10-17-2003, 10:00 PM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 15,171
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JGUI's Follow Me -- GPS Without Maps
Follow Me is a clever idea -- it's a tool to help you navigate using a GPS accessory, but even if you don't have maps. It'll keep track of where you've been, the path you took to get to where you are, and can even do things like record the start point so you know how to backtrack.
It's designed to work with Pocket PC 2002, Windows Mobile 2003 and any GPS-Rx device that uses a serial port.
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10-17-2003, 10:36 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 268
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Seems a bit silly to me.. If you have a GPS, wouldn't you have maps? What's the point of having a GPS without maps? :P
-arebelspy
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10-17-2003, 10:51 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 11
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I'm not so sure what the hoopla about this is. I don't have GPS with my iPAQ, but my $100 Garmin eTrex GPS receiver does this as a matter of course. It marks the route I've taken and if I ever need to backtrack I just set it to follow the 'electronic breakcrumbs' back to where I started.
That's pretty cool. I just plug it into my computer which then dowloads the tracks into TOPO! which gives me where I've been and when on topo maps. And of course, there's a way to reverse that too -- put in where you want to go on the map, and the GPS receiver will show you which way to go to follow that route. There's a link to download the topos onto the PDA, but I've not used that.
So I don't know the big deal about this -- its a rather simple GPS application and not having the link to the map is no biggie.
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10-17-2003, 11:02 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,725
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Originally Posted by arebelspy
Seems a bit silly to me.. If you have a GPS, wouldn't you have maps? What's the point of having a GPS without maps? :P
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No...say you're hiking - a map doesn't do a lot of good if there are no roads nearby. This would let you know how to get back, etc.
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10-17-2003, 11:04 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,264
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by arebelspy
Seems a bit silly to me.. If you have a GPS, wouldn't you have maps? What's the point of having a GPS without maps? :P
-arebelspy
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Most low end GPS's work this way. In fact the first 2 GPS's I ever had (backpack for a palm and a garmin yellow both worked this way). Maps are very nice (both my current units use them), but not necessary depending on what you are using the GPS for.
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10-18-2003, 11:26 AM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 3
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did you see the price? 8O
Cool for navigation system up on a mountain, on the sea,
everywhere there is no roads, A MUST HAVE for those who
own a GPS, it's sad but I'm not yet one of those :cry:
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10-18-2003, 05:45 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 495
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It's neat, but I don't think its $20 of neat. Especially when apps like GarMapCE and Vito SmartMap can be had for free.
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10-19-2003, 01:17 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 77
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i agree that it doesn't seem to be worth the $20. maybe $10 would be a better price point.
Brad
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10-19-2003, 10:52 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 495
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I got $10.
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10-20-2003, 11:10 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 45
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Originally Posted by arebelspy
Seems a bit silly to me.. If you have a GPS, wouldn't you have maps? What's the point of having a GPS without maps? :P
-arebelspy
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1. There are GPS, like CF-GPS, bluetooth GPS, serial dongle GPS that don't have display, so this is useful
2. When driving off-road, maps are sometimes useless since they lack detail
3. If you decide to walk for a while, you may want to know the way back...
Alberto Silva
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