Mapopolis MapPack for Pocket PC
By GPS Reviews | August 1, 2009
Mapopolis MapPack for Pocket PC
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Pocket PC Navigation that’s fast
I use both a Palm and a Pocket PC for different applications and the Mapopolis Pocket PC Navigator solution here is outstanding. The ability to route across country, street to street seamlessly is a plus, allowing multiple ‘route through’ points and showing whatevetr level of detail you require. It provides turn by turn spoken and visual commands and if you go the wrong way it recalculates your route from where you are - no stopping to fiddle with the PDA. I particularly like three of the features; firstly it allows you to scroll or drag the map across the screen - you can see the WHOLE of the USA and by simply sliding your stylus across the screen , a new portion of map appears, regardless of the zoom level - great for checking out what’s on the way to your destination. Secondly, it allows multiple options for avoiding Toll Roads and Freeways which is great if you’re not planning on sitting in 5 o’clock traffic. Finally, I guess my favorite, is the ability to add your own favorite locations - called Geomarks - such as customers, friends, Fedex buildings or whatever, and then route to, through or from these places - it saves retyping your addresses over and over again! I love it, I hope you do too - thoroughly recommended
5 Stars Best of the best
I have used lots of diffrent gps software products and find this to be the cream of the crop. It’s visual and verbal prompt made me buy a pocket pc just so i can use it. I had a palm and used the mapolis product for the palm as well. Both are great.
This beats the others hands down
3 Stars Revsion
Watch out for the rev level. Mapolois is currently at rev 4.x and needs the NC map pack - this is the NB pack and is not compatible with the newer version.
1 Star One of the worst GPS navigation programs I’ve ever used
I have a lot of experience with GPS and when I was looking for mapping software to go on my Bluetooth, Mapopolis seemed to offer a lot for the money. It actually has a decent display and can navigate around town OK, which is why it has gotten some good reviews online. But if you really try to use it for serious navigating, it falls well short of what you should expect for the price. This review is for version 4.6.
The biggest problem Mapopolis has is selecting maps for navigating off of. You have to manually load maps, by name. If you knew the names of the places you were going so well, you probably wouldn’t need a GPS! This is especially bad for the European maps, which have long names that go off the right side of the display - but there is no scroll bar to see the rest of the names! There is no interactive map for selecting maps, like on most serious GPS software. You can select individual maps off of the actual navigation display, along your route, but only if you already have a navigation solution! Do you see the Catch 22 there?
It also has a very clumsy interface for selecting your navigation destination. Normally you would type, say D-E-N if you were looking for Denver, and those names starting with DEN would pop up, the more letters you type, the more the options are narrowed down. But with Mapopolis, after you type the “E”, it jumps from the “Ds” to the “Es”. This can be very frustrating if you are dealing with a large map area. I have been half way to my destination some times before I finally got things working, and don’t expect to do it while you’re driving!
There are other very clumsy aspects to the interface, but it would take a lot of space to describe them all. The program also doesn’t handle the maps well as you zoom out and bogs down the memory. Overall it’s a very amateurish program.
I ended up writing off the money I spent on this as a waste, and went with a program called iGuidance which I much prefer. Incidentally, Mapopolis offers a money back guarantee within 30 days, but only if you haven’t downloaded more than 4 maps (that’s about 4 counties). So you won’t see most of these problems if you limit yourself to 4 maps.
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OCN6 1GB Deluxe Edition Holux 240 Bluetooth GPS Receiver Free PDA Vent Mount OnCourse Navigation Software
By GPS Reviews | August 1, 2009
OCN6 1GB Deluxe Edition Holux 240 Bluetooth GPS Receiver Free PDA Vent Mount OnCourse Navigation Software
OCN6 is extremely easy to use and don`t require any technical knowledge to operate despite being equipped with the most advanced features.
OCN6 comes preloaded road maps of entire USA and Canada (Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Guam included) as well as over 3 millions points of interest.
All the newest TeleAtlas maps are installed on a memory card included as one seamless map. It allows you to find your way to any address in the USA or Canada.
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OCN5 XL Seamless USA
By GPS Reviews | July 31, 2009
OCN5 XL Seamless USA
Whatever you are looking for, OCN5 makes you feel at home in any city.
OnCourse Navigator 5 powered by NAVIGON was selected as one of the finalist among 16 excellent GPS products by Pocket PC Magazine Best Software Awards 2005.
Voice Command to input your destination address.
Cross border navigation.
POIs: With NAVTEQs comprehensive maps you have access to more than 2.5million points of interest (POIs), such as restaurants, hotels, theatres, sights, etc.,
Signpost information: Important highways and place names corresponding to the actual sign post are displayed. You can now navigate confidently in complicated exits/junctions.
SpeedInfo: Displays the actual speed limits on streets. User can set a self-defined maximum limit by which to exceed the legal speed limit. A visual and acoustic warning occurs when driving above the legal speed and the self-defined warning speed limit. This function depends on the coverage of the maps made avilable to OnCourse Navigator.
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StarNet SD GPS for Pocket PC 2003 2002 Only
By GPS Reviews | July 31, 2009
StarNet SD GPS for Pocket PC 2003 2002 Only
StarNet is a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver with a Secure Digital Input/Output (SDIO) interface and is designed to be used in low power, long battery life mobile communication devices, such as Smartphones and connected PDAs, equipped with SDIO Now! interface. It is compatible with Pocket PC and Palm operating systems-based mobile devices.This innovative product uses the latest in GPS integrated circuit (IC) and antenna technologies, and once the GPS receiver is inserted in the SDIO slot, it enables your mobile device to receive GPS coordinates that can be used with off-the-shelf mapping software for in-vehicle navigation, recreation and other find-and-locate applications.
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Mapopolis CF GPS Software US
By GPS Reviews | July 30, 2009
Mapopolis CF GPS Software US
Never get lost again with the Mapopolis Compact Flash GPS. The Included Mapopolis Navigator software provides you with active route guidance from origin to destination. Just choose your destination by entering in an address or choosing an intersection, point of interest or location from the map and Mapopolis will give you directions.The software guides you with spoken and visual prompts before each turn. Should you miss a turn or make a wrong turn, the software will automatically re-route you from your current location. The CF GPS easily connects to your Pocket PCs CF slot for easy use in or out of the car. The CF card draws from [...] Continue Reading…
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