Anyone using iGO 8

[bedoig]

Originally Posted by Torx

honestly, i think theyve added waay to many features in igo8.

its pretty slow and "dumb" on the vogue, so im sticking with igo 2006 for now, until things get "snappier"
i like the idea of 3d terrain and buildings but its really a hassle trying to move around the application and zoom around, move around, etc etc

on top of that igo8 cant initialize the builtin gps, i have to fire up google maps for it to work.

I'm starting to agree. iGo 8 looks cool and has a lot of features, but I'm finding it more and more of a pain to actually use. The menu system could be a little more logical, especially picking destinations. The killer for me is that it sucks up every last bit of RAM on my Mogul. Forget about running anything else in the background. Maybe it's time to go back to other options. So iGo 2006 was pretty nice?

[mardukeme]

I am attaching my sys.txt it is still a work in progress. It will enable terrain in 2d, and 3d mode. Enabled a lot more 3d things roads, signs, and etc. Also you can fling the map around just like opera 9 beta with web pages.

If anyone can modify the file and make it better be my guess just reupload so the can enjoy. I will be testing TTS to see if I have installed it correctly as well.

Update:

TTS works great

Features:

Poi dial enabled
Time zone patch
Trips increased to 4
3d building enabled
3d landmarks enabled
3d, 2d terrain enabled
auto time mode enabled
Inertia on map enabled ;able to move app around like Opera 9 beta web pages
gps set to com4, 4800 baud

add option to enable max memory, and reserve memory. Need to uncomment fields and set preferred value.
Cache set to 2048
Removed annoying audio message if gps lost
Removed annoying drive safe announcement
Added estimate calculation when gps signal temporarily lost (tunnels etc)
Option to enable Turns on Smart 2D enabled by default
Ability to change compass type currently set to 3
and more fetures as well to many to explain

[mardukeme]

Originally Posted by mardukeme

I am attaching my sys.txt it is still a work in progress. It will enable terrain in 2d, and 3d mode. Enabled a lot more 3d things roads, signs, and etc. Also you can fling the map around just like opera 9 beta with web pages.

If anyone can modify the file and make it better be my guess just reupload so the can enjoy. I will be testing TTS to see if I have installed it correctly as well.

Update:

TTS works great

Features:

Poi dial enabled
Time zone patch
Trips increased to 4
3d building enabled
3d landmarks enabled
3d, 2d terrain enabled
auto time mode enabled
Inertia on map enabled ;able to move app around like Opera 9 beta web pages
gps set to com4, 4800 baud

add option to enable max memory, and reserve memory. Need to uncomment fields and set preferred value.
Cache set to 2048
Removed annoying audio message if gps lost
Removed annoying drive safe announcement
Added estimate calculation when gps signal temporarily lost (tunnels etc)
Option to enable Turns on Smart 2D enabled by default
Ability to change compass type currently set to 3
and more fetures as well to many to explain

Uploaded a new sys.txt file in previous thread with new features.

[tigerbalm]

anybody know how to import address book contacts into igo 8?

[mardukeme]

Originally Posted by tigerbalm

anybody know how to import address book contacts into igo 8?

The address book contacts are automatically imported, and are found in your POI under contacts.

[tigerbalm]

When I first started the program up, it tried to import contacts but I got this error message:

"Geocoding finished with errors. 0 of 36 addresses found, 36 failed. Do you want to see the details?"

Clicking yes all the addresses it tried to import have 1 of 2 messages:

1) Address not found
2) The city and/or the postal code specidifed in the address cannot be found

The proper map files are in the map folder so I don't understand why I'm getting this error message. Anybody run into the same problem?

Originally Posted by mardukeme

The address book contacts are automatically imported, and are found in your POI under contacts.

[mardukeme]

Originally Posted by tigerbalm

When I first started the program up, it tried to import contacts but I got this error message:

"Geocoding finished with errors. 0 of 36 addresses found, 36 failed. Do you want to see the details?"

Clicking yes all the addresses it tried to import have 1 of 2 messages:

1) Address not found
2) The city and/or the postal code specidifed in the address cannot be found

The proper map files are in the map folder so I don't understand why I'm getting this error message. Anybody run into the same problem?

I had the same problem at first, it is the way you have entered your contacts addresses. My problem was I had the street types incorrectly I had main ave entered, instead it should of been main st. Another mistake I had was incorrect abbreviations for example I had court as crt, instead of ct.

Originally Posted by SprintTouch08

anyone else have a problem with POI's? Im in michigan and when i POI search, say for something common like any gas station, the closes shows like 80 miles away. Maybe its just my poi file is messed up because the map and building and .dem are all jsut fine

You might have the POI's sorted by name not by distance.

Originally Posted by ckl_88

The other thing is that when navigating, it shows a lot of POI's along the route. It's nice to show these POI's but how does one find out what the POI is? For example, I came across a POI with a cross in it. I figured it was some kind of medical thing which I didn't know existed there. I wanted to find out if it was a hospital, dental or whatever, but I couldn't find a quick way of bringing that information up.


Thanks.

Tap on it, u get the red cursor. Then tap cursor button on the right side, then tap info. And u get info about all POIs nearby that point. I know that sucks but that is the only way I found to get info about the POI.

[mardukeme]

Originally Posted by tigerbalm

anybody know how to import address book contacts into igo 8?

I just pm'd the file location for terrain's.

[punkwhan]

Hi,
Could you also tell me where I can get terrain?

[telegraph0000]

Originally Posted by mardukeme

I am attaching my sys.txt it is still a work in progress. It will enable terrain in 2d, and 3d mode. Enabled a lot more 3d things roads, signs, and etc. Also you can fling the map around just like opera 9 beta with web pages.

If anyone can modify the file and make it better be my guess just reupload so the can enjoy. I will be testing TTS to see if I have installed it correctly as well.

Update:

TTS works great

Features:

Poi dial enabled
Time zone patch
Trips increased to 4
3d building enabled
3d landmarks enabled
3d, 2d terrain enabled
auto time mode enabled
Inertia on map enabled ;able to move app around like Opera 9 beta web pages
gps set to com4, 4800 baud

add option to enable max memory, and reserve memory. Need to uncomment fields and set preferred value.
Cache set to 2048
Removed annoying audio message if gps lost
Removed annoying drive safe announcement
Added estimate calculation when gps signal temporarily lost (tunnels etc)
Option to enable Turns on Smart 2D enabled by default
Ability to change compass type currently set to 3
and more fetures as well to many to explain

Downloaded and replaced this sys.txt file with the existing one...dialing poi still not available on my Tilt (Kaiser)