Pharos GPS Compact Flash Mounted GPS w PHAROS OSTIA Mapping Software

(MPN: PF002)

Description: Pocket GPS Portable Navigator is a handheld Pharos iGPS system comprised of the iGPS-CF receiver, and Ostia 2002 navigation software. With the navigation software installed on your Pocket PC, you can walk through any city in the US, and loc.... Read More

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Date Reviewed: 03/16/2006
mak625 Member Since: Mar 2006 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 4 Days	Ostia/Pharos 7.5 Software, 5.0 Maps...NOT worth the money....buy MAPOPOLIS instead Strengths: 2D and 3D mapping capabilities User interface is OK Clear voice navigation Weaknesses: Very poor routing, slow rerouting capabilities - not reliable for optimal routing!!! Hard to read street names - no way to increase font size Summary: I am very disappointed with this software. Routing is NOT optimal in any mode (Fastest, shortest, avoid highway modes). The routing will take you out of your way to get to your destination. It will even tell you to turn where there are no streets/roads or make a loop thru a subdivision and get back on the road you just got off. When set to Shortest route mode, it told me to take a frontage road vice a parallel highway which would have been faster. I've tried all three modes to get to work and all three directed me past the optimal exit which would have added 10-15 minutes to my commute. I tried the demo version of MAPOPOLIS and it works much better than Pharos and is much faster with more useful features...I would definitely recommend MAPOPOLIS over Ostia. 100% of People (1/1) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 03/13/2006
KWLeitch Member Since: Mar 2006 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 7 Days	A Navigator is only as good as his map Strengths: Great hardware and UI Weaknesses: Map Data is old and inaccurate - Fatal flaw. Summary: The Pharos hardware is great; fast, accurate, flexible (CF, Bluetooth, cabled), compact. The Ostia software is great; easy to use (love the "Home" and "Auto Re-route" features), fast, intuitive (after reading the manual to understand the icons). The Map data… well that is a different story. It is old and inaccurate (missing highways and major streets that have been in place for 5+ years; and yes, I did download their “latest” maps via “Smart Maps”). Bottom line is I do not trust their maps to get me to where I want to go in a city I do not know. I’ll just use the Pharos hardware with Pocket Streets & Trips or Mapopolis. So my advice is to just by their hardware w/o Ostia and get another Navigation Application with reliable map data. 100% of People (1/1) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 08/22/2002
ssif21 from PA Member Since: Aug 2002 View Member's: Reviews	Hardware is fine but the software is pathetic: no ... Strengths: NA Weaknesses: Inadequate and incorrect map database. Terrible user interface. Summary: Hardware is fine but the software is pathetic: no ability to draw routes on desktop and download; no ability to set waypoints by clicking on the map; whole subdivsions are missing from the database; routes are drawn on roads that don't exist. 88% of People (7/8) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.