Will a GPS PND bought from abroad work in India?

[amitoj]

Originally Posted by indie

and TTS is only available with igo8, maps released by mapmyindia.

You are not talking about Voice Prompts, right? From what little i have read about TTS is that the device "read" the text on the map and converts it to speech.

[ampere]

Originally Posted by NetfreakBombay

regardless of provider, maps needs to be converted to Mapsource format to work with Mapsource.

Free tools are available to perform conversion.

Have you tried importing Satguide maps into Mapsource?

Also with this combination (Garmin+Satguide), how can one perform route planning and transfer it to the device? Map source works only on Garmin Maps.

Am I missing something here?

[NetfreakBombay]

Originally Posted by ampere

Have you tried importing Satguide maps into Mapsource?

Also with this combination (Garmin+Satguide), how can one perform route planning and transfer it to the device? Map source works only on Garmin Maps.

Satguide maps for Garmin ARE Garmin maps. These maps work well with Mapsource. Using it on my PC.

Either you can buy mapsource version from some provider or convert Satguide (or any Garmin map) maps to Mapsource.

[contactme27]

I am new to this. I wanted to try on my PC. so, I purchased USB GPS dongle from ebay.com.sg. The device is using sirf III chipset

The device working fine and was able to lock to 4 or 5 satelites with in shot time. Now I wanted to see whether the device works with Indian maps. so, I installed MireoPC maps on my laptop. But, the problem is maps are not detecting the gps. I tried editing the ordinale.ini file and entered GPS information, but no luck.

It is lying in bag, still trying to think how to make this work with indiaMaps.

Any help is appreciated.

[ampere]

Hey Thanks !!! At least that answers my question that it is possible. Now the Million dollar questions.

1. How did you convert? I tried with Mapsettoolkit and CGPSmapper and ran into errors. (PE11 Error)

2. Are you able to plan routes on the PC and transfer it onto the device?
Because that is exactly what I want to do.


PS: Just saw that there is a MAPINSTALL software that Garmin provides. Do I need to use this to install the Satguide maps and then view them with Map source?

[contactme27]

are there any free india maps to test my usb gps receiver on laptop

[indie]

Originally Posted by amitoj

You are not talking about Voice Prompts, right? From what little i have read about TTS is that the device "read" the text on the map and converts it to speech.

TTS is text to speech.. means it will read out all the places as it is(weired anmes ofcourse sometimes because of US/UK accent) along with turn right left comments... e.g. take a sharp right on the next exit towards connaught place in 100m.

where as voice prompts on the other hand will only say turn right, left only .. no announcement of street names.

[DerAlte]

Originally Posted by contactme27

... I installed MireoPC maps on my laptop. But, the problem is maps are not detecting the gps. ...

The problem is Navigation software look for the GPS data stream over a standard port, which is not happening in your case.

There are many test utilities which can test over which port is the GPS stream is available. If that shows that your GPS is already giving the stream on a certain port, specify this port to the Navigation software.

Otherwise, look for a GPS port replicator which will connect to the GPS driver on one hand, and on the other hand connect to a logical port like COM1 or COM4 to provide the stream to the Navigation software. Something like the PC equivalent of Franson GPS Gate on a WiMo device.

[contactme27]

Originally Posted by DerAlte

The problem is Navigation software look for the GPS data stream over a standard port, which is not happening in your case.

There are many test utilities which can test over which port is the GPS stream is available. If that shows that your GPS is already giving the stream on a certain port, specify this port to the Navigation software.

Otherwise, look for a GPS port replicator which will connect to the GPS driver on one hand, and on the other hand connect to a logical port like COM1 or COM4 to provide the stream to the Navigation software. Something like the PC equivalent of Franson GPS Gate on a WiMo device.

Thanks you very much. It is working now with GPS gate.

[sun]

Originally Posted by indie

and TTS is only available with igo8, maps released by mapmyindia.

You mean standard MMI maps can be used along with igo8 or is there a different version of MMI maps for igo8?

OT, A question for MODS, why isnt my post count increasing ?

[wildon]

Originally Posted by sun

why isnt my post count increasing ?

Read the Rules and Faq first before asking this kind of Q's.

Team-BHP - Team-BHP FAQ: Troubleshooting

[NetfreakBombay]

Originally Posted by contactme27

are there any free india maps to test my usb gps receiver on laptop

OpenStreetMap maps are free map and available in Garmin format. These can be used on PC.

[sonirohit]

Originally Posted by sun

You mean standard MMI maps can be used along with igo8 or is there a different version of MMI maps for igo8?

If MMI maps can be used with IGO - then nothing like it. IGO comes preloaded on DX PNDs and is quite a feature rich software.

[indie]

Originally Posted by sun

You mean standard MMI maps can be used along with igo8 or is there a different version of MMI maps for igo8?

no not the standard mmi maps, both are of different formats.

Originally Posted by sonirohit

If MMI maps can be used with IGO - then nothing like it. IGO comes preloaded on DX PNDs and is quite a feature rich software.

yes, but igo8 maps are only available on blaupunkt devices, neither mmi nor navngo sell these maps standalone in india, if u can lay your hands on blaupunkt device, you an get these maps.

[sun]

Originally Posted by wildon

Read the Rules and Faq first before asking this kind of Q's.

Team-BHP - Team-BHP FAQ: Troubleshooting

thankyou verymuch for your informative pointer