{"id":317,"date":"2008-03-30T17:18:12","date_gmt":"2008-03-30T21:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/archives\/317"},"modified":"2008-03-30T17:18:12","modified_gmt":"2008-03-30T21:18:12","slug":"nokia-n810-nav-functions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/archives\/317","title":{"rendered":"Nokia N810 nav functions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The N810 I recently purchased has a built in GPS receiver. I had a drive to do this morning and figured I&#8217;d put it to the route-finding test. There was very little route to find &#8211; directions were about as easy as can be imagined &#8211; a perfect first outing. Call me conservative, but I prefer to shake things down before I&#8217;m in desperate need of them (when possible). There are two options, as far as I can tell, on the N810:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wayfinder.com\/?id=5356&amp;lang=en-US\">Wayfinder<\/a> comes preloaded on the N810 with a big caveat &#8211; to get route finding, you need to spend $$ to upgrade to the &#8216;full&#8217; version. At this point it looks like a 36 month subscription is about $140 &#8211; too rich for my blood.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gnuite.com:8080\/nokia770\/maemo-mapper\/\">Maemo Mappper<\/a> is a free open source app that&#8217;s a one-click install, To get voice directions you also need to install <em>flite<\/em>, so maybe I should characterize it as a two-clicker.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I spent 10 minutes or so yesterday with Maemo Mapper &#8211; figuring out how to ask for directions, download maps along the route, etc. First thing this morning, I fired up Mapper and set out. A note on the N810&#8217;s GPS performance &#8211; every review you read says the same thing &#8211; it takes forever for the receiver to find satellites. True fact. I think my ancient Garmin 12XL comes up faster. However, once it&#8217;s up the N810 does a great job staying connected. I drove with the little beastie on the passenger seat (the Garmin would have lost signal for sure) and it knew where I was throughout the trip. No tunnels &#8211; it would be interesting to see how quickly it re-composed itself once above ground again &#8211; but as I said, baby steps. The voice directions were just fine; standard syntho-voice, something I prefer &#8211; don&#8217;t startle me with a &#8220;who the heck is in the car?&#8221; moment. All in all, a positive experience &#8211; encouraging for the first time out.<\/p>\n<p>Mapper generates a track as you move &#8211; I saved the &#8216;going away&#8217; track and loaded it to my server. Right-click <a href=\"http:\/\/skydeviler.hawkdog.net\/pub\/Gctrk.gpx\">here<\/a>, choose <em>save link as<\/em> and it&#8217;ll load into Google Earth like a charm. Some pics from the ride:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Local point of interest<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3055\/2374842380_4d40900029_b.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3055\/2374842380_4d40900029_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3055\/2374842380_4d40900029.jpg\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">*<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Navigator\/radio operator&#8217;s station<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2263\/2374842678_069e2a1840_b.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2263\/2374842678_069e2a1840_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2263\/2374842678_069e2a1840.jpg\" dragover=\"true\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">*<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em> Got the radio on<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>I&#8217;m like the roadrunner<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em> Alright<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em> I&#8217;m in love with modern moonlight<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>128 when it&#8217;s dark outside <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2002\/2374842994_e77137e502_b.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2002\/2374842994_e77137e502_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2002\/2374842994_e77137e502.jpg\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">*<\/p>\n<p>(I&#8217;ll bet a million bucks Steve knows exactly where these antennae are.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The N810 I recently purchased has a built in GPS receiver. 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