Hi Rajesh, copy the text file into the checkPoints folder in LS. Post that whenever you want to use that route load that perticular check points file, and you are ready to go. Let me know if you need any further help. Divyanshu
On 2/24/10, Asudani, Rajesh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Geetha > I get it, but on importing the txt file created by that site, loadstone > says: conpacting database, zero points copied zero points imported etc. > > I feel I am a bit unsure about procedure, perhaps. > Will go through manual once again and if the need be, would you be kind > enough to spare some time on skype explaining the stuff to me? > > > Regards > > "Perhaps our role on this planet is not to worship God-- but to create Him." > > --Arthur C. Clarke > > (Rajesh Asudani) > > Assistant General Manager, > Reserve Bank of India > Nagpur > 09420397185 > O: 0712 2806676 > Res: 0712 2591349 > > Skype: rajeshasudani1 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Geetha Shamanna [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 5:37 PM > To: Asudani, Rajesh > Subject: Re: [AI] accessible gps comparison > > Hi Rajesh, > > Once you copy the checkpoints file for a specific route to your phone, you > will have to load it. After starting Loadstone, there is an option in the > menu which does this. Loadstone starts announcing the checkpoints only after > you load the specific checkpoints file. > > Regards > Geetha > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Asudani, Rajesh" <[email protected]> > To: "Geetha Shamanna" <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 8:40 AM > Subject: RE: [AI] accessible gps comparison > > > Hi Geetha > Really a wonderful piece of information. > I find it quite accurate. > Now, After downloading checkpoint file, and importing to loadstone, I need > to figure out how it announces while approaching the points. > I know there are settings for it, but can't seem to adjust them. > > > > Regards > > "Perhaps our role on this planet is not to worship God-- but to create Him." > > --Arthur C. Clarke > > (Rajesh Asudani) > > Assistant General Manager, > Reserve Bank of India > Nagpur > 09420397185 > O: 0712 2806676 > Res: 0712 2591349 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Geetha Shamanna > Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 3:36 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AI] accessible gps comparison > > Manish, > > Loadstone can be used in conjunction with GoogleMaps. Visit > http://groute.loadstone-gps.pl/index.php?l=en > Enter the source and target destination here, and this site produces a > checkpoints file using data from GoogleMaps. It is quite good. > > Geetha > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Manish Agrawal" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 3:51 AM > Subject: Re: [AI] accessible gps comparison > > > A couple more things: > 1. Not all internal receivers are poor. On newer phones like nokia n79 and > the apple iphone, the internal receivers are just as good and sometimes even > better than external receivers. Internal receivers are able to use a > technology called a-gps (which uses data from mobile towers in addition to > satellites to triangulate). A-gps is available on only specific external > receivers. > > 2. When Pranav says below that only wayfinder and loadstone have maps for > India, he probably means the only 2 accessible products. Nokia maps is free > and they also have detailed maps for Delhi (and I am assuming for other > Indian cities as well) but are not usable with talks. I have used nokia maps > with sighted assistance and they give turn by turn direction announcements > that are just as good as wayfinder. Not to mention Google maps (I am looking > for a product that will give turn by turn announcements with Google maps). > > > -Manish > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pranav Lal > Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 7:44 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AI] accessible gps comparison > > Hi, > > 1. The only two GPS programs that work reliably in India are Wayfinder > Access and loadstone. > > 2. Accuracy is dependent on the GPS receiver you use. I use GPS heavily and > get accuracy up to 5 meters. I have an external GPS receiver. Most internal > GPS receivers are of poor quality so are less accurate and take a long time > to acquire a signal as compared to external GPS receivers. > > 3. I have contacted a lot of companies to ask if they have maps for India. > GPS per se will work anywhere in the world but having maps for that area is > the key issue here. They do not consider India a big enough market. > > 4. Wayfinder Access is an offshoot of a product called Wayfinder. This > product is meant for the main stream and does have good maps for India. This > is what I use everyday. Unfortunately, Vodaphone, who owns the product has > discontinued further development so we are in a bind. Please sign the > petition at http://www.talknav.com/protest > > 5. Loadstone is an open source product and the users have to make the maps > themselves. The problem with loadstone is that it does not provide routing > capabilities so you will not get turn-by-turn directions unless you define > them while planning your route. The bigger problem is that with loadstone, > you do not know immediately that you are off track. It will not plot an > alternative route for you. This is again a limitation of the kind of map > data that is freely available. 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