bobopotato
11/21/2006 10:56:04 PM
Hi folks...
New here, but been "lurking" for a while... Lurking coz we're really considering getting a H3... do some serious off-roading...
which brings me back to this reply, wifey and myself do go off-roads sometimes, nothing serious, but we love navigating in the wild.
Here's the system we use (and recommend):
Teletype GPS (star sirf 3) receiver, bluetooths to our pda which runs the teletype software.
Mike, if you're looking for google earth (aerial photo) type navigation, that's exactly what we do.
Its the only software I've found so far (not that I've looked around for too much) that if you get the add-on premium pack, allows you to download (for free) aerial photos (which we use primarily) and also topo maps from the terra server.
I usually download the aerial photos in real small pieces so as to get the resolution high and when we are travelling in the forests (we're from NJ, off-roading/exploring in the pine barrens), the maps autoload so you travel in the aerial photos rather than the streetmaps... its amazing because most of the forest roads aren't street-mapped but they show up in the aerial photo and you can gauge if they are dense/easy etc. We love it!
Let me know if you need more info, but so far its been working like a charm for us!
Hope I helped you folks out, having gained so much knowledge from this forum, hopefully I can contribute a little back!
