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laptop and gps
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:29 pm
by robsrunner2
hi what do i need to buy to be able to run my laptop as a gps in my car?
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:52 pm
by turps
I havent really set my laptop up to work in the car. But I do have Oziexploerer on it and a Bluethooth GPS. I did drive to work with it on the passenger seat and the GPS in the glovebox. And had good reception all the way to work.
I just brought the GPS thingy off of Ebay. Think it was around $80 delivered.
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:06 pm
by Emo
1. Power. Either a cigarette lighter plug or inverter.
2. GPS Receiver. If your laptop has bluetooth then I'd look at a bluetooth GPS receiver. If not, one of the USB mouse ones will do the job.
3. Software. Oziexplorer and maps. If you look around the internet there's a good set of both Vic and NSW maps to be had. If you want point to point road navigation, the only software package I've seen working on a laptop (I run it on mine) is freedrive. It's free to download from a UK internet site.
4. Mounting. If you can afford on, a RAM mount is great. I've seen a number of homemade mounting systems that have worked very well.
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:31 am
by 84ZOOKSTA
Re: laptop and gps
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:34 pm
by wazza4wd
robsrunner2 wrote:hi what do i need to buy to be able to run my laptop as a gps in my car?
Ok get onto designzone on ebay and get their car pc then get a 10.4 inch vga touch screen and run oziexplorer
Cost $270 car pc $ 300 screen $120 120gb HDD
If you want more help pm me
