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Originally Posted by RussG
After talking to a friend who s building a car PC with a primary function of navigation I’ve been pondering my own solution, but adapting his ideas.
So if I acquire a Panasonic Toughbook which are available for £80 or less second hand.
Connect a remote touch screen monitor with say a 2 metre umbilical cord.
Install Windows XP and MemoryMap or OziExplorer. I prefer MM.
Then install this software, which is the crucial bit (thanks Paul if you read this!!)
Centrafuse™ | A Whole New Way
Centrafuse™ | A Whole New Way
Oh and a GPS receiver, the tough book can live under either the drivers or passenger seats which fortunately in a G Wagen are steel, lockable boxes.
I know I could continue to use my PDA with OziExplorer or just buy a Garmin but I like the idea of this solution and it gives me something to do between now and the next trip
Russ
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A couple of potential probelems:
would the slave touchscreen be "tough" enough? also, toughbooks at that pricepoint will be of very low spec. This will likely mean you wont be able to store all your maps etc and have connectivity issues.
from my point of view, this way seems to over complicate the issue. For the same or even less £££ you could buy a more advanced, lighter netbook to run things and using bluetooth, utilise a Garmin GPS with no wires.
worth thinking about.
I recently upgraded my PDA for a HP TC1100 slate/tablet PC. Its working great with my Garmin GPS10 and I just made a sturdy mount for my Defender  the only issue is it can only really be seen properly by the passenger. It needs a little modifying... work in progress
G
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