Best GPS software to use with our new feature?

[Baffles]

Originally Posted by nosmohtac

I use MioMap which, I believe, is the same as I-Go. I wasn't able to detect the GPS until I went in to manual detect and set it to Com 4 and 9600 baud.

It now detects the GPS fine and I don't have to start google maps or live search first to open the com port.

I'm liking iGo more than miomap (miomap would yell about needing 12mb of ram free even when i had way more than 12mb free). They look very similar, however iGo seems way more polished. But I still can't get it to work with the GPS without first initializing the intermediary driver, same with miomap.

If you do a soft reset without running any other GPS apps first, does miomap work?

[nosmohtac]

Originally Posted by Baffles

I'm liking iGo more than miomap (miomap would yell about needing 12mb of ram free even when i had way more than 12mb free). They look very similar, however iGo seems way more polished. But I still can't get it to work with the GPS without first initializing the intermediary driver, same with miomap.

If you do a soft reset without running any other GPS apps first, does miomap work?

Yes. After a soft reset, I can open MioMap and it will aquire a GPS lock.

[friguy3]

Originally Posted by berry_lthird

If you have HTC Camera installed, you can find GPS settings in the registry under:

\HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\Image\

String Name: GpsPrefixString
Data: GPS

String Name: GpsSaveFolder_0409
Data: My POI

EXIF Settings can be found under:

\HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\Captparam\ExifInfo

Other GPS settings might exist thereabouts.

Any idea whats these do?

And i use iGuidance...found it the easiest for me to use but the import address from contacts doesnt work that great, but text-to-speech i love

[stroths]

I have always liked MioMap which is identical to iGo My Way 2006. Its very customizable, but it does need 12mb minimum to run so you may have to reboot first.

[Hellion]

Funny thing, I live in San Diego and I tested out just using Google Maps and while driving around up to 15 miles away, city/highway the little blue dot was following along with no problems. Even on the way to work this morning in the rain it worked fine. No glitches or anything. Maybe because I had it hooked up to a power source the whole time? oh well works for me, so I'm happy!

[jourabchid]

what version of TomTom is everyone using? i have 6.010 but im trying to download a newer version i cant from their site...do i have to purchase another newer version?

[bfaber]

Originally Posted by jourabchid

what version of TomTom is everyone using? i have 6.010 but im trying to download a newer version i cant from their site...do i have to purchase another newer version?

I believe this is the latest..

[aughsum]

alot of good info in here, thanks guys.

anyone have experience with alturion or am i going to have to pioneer it?

good luck on writing something to activate that part of the api or whatever exacly is done (do we dont need to launch live or gmaps prior to opening software)

[sudermatt]

I'm wondering if we have to use GPS software to place the current location into My POI folder in some method for the camera to read and place in the EXIF of the picture.

[sirrokr]

Can anyone point me towards good software with US maps that stores the maps on the sd card? I only have 1x data from my carrier where I live, so I would rather not have to be constantly downloading portions of maps.