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GPS for European motoring
Following a suggestion on this group, I have been looking int the idea of
an in-car GPS to help me navigate beyond my driveway withut getting lost - a rare occurrence when I venture out armed only with a map, and completely unkown when my wife volunteers to navigate. The units I've seen advertisd are the Garmin GPS V Deluxe, the Garmin Streetpilot III deluxe, and the Streetpilot 2610. see eg http://navcity.co.uk/catalog/index.php+c_path+7 Does anyone have any experience of driving in Europe with such a gadget, these models in particular, other recommendations? cheers, J; -- Encrypted e-mail address. Click to mail me: http://cerbermail.com/?nKYh3qN4YG |
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"Jeremy Henderson" wrote in message news Following a suggestion on this group, I have been looking int the idea of an in-car GPS to help me navigate beyond my driveway withut getting lost - a rare occurrence when I venture out armed only with a map, and completely unkown when my wife volunteers to navigate. The units I've seen advertisd are the Garmin GPS V Deluxe, the Garmin Streetpilot III deluxe, and the Streetpilot 2610. see eg http://navcity.co.uk/catalog/index.php+c_path+7 Does anyone have any experience of driving in Europe with such a gadget, these models in particular, other recommendations? cheers, J; -- Encrypted e-mail address. Click to mail me: http://cerbermail.com/?nKYh3qN4YG Have used the 2610 in the US and found it very accurate and easy to work with. I would expect that it would work equally well in Europe. I'm not familiar with the other two products, but they are earlier models. Neil |
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Henderson wrote: Following a suggestion on this group, I have been looking int the idea of an in-car GPS to help me navigate beyond my driveway withut getting lost - a rare occurrence when I venture out armed only with a map, and completely unkown when my wife volunteers to navigate. The units I've seen advertisd are the Garmin GPS V Deluxe, the Garmin Streetpilot III deluxe, and the Streetpilot 2610. see eg http://navcity.co.uk/catalog/index.php+c_path+7 Does anyone have any experience of driving in Europe with such a gadget, these models in particular, other recommendations? You need to look at the proprietary maps for each manufacturer to see which one gives you the best street-level detail for the area you desire. The maps are costly and most units you need to buy these as an extra item. Garmin is good stuff and their web site has a map viewer http://www.garmin.com/cartography/ As for the models, the 'touch screen' can be very, very helpful in the 2610 and 2620. Color display is very helpful. The 76C, has the big advantage of being personally portable, you can take it with you on the train or load a Topo for camping. Navman also makes some nice handhelds, I just added a Navman Marine mapping GPS to my boat. I have a Garmin already. I got the new Navman because of the maps but mainly for the integrated duel fuel flow metering. Which now provides ETA, average/instantaneous consumption which is connected to the database for, for example, nearest fuel location and then it plots the course to the fuel location. When I have my Penta's fully open, I'm burning upwards of 40/gph.. so fuel data is real important. http://www.navman.com/land/index.html GPS, is a $30 bil gift from the U.S. taxpayers to the world, it has saved countless lives. jay Mon May 31, 2004 cheers, J; |
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Jeremy Henderson writes:
Does anyone have any experience of driving in Europe with such a gadget, these models in particular, other recommendations? I've driven with GPS. Very reliable and useful outside of town, a bit less so in town, depending on urban clutter (large buildings can interfere with reception and accuracy). In the countryside it works like clockwork. I use a plain GPS, i.e., no built-in map, but that's a matter of personal preference. -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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Go Fig writes:
GPS, is a $30 bil gift from the U.S. taxpayers to the world, it has saved countless lives. It was intended for the U.S. military, not for the world (nor even for American civilians). But it turns out that it's at least as useful to civilians as to the military, especially once the DoD turned off its deliberate paranoid degradation of the signal ("Selective Availability"). -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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Jeremy Henderson wrote:
Following a suggestion on this group, I have been looking int the idea of an in-car GPS to help me navigate beyond my driveway withut getting lost - a rare occurrence when I venture out armed only with a map, and completely unkown when my wife volunteers to navigate. The units I've seen advertisd are the Garmin GPS V Deluxe, the Garmin Streetpilot III deluxe, and the Streetpilot 2610. see eg http://navcity.co.uk/catalog/index.php+c_path+7 Does anyone have any experience of driving in Europe with such a gadget, these models in particular, other recommendations? cheers, J; Among us Europeans Pocketpcs with Tomtom navigator are wildly popular. http://www.tomtom.com/ I've heard mixed opinions about the Garmin units. Some people claim the maps used with them are not as uptodate. -- Groeten/Regards Jeroen Wijnands jeroen at wijnands punt xs4all punt nl |
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I travel with an GPS exclusively. I have a laptop in my van for work, one in
my car on a desk, the Street Pilot on my motor cycle. When I travel and have to rent a car, like for my upcoming trip to Italy next month, I use a Garmin iQue 3600. It is a PDA with a build in GPS. I just upload the maps needed for the area I go too, like half of Italy Regards, Egmont em_CT USA "Jeremy Henderson" wrote in message news Following a suggestion on this group, I have been looking int the idea of an in-car GPS to help me navigate beyond my driveway withut getting lost - a rare occurrence when I venture out armed only with a map, and completely unkown when my wife volunteers to navigate. The units I've seen advertisd are the Garmin GPS V Deluxe, the Garmin Streetpilot III deluxe, and the Streetpilot 2610. see eg http://navcity.co.uk/catalog/index.php+c_path+7 Does anyone have any experience of driving in Europe with such a gadget, these models in particular, other recommendations? cheers, J; -- Encrypted e-mail address. Click to mail me: http://cerbermail.com/?nKYh3qN4YG |
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I would suggest a few issues for you to consider ahead of time. The
first is that you consider just what type of service you desire. At the low level GPS simply tells you where you are and the direction to a preset location (your hotel for example). This tends to not be of much use for me. A second level shows your current location and a map of the local on a changeable scale. The use of this type depends on the detail level of the maps and the size of the display. An intermediate variety let you enter a trip and help you to track your progress on the maps. Finally the high level systems provide directions from your current location to an identified address. If you drift off route they will recompute a path to the destination. They are serious computers with the associated costs. Another issue is the cost for the map licenses. This can be significant for detailed maps and availability can be complicated. Also consider how much mapping can be loaded without access to a computer. While systems are coming with more memory and sometimes with changeable CF or other plug in memory this can be a problem on a complicated trip. Good luck. Tell us about the experience when you return. Jeremy Henderson wrote: Following a suggestion on this group, I have been looking int the idea of an in-car GPS to help me navigate beyond my driveway withut getting lost - a rare occurrence when I venture out armed only with a map, and completely unkown when my wife volunteers to navigate. The units I've seen advertisd are the Garmin GPS V Deluxe, the Garmin Streetpilot III deluxe, and the Streetpilot 2610. see eg http://navcity.co.uk/catalog/index.php+c_path+7 Does anyone have any experience of driving in Europe with such a gadget, these models in particular, other recommendations? cheers, J; |
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On a related topic, I heard the Europeans were planning to launch their
own system. Forget what it was going to be called but it would be more accurate than the US allows for consumer GPS applications. |
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