Aviation+Street GPS

Does anyone know of any reasonable cost GPSs suitable for both street
and aviation use. I'd like to have turn-by-turn directions and be
able to look up com frequencies.

-Hopeful
-Charles Talleyrand

In a previous article, Charles Talleyrand said:
Does anyone know of any reasonable cost GPSs suitable for both street
and aviation use. I'd like to have turn-by-turn directions and be
able to look up com frequencies.

There's no such thing as a "reasonable cost" aviation GPS.

That said, I'm pretty happy with my 296, both in the air and on the
ground. I have the optional car kit that gives you a charger cord with a
speaker for spoken turn-by-turn directions, a CD with detail maps, and a
bean-bag mount so that I can throw it on the dash of a rental car after I
arrive at the destination airport.

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Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/
Flying is not dangerous; crashing is dangerous.

Paul Tomblin wrote:

In a previous article, Charles Talleyrand said:

Does anyone know of any reasonable cost GPSs suitable for both street
and aviation use. I'd like to have turn-by-turn directions and be
able to look up com frequencies.


There's no such thing as a "reasonable cost" aviation GPS.

That said, I'm pretty happy with my 296, both in the air and on the
ground. I have the optional car kit that gives you a charger cord with a
speaker for spoken turn-by-turn directions, a CD with detail maps, and a
bean-bag mount so that I can throw it on the dash of a rental car after I
arrive at the destination airport.


I'll second that. I've used two separate programs on my PDA for
driving, Mapopolis and Pocket Map Navigator, with Mapopolis being much
better. The 296 is every bit as good, I was suprised it was as good as
it is being as it's primary function is aviation. The 296 gets the nod
as the GPS is built in and an all in one unit is simply more stable than
the PDA. I hardly use my PDA anymore.

On May 20, 7:54 pm, Newps wrote:
Paul Tomblin wrote:
In a previous article, Charles Talleyrand said:

Does anyone know of any reasonable cost GPSs suitable for both street
and aviation use. I'd like to have turn-by-turn directions and be
able to look up com frequencies.

There's no such thing as a "reasonable cost" aviation GPS.

That said, I'm pretty happy with my 296, both in the air and on the
ground. I have the optional car kit that gives you a charger cord with a
speaker for spoken turn-by-turn directions, a CD with detail maps, and a
bean-bag mount so that I can throw it on the dash of a rental car after I
arrive at the destination airport.

I'll second that. I've used two separate programs on my PDA for
driving, Mapopolis and Pocket Map Navigator, with Mapopolis being much
better. The 296 is every bit as good, I was suprised it was as good as
it is being as it's primary function is aviation. The 296 gets the nod
as the GPS is built in and an all in one unit is simply more stable than
the PDA. I hardly use my PDA anymore.

I would recommend WingX for the aviation software, and Tomtom for the
street software, both running on the pocketpc.

Andrew Sarangan wrote:



I would recommend WingX for the aviation software, and Tomtom for the
street software, both running on the pocketpc.

I use Wing X also, but not the latest version, the one before that. The
latest is not as good, way too much crap on there.

Hi,

Please send me an email and let me know what you don't like. We've been
getting excellent feedback on the new animated NEXRAD, Victor Airways, etc.
In fact, I used the new runway layout page with GPS yesterday and it really
helped. When we add new features, we try really hard to ensure that the
usability is not affected and we're always working on improving speed,
usability etc. I *really* do want your feedback on this because I cannot
think one case where a new WingX feature has detracted from a
current/previous feature.

The W&B is largely unchanged, the AF/D is mostly unchanged other than the
addition of important airport remarks and hot-linked phone numbers, same for
METAR/TAFs, FARs (it is now searchable)...

Again, I really would appreciate your feedback on this.

hilton*hiltonsoftwareDOTcom

Thanks,

Hilton


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Andrew Sarangan wrote:



I would recommend WingX for the aviation software, and Tomtom for the
street software, both running on the pocketpc.

I use Wing X also, but not the latest version, the one before that. The
latest is not as good, way too much crap on there.

On 2007-05-21, Andrew Sarangan wrote:
On May 20, 7:54 pm, Newps wrote:

I would recommend WingX for the aviation software, and Tomtom for
the street software, both running on the pocketpc.

I'd like to try Xwing, but Microsoft products are such poor quality
garbage (both in terms of reliability and interface), and Xwing seems
to be completely dependant on PocketPC. There is no chance I would
allow Microsoft to support any aspect of my aviation navigation.

Are there any aviation GPS apps for PalmOS that folks recommend?

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In a previous article, Justin Gombos said:
Are there any aviation GPS apps for PalmOS that folks recommend?

FlightMaster+CoPilot. See http://aeropda.com/ for details.

(I'm a slightly biased observer here - if you buy it through aeropda.com
instead of downloading and registering the two applications separately, I
get a small cut.)


--
Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/
Equality. Choice. Peace. Co-operation.
Yeah, we vote "moral issues" too.

Justin,

There is no chance I would
allow Microsoft to support any aspect of my aviation navigation.


Oh? Then don't let yourself be caught behind many of the modern glass
panels... Read: blanket statements like that are not really useful


--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

On May 20, 6:15 pm, (Paul Tomblin) wrote:
In a previous article, Charles Talleyrand said:

Does anyone know of any reasonable cost GPSs suitable for both street
and aviation use. I'd like to have turn-by-turn directions and be
able to look up com frequencies.

There's no such thing as a "reasonable cost" aviation GPS.

That said, I'm pretty happy with my 296, both in the air and on the
ground. I have the optional car kit that gives you a charger cord with a
speaker for spoken turn-by-turn directions, a CD with detail maps, and a
bean-bag mount so that I can throw it on the dash of a rental car after I
arrive at the destination airport.


It sounds perfect, but the cost is unreasonable. I could afford a
street GPS, and aviation GPS, and have money left over for the price
of a Garmin 296. Is there maybe a lesser cost option?

-Charles