PDA GPS Advice

Submitted: Tuesday, Jun 28, 2005 at 00:22
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Gday to you all

I have an Ipaq Hx4700 Pda. I plan to replace the trusty Etrex by setting my Ipaq up with Ozi Explorer and Auslig 250k/Hema Desert Maps etc, as I gather many of you have done. Any advice, from your experience, on the following would be great.

GPS Receiver:
My thought was to go for a CF GPS Receiver because I have had no problems with signal strength in the dash area of my 100S with the Etrex and the advantage of a CF or SD GPS Receiver would appear to be it will get its power from the Ipaq rather than have to keep a Bluetooth Receiver separately charged. (Got enough to keep charged already with the Cdma phone, digital camera etc)(The old days in the 55S with paper maps, wire over the tree HF were great??!!??).

Any thoughts on brand/model appreciated. I have been researching the Holux GM270 U, GlobalSat BC307, Haicom 303MF and the PDA Cradle Holux CR100.

Mounting System:
Looking at internet pics of the Holux CR100 Cradle on this website and a few other suction cup style holders on Ebay I wonder how stable they would be on severe corrugations. Is a vent mount better? My Ipaq has its own cig lighter charger so I dont particularly need a "bells & whistles" mount with with charging and speakers etc. Just looking for the most stable quality built mount.

Memory Requirements:
I have a 1GB SD card for the Ipaq. Looking at the new Auslig Raster setup on my PC it is 2.6GB but that includes sat photos etc. What memory capacity will I need to have all the 250k charts, Hema Desert Maps and Ozi Explorer running on the Ipaq?

Being an "Ol Bugger" seeing stuff rather than buying from pics over the internet is more comfortable. Any advice and especially info on outlets in Perth will be appreciated

Regards

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