Delorme Earthmate GPS for Aviation?

[Andrew Sarangan]

I recently bought the Delorme Earthmate GPS and mapping (street map)
software for $100 and was tremendously satisfied with its capability.
It runs on a laptop and has all kinds of functions useful for driving.
I was wondering if there is a compatible software for aviation use.

[Larry Dighera]

On 20 Jan 2006 08:17:35 -0800, "Andrew Sarangan" >
wrote in m>::

>I was wondering if there is a compatible software for aviation use.

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http://www.teletype.com/pages/support/delorme_compat.htm
Can I use DeLorme Tripmate and Earthmate GPS receivers?
Yes, but these receivers are not recommended. We don't recommend
DeLorme receivers since they have no backup battery they often take
long periods of time to lock in. We especially discourage the use of
DeLorme receivers for use in aviation. See specific information below
on how to initialize the DeLorme receivers.

[Michelle]

Andrew Sarangan wrote:
> I recently bought the Delorme Earthmate GPS and mapping (street map)
> software for $100 and was tremendously satisfied with its capability.
> It runs on a laptop and has all kinds of functions useful for driving.
> I was wondering if there is a compatible software for aviation use.
>
works great. used the blue logger and the earthmate without problems.
Michelle
NavGPS Pro + PC EFIS.

[Paul Tomblin]

In a previous article, Larry Dighera > said:
>http://www.gpspilot.com/products/fly.shtml
>Fly: Dynamic pre and in-flight navigation tools $69.95 BUY NOW
>Aviation enthusiasts, prepare dynamic multi leg flight plans and use
>them while flying. Make flight plans based on POIs -airports,
>navaids, cities,... - and get automatic calculation of headings,
>winds, time and fuel!

And you can create and download POI databases at
http://navaid.com/GPSPilot/


--
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I forsee one of those "open your wallet and repeat after me,
_help yourself_" moments in your local friendly workshop.
-- Tanuki

[Jay Honeck]

>I recently bought the Delorme Earthmate GPS and mapping (street map)
> software for $100 and was tremendously satisfied with its capability.
> It runs on a laptop and has all kinds of functions useful for driving.
> I was wondering if there is a compatible software for aviation use.

We've tried using it in our plane, but discarded the notion simply because
the lap-top was too big to put anywhere. It ended up on the co-pilots lap,
which is NOT a very handy place.

Our Compaq's screen was not sunlight-readable, either.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Grumman-581]

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:gVqAf.722239$_o.395653@attbi_s71...
> We've tried using it in our plane, but discarded the notion simply because
> the lap-top was too big to put anywhere. It ended up on the co-pilots
lap,
> which is NOT a very handy place.

When I'm flying alone (which is most of the time), I use Delorme Street
Atlas hooked to a non-aviation 12-channel GPS... Works great... Although I
have newer version of Street Atlas, I prefer an older version (v6, I
believe) because it has a cleaner interface... It seems to have all the
airports in it, even the smaller private strips... If I'm really wanting to
fly an accurate path, I'll use it to draw a line on the map and then zoom in
quite a bit so that the path is actually acting like a CDI... I have Street
Atlas log my path to a file and I then input that into the logbook program
that I wrote...

If Grace is flying with me, she usually like having the laptop in her lap
since it acts as a lap warmer... She's a bit cold natured, I guess...

> Our Compaq's screen was not sunlight-readable, either.

That's a problem with my laptop also... If I have it on external (AC) power,
the display is brighter, but it's still difficult to read in bright
sunlight... At night, it needs dimming, but that's not possible so I just
close the cover and only open it every few minutes...

I've had bad luck over the years running a DC-AC inverter in my aircraft --
it tends to run the battery down... So, if I'm going to be on a flight
longer than the battery time on my laptop, I'll bring a small deep cycle
battery with me and just run it off of that instead...