DrRob Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Hi Looking to buy a gadget that will host OS Maps at a decent resolution (1:25,000 or better)... Can you get hand held GPS systems that do this? Ta Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 bet bet would be an Ebay Laptop... if its for in-car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBMUD Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 A Windows based PDA with built-in GPS and a copy of Memory Map would do that for you Rob. New <£200 or used on ebay. I use an ASUS MyPal A636, it also has Bluetooth, WiFi and can be used to look at email, internet etc.. Another inexpensive option is a Mio PDA. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrRob Posted September 7, 2009 Author Share Posted September 7, 2009 Cheers chaps...! I also found this on tinternet: SATMAP Any thoughts? It looks the mutts nuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landmannnn Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 I guess Garmin are the benchmark. As the market leader support/battery life/ruggedness/upgrades are at the levels you would expect. They do os mapping too. At a price of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardAllen Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 I'd like to add that the small PDA screen meant for me that the 1:25,000 maps were almost useless for walking and completely useless for driving. You either zoom in to use the detail and have no context, or get the context and you might as well get Tomtom with the voice directions too. I ended up with a £200 10" screen tablet for navigation TC1100 off fleaway(1:25,000 works briliiantly on it off road and navigator 9 for on-road directions). I still have the old PDA with Tomtom as a backup, but mainly use it with the GPS as a digital compass. For what it is worth. Regards Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 AFAIK there's only one set of digital mapping as opposed to paper maps, like Memory Map, that's available. It'n not available for the UK Evyry map available here originates from a ground survey. Not by a digital track log mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBMUD Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 As Richard said above, the small PDA screen is not good for route planning as you can only see a short (couple of kms) distance around your position. I use mine as a back-up to a paper OS map to help anticipate junctions and to reliably confirm ground position - knowing when you are on a BOAT rather than accidentally taking a sheep track, MOD track, footpath etc.. In some areas, BOATs and UCRs can be invisible on the ground due to lack of use, in those circumstances a GPS with OS display can be invaluable for making sure you are on track and for proving it to, and placating, an angry looking policeman in a 110. Navigation by PDA is quite possible if you take time on a laptop or desktop prior to making a trip to plan the route, make an overlay and transfer that to the PDA. Then you see the route on the PDA screen and can navigate reasonably by that. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicks90 Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 those very cheap 8-10" netbooks are ideal for this type of thing. Alot are even doing solid state hard drives too so bouncing around wont cause them to break as easily. very low power usage and quite compact with jsut enough processor power to run most apps. Simple gps dongle and away you go. here's a belter - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Asus-Eee-PC900-8-9-Laptop-16GB-SSD-1GB-Ram-XP-Home_W0QQitemZ230374730149QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_Laptops_EH?hash=item35a36769a5&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 £145 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrRob Posted September 8, 2009 Author Share Posted September 8, 2009 As Richard said above, the small PDA screen is not good for route planning as you can only see a short (couple of kms) distance around your position. I use mine as a back-up to a paper OS map to help anticipate junctions and to reliably confirm ground position - knowing when you are on a BOAT rather than accidentally taking a sheep track, MOD track, footpath etc.. In some areas, BOATs and UCRs can be invisible on the ground due to lack of use, in those circumstances a GPS with OS display can be invaluable for making sure you are on track and for proving it to, and placating, an angry looking policeman in a 110. Navigation by PDA is quite possible if you take time on a laptop or desktop prior to making a trip to plan the route, make an overlay and transfer that to the PDA. Then you see the route on the PDA screen and can navigate reasonably by that. Chris Thanks! That's exactly what I want it for....to confirm I'm on the right track (sorry about the pun!). Would use the paper map to plan routes and the SATMAP to confirm I'm on the right BOAT/UCR.... I'll report back if I buy one.....I don't want to lug a laptop around in a Rangie. Do that all week!!! Ta Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muck Truck Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Ive just bought a Panasonic CF-18 toughbook. They are little old now and fairly expensive for the spec but they are ideal for in the truck being only a 10" screen. The CF-18 is a tablet with a touch screen (that works with just your finger if you get the right model) and can take one hell of a beating. It also runs windows XP professional edition so can run all your mapping and sat nav software at the same time. When you are finished for the day just close the lid and chuck it in the back, literally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Rob, Have a look at Viewranger (google it) OS maps are more upto date than Memory Maps BTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Rob, Have a look at Viewranger (google it) OS maps are more upto date than Memory Maps BTW. Looks good but still a map derived from a survey not a digital map from a track log. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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