Hi Doug You can do this with Maps4Site. The maximum sampling rate is 1 point per second - this is user configurable. You would only need the Lite version. You would need any Pocket PC/GPS combination. QTek and HP now both have released Pocket PC with the GPS built in.
Maps4Site can view existing MapInfo tables in WGS84, so you will be able to follow yourself on any maps you have in MapInfo format. When you have finished collecting your "trail" you can export the data as MID/MIF and import it into MapInfo. There is an evaluation version at www.Maps4Site.co.uk, so you can test for free. If you need to test for longer than the standard timeout, let me know and I'll send you a password. Its quite a small program, and needs no install - just run the EXE off the SD or CF card. Regards Bob @www.MapsByDesign.co.uk In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Doug Wassmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Hi List: > > > >Here is my challenge. I need up-to-date, accurate street layers. >Affordable Aerial Photos are always behind the growth curve, and >commercially produced street layers have the same problem and often show >non-existent roads > > > >I would like to be able to throw an inexpensive GPS unit on the seat of a >truck and drive slowly thru new neighborhoods and record my route, adding a >lat/lon point to a continuously recorded snail trail at a recording rate of >at least 1point/second. Slow update rates likely will result in missed >corners and chords instead of smooth arcs representing the curves in the >roads. > > > >Once the neighborhood is driven, I would like to be able to download the >data and produce a MapInfo TAB file, either from a Shape File download or a >comma delimited ascii data download. > > > >Can anyone recommend moderately priced GPS unit that will allow me to do >this. I know that there are sophisticated Avionics units that will do this, >but they are out of by budget range. > > > >Thanks > > > >Doug Wassmer > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >_______________________________________________ >MapInfo-L mailing list >[email protected] >http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l -- bob young _______________________________________________ MapInfo-L mailing list [email protected] http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
