[Electronics-talk] GPS Similar to Original Trekker?

[David Andrews]

APH has a PC-based talking maps application which may do what you 
want.  It or some version thereof may be sold by Sendero too.

Dave

At 03:02 PM 5/8/2013, you wrote:
>Hi Everyone,
>I had an origional Trekker with the Dell PDA, and sadly it no longer 
>works properly. I loved using it to learn new places because it 
>would allow you to browse streets one block at a time, by pressing 
>the navigational keys left right up or down. This gave me a really 
>good picture in my mind of all of the intersections along a given 
>street, and where streets were in relation to each other. I know 
>there is a Trekker Breeze now, but that does not allow you to browse 
>virtually like I am describing. I have an iPhone now, but none of 
>the GPS apps I know of allow me to browse streets by block like the 
>Trekker did. With the flat screen it seems you have to drag your 
>finger along the street to navigate it, and it is very difficult to 
>keep my finger on the street using the flat screen. I am looking for 
>a GPS option that will allow me to explore streets from one 
>intersection to the next, by pressing some sort of button, or 
>perhaps making some sort of swipe gesture, to advance along the 
>street. Does anyone know of such a GPS program? It can be an iPhone 
>app or some stand alone GPS system.
>
>Thanks for any help you can provide,
>Sarah