My CF-29, Moab, and GPS; Life Is Good

HI All,
I have just spent the last three days 4 wheeling my heavily modified Jeep Wrangler thru southern Utah seeing some of the most spectacular scenery the world has to offer. All the time my CF-29 was tracking my progress using Terrain Navigator installed on a 4G thumb drive. This installation was discussed recently here in case some of you missed the thread.

The thumb drive idea has been a spectacular success. So has the CF-29. Total thumbs up for Pansonic Toughbooks. Not one drop out or loss of GPS communications.

Late yesterday I left southern Utah and travelled north to Moab where I will spend the remainder of my vacation. I've been here before. If you have not seen this country around here you should not miss it. Of course, Moab is the town which services Canyonlands and Arches National Parks. I can't say anything that exagerates the spectacular nature of the geography. Moab is also world famous for its 4 wheel Jeep and bicycle trails.

As I write this I'm sitting in my little Aliner pop up trailer in the Slickrock RV Park in Moab, Utah wi fi connected to the parks system, listening to Beethoven on my iPod, watching the late afternoon shadows creep over the sheer cliffs, writing you good folks and getting ready to head for a local sports bar to watch the Cowboys beat up on the Bill's.

Life is good. Going out tomorrow to challenge some of the world class Jeep trails for which Moab is famous.

Y'all take care.

Sparky

 

I've heard about Moab from the mountain biking enthusiasts i used to work with. unfortunately unless a big-3 auto plant is nearby, i probably won't have a chance to travel there

 

Ah the good life. I missed out on our clubs trip to Moab this year as my Scrambler is being work on. As I write this I am waiting for my eBay bid to hold up and win a CF-29. It will be my first Toughbook but have use many around work for years (first model CF-25).

Question: Will a 1.2GHz, with 40GB HD and 256MB be adequate for running GPS setup? I'm looking to add the internal GPS modifications talked about elsewhere on this forum. Any suggestions on which software to use would also be greatly appreciated.

Scramblin_Jim

 

I'd add an extra 512mb to bring it up to 768MB... that should be sufficient. If you only have 256 then the base install + drivers takes up about 230MB, so that doesn't leave you with much to work with. At the MINIMUM, 512MB... but with RAM prices so cheap these days I would just go for the 768MB setup!

Good luck

 

Karma16,
Mrs. Dogfish and I will be in Moab in mid September for our annual 4-5 days in the slick rocks. Can't wait to get back to Yellow Cat Flats north of Arches to hunt for some big pieces of red petrified wood. We'll be using the new CF-VDW07 remote display with either the CF-30 or the CF-07 to find our way around.
Scramblin Jim,
If you just want GPS, a CF-27 with 128mb ram will more than do the job. Just kidding, but GPS uses very little resources, you do want a big hard drive to store lots of maps, but the actual navigation part will run on almost any decent laptop. This will be the first year I have custom built a Toughbook just for route planning and navigation to get out from under Garmin's thumb. I can now choose from a vast array of maps and nav. programs, put them all on one box, and run them all at once using Franson Gate. I just toggle from Streets and Trips, to Topo, and then to Ozi, all with just one click on the touch screen. We can't wait to put it to work.
Cap

 

I thought those were world class BRONCO trails

 

fastik,
It's a jeep thing, you wouldn't understand. The National Park Service labels them as JEEP trails.
Cap