GPS for the JLT!!!

Available now for use with the X51V version of the Complete System. The basic details:

RoyalTek BT-2300 Datalogger GPS (top of the line datalogger and GPS receiver). Connects wirelessly to the PDA and interfaces with software on the PDA. Also, even when not connected to the PDA, keeps an internal log. You can upload this to your computer via Bluetooth wireless; the GPS includes software you can then use to Geotag your digital photos. Simply turn the GPS on and toss it in your camera bag when you go out to shoot, then upload the photos and log to your computer and the software will add the exact location each photo was shot to the photo's information.  You can then upload your photos (or your hikes) to Google Earth and other services. Includes both the standard battery (lasts 9 hours) and an extra large battery (23+ hours). And includes car and wall charging adapters so you can recharge it anywhere (and keep it and the PDA running continuously and fully charged in your car).

Pocket Mapple Digital, complete maps of Japan (the Super Mapple Digital software package). The included Super Mapple Digital for the desktop is awful, but PocketMapple on the PDA and the maps themselves are excellent and simple to use. Maps are far more detailed and usable than other Japan navi packages for Windows Mobile OS. Maps are well detailed, with many buildings and building names in the cities; useful things like hospitals, post offices, gas stations, restaurants, and stores; and 10 m topo lines and hiking trails for when you're out in the country; placenames are in Japanese (the old version had the option of less detailed maps with English placenames, but the new version, just out, doesn't). Software interface is in Japanese but quite simple (you can do all the important functions through icons anyway). Doesn't have automatic route planning or turn-by-turn directions (i.e., "Turn left in 30 meters"); instead it shows a realistic looking map, like a detailed paper map, with a big arrow showing where you are and which way you're going. You can manually enter your own route or simply markers ("Turn left here," "Ami's house"), and you can have Mapple track your route and save it for you to follow again later. Take a look at my documentation to get an idea of what the program looks like and how to use it. Please note that I install and support the Pocket Mapple Digital program on the JLT Dictionary PDA (Axim X51V); I don't use the included Super Mapple Digital desktop program and I can't help with it--but if you have Vista or Windows 7 and can get the desktop program running and want to play with it yourself, it does offer point-to-point route planning (doesn't work well, which is why I don't bother) and the ability to download up-to-date construction, road closure, etc. info, all of which can be uploaded to the Axim.

About Memory: The standard 16 GB SDHC card will easily hold all the dictionaries and maps with 7-8 gigabytes of free space left over.

Installation: There is no installation or set-up necessary. Your JLT PDA will come with the software and the wireless connection between the GPS receiver and the PDA all set up and ready to use. I even include a backup file to restore that set-up and all necessary settings automatically in case you lose anything in a crash or accidentally make a change you can't figure out how to undo. You can be using the dictionaries and navigating as soon as you open the box (it may take the GPS unit 5-10 minutes to download full information from the satellites the first time you use it; after that, getting a signal takes less than a minute--usually much less--the first time you use it on a given day, and just a few seconds subsequently; if you don't use the GPS for several weeks or move hundreds of kilometers from where you last used it, it may again take 5-10 minutes to download new information from the satellites; one of the reasons I'm so fond of the Royaltek BT-2300 is that in my experience it does all of these things faster than other units, even units using the same GPS chips inside).

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