My ASEAN Free GPS Map Project

There are free symbian apps that turn your mobile into a data logger. Make several circles around the property, convert the GPX files into Googlemaps KML file and edit the perimeters. Googlemaps co-ordinates are sometimes off a bit but it is just use as aids and for reference.

Before having GPS I would wander in a clockwise direction, thinking somehow I would not lose my orientation. Another method is to turn and face backwards to memorize the path I just took. It didn't help in the jungle of course and panicked momentarily that I might be lost. Having a GPS changed all t...

Maybe not a good idea. You might become a flashaholic and like Imelda Marcos, start hoarding shoes.

tuah wrote:You guys got so many flashlight - can spare me one?

Here are the flashlights two of us carried on our night walk 2 weeks back.

The situation unlikely to change. People buy their brand new car with GPS which they proudly show. They are puzzled why they get wrong directions in side carparks and among tall buildings. There is a lead time learning how GPS work, plus regular refreshers when we forgot what we learned. Some, jump ...

Am a very satisfied user. There are many MSM versions out there, some give hiccups. But essentially Garmin chips and its navigation software are robust after so many years of fine tuning. You get errors when signals get blocked and accuracy runs wild so expect that if there are lots of tall building...

Another one to use is Nroute which is also free.

I have successfully installed garmin mobile xt on the X6 using similar procedures which I did to install on Nokia E72/E71. Bigger screen on the X6. But Nokia touch screen interface sucks so I am back using the E72. Plug a standard earphone and I soon get turn by turn voice prompt for my bike ride.