Hi Dave, personally I do not think a smartphone is a suitable match for a real outdoor GPS if it comes to real outdoor activities. But in general all devices that can be attached to the PC as USB storage should be fine with QLGT. Provided that the application used on the phone stores it's data as GPX files. Afaik Locus can do and will accept offline maps in TwoNav RMAP format. QLGT can convert raster maps into RMAP.
As the G in GPS stands for "Global", I do not see a reason why a GPS is not able to derive a position everywhere. It's more the telephone network part that is a country specific thing. Some GPS receivers (AGPS) need a telco network to get a fix fast. If there is no network they take a long time or never manage. But a pure GPS device should be fine everywhere. The Motorola Defy is told to be a nice device. However I doubt it's GPS receiver compares with a unit like the GPSMap62s. There is just a physical difference between a nice external quadhelix antenna compared to a patch antenna between a screen, a circuit board and a screen. Additional the battery time for a smartphone is poor compared to a dedicated outdoor GPS. HTH Oliver -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:37:55 +0200 > Von: DB <[email protected]> > An: [email protected] > Betreff: [Qlandkartegt-users] Compatible devices for QLGT > Good evening all, > > A question which may be off-limits... > > I'm thinking about buying a new mobile phone & see that many of them > offer a GPS functionality. Do any of you know if (any of) these devices > can work with QLGT? > > And going a bit further... Post.at tells me that the phone's GPS covers > 28 European countries, which is OK for most things, is there a way to > persuade such a phone to operate on Japanese maps & with GPS satellites > in Japan????? > > Many thanks for any help!!! > > Dave > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Qlandkartegt-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qlandkartegt-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Qlandkartegt-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qlandkartegt-users
