DeLorme GPS with Street Atlas USA

[Patriot Diesel]

I am looking at this package. Looks really nice. I already have the laptop. Is anyone using this software/GPS package. If so; what do you think of it?



Thanks !!

 

[Big Wheel]

I have this software on a c. d. rom it's nothing to get excited about. Its hard to work and set up I think I used it twice on two trips and put it away. I got tired of playing with it trying to make it work. It will track your travels down the hiway but you will have to spend a lot of time with it. I give it (1 ) star . It will also give you the speed your truck is moving

 

[time1]

I use both the Macintosh and the PC versions of Street Atlas. Both work just fine with the DeLorme and Garmin GPS's. For the money you will do better to buy the software (Street Atlas) and then buy a GPS that you can use with out the computer when you want. The garmin GPS III+ with the Garmin dash mount bracket, a PC interface cable with cigarette lighter adapter, and a laptop comuter with a serial interface is an ideal setup. I also use a 150 watt inverter to power the laptop.

 

[Roger rodbolt]

Garmin Street Pilot

Patriot,



I've tried three different software packages with a laptop and Garmin GPS. Recently bought a new Garmin Color Street Pilot for $285. 00 on eBay and will no longer use my 12CX or laptop. It works so well that I mounted it on top of the steering column, even though it blocks the lower portion of the tach and speedo. I use the digital tach on my Blue Chip FMS anyway (it's accurate and readable) and the Street Pilot speed is more accurate than the factory with my oversize tires. Works out great and the compass heading useable. The Street Pilot III would be even better, but my other systems weren't all that useful, so I didn't consider the $$'s for the Pilot III, now I would. HTH's

 

[DennyDay]

DeLorme

The map program is great, the antenna is sorry, has AA batteries that last about 4 hours, and if you don't take 'em out between uses they go dead.



I would suggest NOT buying the package. I am now using street atlas with a Rand McNally antenna and it works great. I threw out the Rand McNally map program because it doesn't have the rail roads on it and Street does.



With the Rand McNally antenna, it powers off the computer and comes up instantly, not like Earth Mate that takes 10 minutes or so to find a signal.



Denny

 

[EricBu12]

i bought the deluxe version and I like it better than the 8. 0 I am an interstate truck driver and I use it everyday. The mileages are fairly accurate, and the routing software tells you when to turn and such. very valuable to trucking!!

The deluxe version is the best one out there. there is a way to load the info for the CD maps on the hard drive so you don't have to have the cd in the drive but uses 560 mb for this. makes it faster to scan the maps though.

has a GPS log so you can record where you went then you can play back at different speeds so if you want to go to the same place and can't remember, play the log, then follow the leader so to speak.

you can get a power cable so that the GPS is powered by the laptop through the keyboard plug



I highly recomend it. yes it is a little bit of work to make it run but once you have the route and GPS going, it pans the maps automatically as you drive gives you a visual on the route overhead. you can zoom down and see even the streets and all the highway on and off-ramps and how they go. also has point of interest like parks and shops and gas stations and such.

Hope this helps, as a DAILY user of it, I like it

Eric

 

[Rambling]

Don't know about the Delorme GPS but we have used Street Atlas 6,7 and just got Deluxe so can't comment on Deluxe. The Deluxe interface is extremely different than the regular SA so we'll need some experience with it to come to any reasonable conclusions.



However, on SA 6 and 7, my copilot uses the software on the road and has used it on her own. Though she isn't a master of it( I do the route planning mainly because computer stuff is my thing), says she'll never go back to paper maps.



You don't need routing if you want to use it just like a paper map at first with the advantage of always knowing exactly where you are on the map when used with a GPS. The rest of how to use the software comes with a experience.



At first it may seem complex. Once you get the hang of it, you wonder why you thought it was so hard.