Hi I have been looking for a new GPS and boy is it a problem.
I have a couple of other posts re this.
I have a PDA running copilot 8 and Oziexplorer.
It is a bit of an old set up and the screen is a bit small.
I have also a gift of a few dollars to spend so considered a new GPS set up like IPHONE,IPAD etc
I gave up on the IPHONE option then considered more main stream.
I looked at the Garmin Nuvi range 1490T - looks good but was a bit concerned over losing all my Ozi maps and time spent. But I tried to hava look. I wanted to look at the OZTOPO sample from GPSOZ
This is proving impossible. I tried to install Mapsource following some instructions I found on the net - where you can install it even if you don't own it. It would not install beause you need service pack 3.
I then tried on a laptop which has SP 3 but it would not install using the instructions.
I then tried installing Basecamp but was told I did not have the right .NET set up - I gave up after this as this was a work machine. OZI is so simple to install!!
I even tried a MAC but you have d/l a differnet product which does run but the sample from GPSOZ does not display so gave up on that
In the mean time my PC stopped dead - no power. I would like to blame Mapsource for this as
well but can't.
I looked at Hema Navigator 5 but is expensive and I see people complaining about it and Route 66 is not that good from what I have heard. It is also very expensive - more than I have.
I looked at VMS but I think to run Ozi you have to maintain two SD cards - could be wrong.
So I have given up the idea all together and will spend my money else where.
Or might look for one of those cheap chinese 5" screens which you can hack?
RIchard
First I found you need Windows service pack 3 which I did not have