How can I get my GPS to show the names of streets?

December 9, 2009 by admin · 1 Comment
Filed under: Commuting 
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beaux asked:


My GPS Unit, when in the “view map” mode shows the locations of all the streets along the route that I’m traveling, but only shows the names of a few of them. Is there a way to get the unit to show the names of more streets?

How do you make a HTC touch pro gps work in an area with no signal?

October 10, 2009 by admin · 2 Comments
Filed under: PDAs & Handhelds 
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manuel7marin asked:


I will be traveling to an area where the cell phones don’t get signals but I want my touch pro gps to still work. How can I do this since it seems that the gps will only work in areas with either a phone connection or wi-fi.

How do I get the speed I’m traveling from 2 sets of GPS coordinates?

May 14, 2009 by admin · 2 Comments
Filed under: Physics 
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bggraves4000 asked:


I’m developing a GPS Windows Mobile application (personal for now, but I might make it public) and I wanted to find out (theory wise) how to get the speed I’m traveling when given 2 sets of coordinates. I would go out and capture 2 coordinates driving at a constant speed, but I was hoping there was a magic formula.

does all gps have a setting that tells you how fast your traveling?

May 3, 2009 by admin · 3 Comments
Filed under: Other - Electronics 
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Caine asked:


My friend had a gps and it actually told you how fast u were going accurately, i was wondering if they all did this or if that is a function only on some?

GPS system to use in rental car in California?

April 12, 2009 by admin · 3 Comments
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pemn asked:


We are traveling to the LA area in a few weeks and will be renting a car. Rather than paying the rental fee for a GPS system, we’re considering buying a relatively inexpensive one and bringing it with us. (We’ve never owned one before, and we don’t have much time to figure out how to use it.) However, I just discovered that in California, it is illegal to mount anything on the windshield. So can someone please tell mehow would we mount our own GPS system in a rental car??

How can I post live GPS coords on a blog?

March 7, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Gil J asked:


I will be traveling in Asia and I was wondering if there is a way I can have my GPS tracked and posted for friends/family to see live (or at least semi-updated) on a blog without my input. Can any commercial GPS units transmit and post?

How to create a custom route with my gps?

February 6, 2009 by admin · 1 Comment
Filed under: Commuting 
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Santa asked:


We are traveling from Maine to Miami next month and I wanted to use my gps while traveling. The problem is, we don’t want to go the way it says to. We want to avoid the major cities and stay a bit west of 95 to avoid toll roads. Is there any way to use something like google maps and transfer the route onto a gps. it is a magellen. thank you.