2008/11/2 Ricky Bruce rickybruce@gmail.com:
From a usability point of view, i have used tomtom and garmin, and the tom tom was far superior.
I agree about the TomTom being very usable, though don't take it off road for geocache hunting as the co-ordinate resolution is missing the last digit on mine. Also it assumes you prefer travelling along roads in a car so gets upset when you suddenly turn around and walk back the other way looking for the hidden 'treasure'.
I'm not sure about map and satellite updates from Linux - I do that from my PC at work running Windows. The TomTom One uses a standard SD memory card with an obvious file system so in theory it's just a matter of putting the right files in the right places. I am aware it runs Linux itself, but I haven't tinkered with it, yet.
Tim.
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2008/11/2 Ricky Bruce rickybruce@gmail.com:
From a usability point of view, i have used tomtom and garmin, and the tom tom was far superior.
I agree about the TomTom being very usable, though don't take it off road for geocache hunting as the co-ordinate resolution is missing the last digit on mine. Also it assumes you prefer travelling along roads in a car so gets upset when you suddenly turn around and walk back the other way looking for the hidden 'treasure'.
I'm not sure about map and satellite updates from Linux - I do that from my PC at work running Windows. The TomTom One uses a standard SD memory card with an obvious file system so in theory it's just a matter of putting the right files in the right places. I am aware it runs Linux itself, but I haven't tinkered with it, yet.
Thanks to Ricky and Tim.
I'll give the TomTom a try. Some googling suggests that map updates should be reasonably simple, regardless of the platform in use.
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