Talking GPS on a Laptop

[101RRS]

I have been progressing my laptop GPS mouse system for the car - with help from various people here have oziexplorer scanned maps, download maps, UBD etc - works a treat. Actually oxiexplore using scanned maps od streets works better than the UBD system as oxiexplorer keeps you at the best position on the map to see what is coming up whereas the UBD system runs you right to the edge of the map before switching maps so for some of the time you youb cannot see very far ahead on thye map.

What would also be nice is to have a nice girlie voice saying turn left here, go down here, next left etc when I am driving though town etc. Can someone advise what software is out there that will turn my laptop with GPS mouse into a Tom Tom or Navman type system - also if there is, do I have to get specialist maps to go with the software = also any idea of costs.

thanks

Gazz


Cheers

Gazzzzz

[Bushie]

Gazz

Have a look at Travelmate, works as an add on for Ozi (although not 100% sure if it does what you want)

http://travelmate.valkron.com/



Martyn

[Bush65]

Travel Mate can give voice commands such as turn left. But you need to set up the route. It adds features to Oziexplorer that make this easy.

It can't decide a route for you like Tom Tom. This is because Oziexplorer uses raster maps and has no way to know where the roads are.

[101RRS]

Thanks John and Martyn - I will check it out.

Cheers

Garry

[awabbit6]

Have a look at FreeDrive
http://www.freedrive.co.uk/

Free to download but it uses Destinator Maps ... so if you can aquire the maps ...

I've installed it on my tablet PC and it works very well with a bluetooth GPS reciever.

[Ralf_the_RR]

Another one that uses Destinator maps is a prog called Map Monkey.
Uncle Google will help you out with more info.

[loanrangie]

I was looking at the freedrive site and somewhere it says you can use .map maps same as Ozi ?

[101RRS]

Thanks for the information so far - someone heard from someone else who it from a mate that there is some Tom Tom software that will go onto a laptop - have googled it without much luck - any one able to shed some lite on this.

Thanks

Garry

[loanrangie]

Thanks for the information so far - someone heard from someone else who it from a mate that there is some Tom Tom software that will go onto a laptop - have googled it without much luck - any one able to shed some lite on this.

Thanks

Garry

That one is definately a furphy !

[Aussie]

Tom Tom software exists and allows a PDA to be used as a GPS with a Receiver. You can get it from torrent sites.You can get different versions according your OS.