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RE: GPS Hardware & Software - 7/16/2006 9:07:22 AM
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RandyC
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ORIGINAL: Agility Cat
Okay, everybody, Thanks for the inputs. It is hard to make the choice. I use Microsoft street and trips, and I like it. question: does anyone knows how to import the addresses from Xactimate to MS S&T, like JNHawk does it with delorme street atlas (save a lot of time, does not have to enter each insured address). having the laptop in your car is probably the way to go, you have the large sreen, instead of portable GPS with small one.
any feedback much appreciated.
Thank You
Agility Cat,
I use Delorme for routing and MS S&T for backup, sometimes Delorme has trouble finding an address that MS has memorized.
You can import addresses from Xactimate to MS S&T. Launch Xactimate. From Navigator click on the "Real Time Training" light bulb icon. In the Search box type "MS S&T" press "Search". In the Training Topic box, under "How do I?" left click on "Sending an Xactimate address to MS Streets and Trips"
Print the detailed help screen that pops up. Follow these instructions. Similiar instructions for Delorme do not work as well without additional information, but for MS Streets, I got my addresses imported correctly the first time.
Tip: Step three has you importing 1 of 1 address. You will want multiple addresses, so before you right click as instructed, hold down Ctrl key and left click on each address you want. After you have selected all that you want, then right click and continue as instructed.
After you follow these instructions, MS Streets should be launched with the general area of your locations showing. For each address you have imported there should be tiny black push pins. Find the one closest to your office or motel, left click to select, then move cursor to upper left click on Route, then add as Start. then locate each of the other push pins adding them as stops until you get the last one, then return to near your beginning and "add as end". Finally, in the same Route options, click "get directions". A nice green loop should appear as your itinerary.
Next generation of GPS software will have auto pilot, but for now we still have to negotiate the streets the primative old ways of old. :-)
Randy Cox
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RE: GPS Hardware & Software - 7/16/2006 11:02:16 AM
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Agility Cat
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Randy
Thanks a bunch, you made my day
Jean Paul
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RE: GPS Hardware & Software - 7/16/2006 12:40:23 PM
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Jack Nichols
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Randy:
I thank you also. I played around with my Delorme yesterday, as I had to find an address out in the country, and it works very well. I have had some issues with it, but they are operator error, and I am not quite desperate enough to read the instructions. ;*)
This is great information, and I appreciate it.
The maps on my Delorme are pretty old, at least four years, and as a result some new subdivisions are not on it, but it works fine. When I attended Trader's boot camp in deepest darkest Texas, I was lead to within fifteen feet of the mail box, though I did not trust it enough at the time to recognize where I was.
I bought mjy Delorme on Ebay, and bought the updated software (2003 Plus) for the enhanced functions. Total cost was about $120 - $130 or so, where it would cost over $200 at a store.
Your post makes it much more user friendly and usable. Thanks.
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RE: GPS Hardware & Software - 7/16/2006 1:17:59 PM
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Wally
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Jack,
I bought the 2005 delorme last summer for about $125 with the GPS LT-20. That was from Best Buy. I have been using it for about 4 years and like it. My son has been trying to talk me into MS S&M but I don't want to learn an new program. I have had a few problems with DeLorme. There is a problem of the streets not being in the right location. But this is relatively infrequent. The thing that I really hate is that the routes that it plans are some times convoluted. But Mostly I find it to work ok.
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RE: GPS Hardware & Software - 7/16/2006 4:36:46 PM
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Jack Nichols
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Thanks, Wally.
I should have said "I bought the upgraded software 2006 Plus separately for the extra features".
The GPS unit is the Earthmate GPS, in the cute little yellow "steal me" housing. I took off the yellow housing, wrapped the unit in duct tape, and it sits un-noticed on my dashboard. It is no so ugly that I look like a complete bum, but it certainly does not look like something worth breaking a window for. I can always reinstall the housing when I upgrade, if I ever do.
Will the new -20 GPS do anything the Earthmate will not?
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RE: GPS Hardware & Software - 7/16/2006 11:27:47 PM
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Gale
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Friday evening for $99 at Office Depot I picked up Delorme 2006 2-CD pack and the GPS LT-20 receiver with the “yellow” cover but I am thinking duct tape instead of the classy black tape to give it the “I am not worth stealing” look. :)
We have several road trips coming up the rest of the year with many stops starting tomorrow and I am glad I picked up the software. Having a small stand alone unit would have it pluses but I think it would take the $800 unit (at Wal-mart) to come close to the details and features. I went with Delorme because we have the MS answer to Delorme for all the computers we own so why not go with something different since I was mainly paying for the USB receiver. Delorme does have MS Streets and Trips beat in 10 features I learned from reading the back of the Delorme box. :)
The software and hardware is slick and it found roads that I did not even know they had a name. We are talking pig paths in the boonies. What I really like is it does not tell you to turn around when you miss a turn but first it tells you that you are off course and it will try to recompute the best route.
I picked up the package and loaded the software at Back Yard Burgers after eating. I missed the first left hand turn that I needed to take to cut over to another main road just to see what it would do. It stated I was off course and it would recompute the route. Then she (female voice) gave me the name of the next road to the left and stated it was 1.6 miles away instead of asking me to turn around.
One advantage to the Delorme or MS PC version is you have the software on your PC to enter/import addresses from you adjusting software, contact management, etc before you get in the truck. I like to have a good mental image of the overall trip before leaving to help insure we do not drive within 30 minutes of a customer without stopping for a few minutes if schedules would permit. Having full screen views of the routes really helps me get the big picture. If the schedule of stops gets changed we can reorganize the stops quickly. We like to keep the 5-6 hour drives between stops moved to the end of normal business hours so we can make more contacts each day.
I do not know what was out before the LT-20 but it is a 12 channel receiver that claims to pull less power and find satellites faster but you can read all this at http://www.computertimes.com/may05DelormeEarthmateGPSLT20.htm
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RE: GPS Hardware & Software - 7/17/2006 4:11:34 PM
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tiwiii
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I've used Delorme and liked a whole lot better than a paper map. Since, I had to use a Magellan which was ok. Company just sent me the Garmin c340 and I like alot more.
SO far Garmin is the best, except the loss of being able to download assignments from Xact into Delorme, which I never mastered.
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RE: GPS Hardware & Software - 7/17/2006 10:47:32 PM
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katadj
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Gale,
Went on line and found the same thing for 79.00 delivered to home. No tax, no freight. Sorry to beat you by $20.00.
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RE: GPS Hardware & Software - 7/21/2006 1:40:19 PM
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Catmannn
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Just got the Garmin 340-c, greatest thing since wireless.
Simple, attrative, small, and accurate.
At Circuit City 4 year warrenty 190.00, they state if anything ever goes wrong with it to bring it in and they will replace it on the spot.
It has gotten me around Washington D.C. in the last week no problems.
Houtz
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RE: GPS Hardware & Software - 7/21/2006 4:14:43 PM
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thetxadjuster
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Hello everybody. New adjuster here. I am looking at buying a GPS unit and have it narrowed down to the Magellan 800 or 860. I have done alot of research on features and eliminated more than half of the auto units because of not being able to input multiple addresses.
I noticed someone said they input their addresses as "way points." I never thought about that. Is there a difference in the way your route is mapped out for the day by using way points verses inputing an address? Will the unit still plan out an entire trip with multiple stops in the shortest time?
Thanks,
Dave
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RE: GPS Hardware & Software - 7/30/2006 8:44:19 PM
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SoCalRich
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I bought the Garmin Nuvi 350. I can map it in S&T download it to GPS Utility (to convert from an *.est to a *.txt file) and upload it to the Nuvi via a USB connection. Save the address/location with the name of the insured. This works great and I just switch it between 2 cars, my truck, a motorcycle and my RV. I like it because it is small, (fits in my pocket) and has a good screen. The whole US is right at my fingertips. The Nuvi 350 is supposed to be the latest in GPS software as well.
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