rlridgeway
02-12-2006, 01:32 AM
I have used Outdoor Navigator and Backcountry Navigator and have been pleased with the accuracy of the pre-calibrated proprietary maps these programs have.
As good as they are,these programs lack some features I am interested in. I have tried other programs like GPS Tuner, but have had a hard time with any program that uses maps that have to be calibrated. The process of calibration seems terribly clumbersome(The maps have to be downloaded to a PC, converted,tiled,calibrated,and then transfered to a PDA).
After all this is done, the maps I have calibrated do not have the accurracy I get using ON or BN.
Are there any GPS mapping programs that combine the best of both worlds?
Or am I missing something, that the calibration process is much easier and accurate than I am making out?
As good as they are,these programs lack some features I am interested in. I have tried other programs like GPS Tuner, but have had a hard time with any program that uses maps that have to be calibrated. The process of calibration seems terribly clumbersome(The maps have to be downloaded to a PC, converted,tiled,calibrated,and then transfered to a PDA).
After all this is done, the maps I have calibrated do not have the accurracy I get using ON or BN.
Are there any GPS mapping programs that combine the best of both worlds?
Or am I missing something, that the calibration process is much easier and accurate than I am making out?