DeLorme Earthmate GPS Receiver

Average customer rating: 3.0

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Excellent, Cheap PC GPS Device (NOT FOR MAC!!!)
CAN'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT !!!!!
Poor Tracking Selection
A Overall Honest Review of the Delorme Road Warrior Edition

DeLorme Earthmate GPS Receiver

Manufacturer: Delorme Mapping
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B00001XE07

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Amazon.com Product Description

Never Get Lost Again! The Earthmate GPS Receiver is a high-performance, easy-to-use link to the satellite navigation technology of the Global Positioning System (GPS). Earthmate and a laptop PC will show your location on detailed Street Atlas USA maps. An arrow shows your position in real time on street-level maps, so you always know where you are and where you need to be. Earthmate features a durable housing with a moisture-resistant seal and is designed to withstand a wide variety of road conditions. Unlike many other GPS receivers, Earthmate can be powered by four AAA batteries. This is especially important when using Earthmate with handheld or laptop computers in a car where available power is already being used.

Customer Reviews:

All delome products.......2005-12-30

Designed obsolescence is the word that best discribes Delorme No support!!!!!!!!!!

Excellent, Cheap PC GPS Device (NOT FOR MAC!!!).......2004-02-05

A friend had this unit and I've been looking for a GPS device that uses PC mapping. Most use serial port communications, this one is better, being that it is USB and even better Bluetooth!!! I would have to agree with another review that documention is lacking for the unit, and the unit does not work with the Mac (bummer), but so far those are the only drawbacks. It accuratly told me where I was at, how fast I was going and my heading. Really slick! I drive nearly 30,000 miles each year and I am looking forwrd to driving easier with my new GPS!!

This is a must have for @$125!!

CAN'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT !!!!!.......2003-04-27

I have had this for about 2 years and I travel about 100 days a year by car. I have it hooked up to my laptop, which is on the passanger seat. It has never left me down. In fact I would be lost without it, literly. I tracks where I go anywhere in the US with the existing software. Nothing else to buy !!! It pinpoints where I am at anytime. It's GREAT. If you travel a lot like me via car, and have a laptop, a VERY GOOD, AND LOGICAL PURCHASE.

Poor Tracking Selection.......2002-01-29

1. The Earthmate does a very poor job of maintaining the track at speeds above 35 MPH or with even slight interferrence from buildings, bridges, etc. Before the Earthmate I had a small Magellan GPS that cost less and did a much better tracking job. Unfortunately it was stollen out of my car (along with the car).

2. I bought the Earthmate for use with my Palm but when I upgraded to an M500, there was no adapter cable. DeLorme has still not provided one.

A Overall Honest Review of the Delorme Road Warrior Edition.......2001-12-19

[12.18.2001] This Covers Earthmate, and Delorme Deluxe Atlas. I purchased this unit from CompUSA. Installed with no problems. just make sure you close all programs before installing. ( the usuall statement with most software). After running the software, aquiring the GPS signals was a little slow. Sometimes it would not get a signal from anywhere! the problem was in the config of the earthlink unit in Street Atlas. it would reset to 4800 bps. the earthmate runs at 9600. A patch from Delorme quickly fixed this and a few other problems that I did not experiance. now my systems locks to gps a lot faster than before, and more reliably. I mount the Earthmate on my dash of my 98 F-150 with one velcro strip, I use a laptop on the center floorboard with power coming from a DC/AC inverter with no problems for the long drive. I rarley lost complete signal,as I have read from some reviews here ( try the patch! ). tracking seems very acurate. I do loose 3-D signal due to blocking objects from above, but not 2-d. In downtown areas I have lost 2-D. but I lost tracking on all units I had with me ( all of them on the dash, not in a different location than the Earthlink). this unit seems comparable, and acts normally as a GPS should. I tried a extensive road trip with multiple stops over a 8 hour trip, and around town locally with great success. not one problem. I would suggest the DC power adapter (USB!)for the Earthmate. The Street Atlas (SA) did miss a little on vectoring your location in relation to the map. (mostly in rural area's). I have become confident in the overall results of finding my destination without any trouble. As with my other units, looking around after arriving is required,(duh). just for fun, I called Tech support, I got right in, the tech was freindly, helpfull, covered the basics with me on the call. advised me of the location for program updates and i was fixed up. then a problem actually occoured. when removing the earthmate from my laptop using the 9 pin serial connector. the cover came loose from the connector. this is a weak point. Delorme should use a better molded connector housing ( I'd pay 5 more bucks for it!) I advise getting the USB power adapter and reframe from pulling on the 9 pin connector! I replaced my unit at compusa... the Earthmate has a 60 day warranty, buy the product protection from where ever you can get it ( CompUSA has it ). this will extend your options for replacing the unit "just in case" for up to a year! Would I buy it again?... with PDA cable and USB power adapter ( USB bought from mobileplanet.com or delorme.com)You bet, ... and up for anything that comes close or exceeds the Delorme package. and even if the Earthlink does quit, Street Altas will still give you a map to drive by. and the biggest thing I liked, Color, with a laptop, or a palm IIIc ( what I use) I get color. not found on other hand held GPS's until you get to the $500+ units. bang for the buck, this is it. if your pockets are deeper, get a Gamrin Streetpilot III if you dont have a laptop/pda Color does make a big differance while
driving. much easier to referance. I have not tried the addon plugin GPS's for PDA's from other companys, those will have color ir your PDA supports color, only actual garmin GPS handheld units. and my Delorme Earthmate with the palm IIIc.
PS, I have stated COMPUSA and other Vendors, I do not promote them. just happened to be where I purchased this unit. and is part of the senario of this experiance.

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