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"Mark Fagan" wrote in
: alt.satellite.gps is the place to go. and I believe that there is a separate Tom Tom for Europe as there is destinator. -- Joseph Coulter Cruises and Vacations http://www.josephcoulter.com/ |
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"Frank F. Matthews" wrote: Auto Europe offers a system for $100/week plus an additional $30/week for countries beyond the first. Expansive but available. You could buy a cheap US system for $400 or so and add on the extra maps for your trip. It wouldn't have the right base maps but if you added the detailed maps that should be OK. Again expensive but you would have an US system as well then. Didn't the EU put up some satellite network for their own counterpart to the GPS? Do those navigation systems show all points of interests or just restaurants, gas stations and the like? It seems at least in the US market, European cars are known for having poor nav systems compared to the Japanese cars. |
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On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:47:41 -0400, "Mark Fagan" wrote:
Microsoft (through Costco) sells a very inexpensive unit that plugs into your notebook's USB port. If you're going to take it anyway, and don't mind the clumsiness of using a notebook while driving, it is a possibility. However, I believe they use TomTom again, so that leaves out Europe, unless Microsoft has another source for the maps and database there. Microsoft's USB GPS works with both Streets and Trips for the US and Autoroute for Europe. We've been using both for about eight years. Nothing clumsy about it if you have another person for a navigator. The same two sw packages also work just fine with the Earthmate and Deluo GPS units. -- Larry |
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