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OK, this may be a totally stupid question, but when you are using GPS with mapping software, does the software have a map of where you are on the screen at all times, even if you are not currently using a route?
The reason I ask is because I purchased a Pharos iGPS-360 CF GPS unit which came with a mapping program called Ostia. I loaded maps onto my SD card, and did open them, but when I ask it to route anywhere, it always asks me to choose an origin, which means it is not really "reading" where I am at the moment, I think. When I choose an origin, it flashes on the screen, but then goes blank again.
I am certain that the GPS unit is bad...I have checked the lattitude and longitude in different cities (home and work), and the reading is always the same so again, I am certain the GPS is faulty.
However, my question is really about the mapping program, I think. I am planning a trip in a few days, and will be traveling around in a different city, and will have to find several suburbs I am unfamiiair with, but I don't have to go thru replacing hte GPS only to find out that it won't do what I thought it would in the first place.
Anyone out there using GPS that can give me an idea of what I would be looking at?
With Ostia, after you load a map, you have to tap the screen button to turn on the GPS and wait for it to acquire satellite signals. You only have to select an origin and destination if you want iit to route you and the origin can be your current position. It will show your current position regardless but only if you have activated the GPS.
There are things I don't like about the Ostia software but it does work.
On my version of Ostia, there is a round display at the bottom middle of the screen. It is red when the GPS is off, yellow when it is on but acquiring signals, and green when it is active.
Drum,
Thanks so much for your reply! I have never gotten past the yellow simey face, so I had no idea a green one existed, which confirms that the GPS unit itself does not work, and I'm glad for the confirmation!
However, I am still wondering if when it DOES get that green smiley, what the map looks like? (I do know you have to choose the map that goes along with your current location and open it for it to have the data first.) Does it "track" you while you are moving, and update your location if you are not using a route, but DO have the correct map open or does the screen stay blank unless you are using a route?
Thanks!
Yes, it tracks your current position, route or not, and it displays it on the screen. If the wrong map is loaded you are on a blank screen. As to the GPS being bad, Ostia has to be set for the correct com port for your GPS. Its under tools/com
Just in case anyone besides me has followed this thread...
I finally called Pharos, and discovered that I had 2 problems. The first GPS unit itself was bad, and the second unit had an issue with the e805. Apparently, the Toshiba puts out too much "noise" for the GPS unit to track directly from the CF sleeve.
The solution to this issue was to use the extension cable that came with the CF sleeve, and keep the GPS unit father away from the PDA itself. Once I did that, I was able to get a signal lock, and see what I had been missing.
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