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| george 2008-01-24, 10:33 pm |
| Hi All
I am thinking of buying a GPS unit, Garmin Street Pilot and TomTom One are
amongst the cheapest in UK, popular choices also include a number of
Navmans, although I had a navman and was not to impressed with it, because
it never took me obvious way. Garmin Nuvi 250 is slightly more expensive, so
what better features does it have then the above mentioned? I also want my
new unit to have an option to avoid certain road, so for example, I would
like to be able to specify route a to b, but avoid m6.
Any suggestions? Cheers.
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| Andrew 2008-01-25, 4:33 am |
| On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:45:52 -0000, "george" <george@nospam.nospam>
wrote:
>I am thinking of buying a GPS unit, Garmin Street Pilot and TomTom One are
>amongst the cheapest in UK, popular choices also include a number of
>Navmans, although I had a navman and was not to impressed with it, because
>it never took me obvious way. Garmin Nuvi 250 is slightly more expensive, so
>what better features does it have then the above mentioned? I also want my
>new unit to have an option to avoid certain road, so for example, I would
>like to be able to specify route a to b, but avoid m6.
>Any suggestions? Cheers.
Tomtom gets my vote.
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"george" <george@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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> Hi All
> I am thinking of buying a GPS unit, Garmin Street Pilot and TomTom One are
> amongst the cheapest in UK, popular choices also include a number of
> Navmans, although I had a navman and was not to impressed with it, because
> it never took me obvious way. Garmin Nuvi 250 is slightly more expensive,
> so what better features does it have then the above mentioned? I also want
> my new unit to have an option to avoid certain road, so for example, I
> would like to be able to specify route a to b, but avoid m6.
> Any suggestions? Cheers.
>
I really like my Mio. My bro-in-law has the higher end model w/ widescreen
and MP3/MP4 capabilities, but I didn't need that level of distraction!
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| Jones 2008-01-25, 10:33 am |
| george wrote:
> Hi All
> I am thinking of buying a GPS unit, Garmin Street Pilot and TomTom
> One are amongst the cheapest in UK, popular choices also include a
> number of Navmans, although I had a navman and was not to impressed
> with it, because it never took me obvious way. Garmin Nuvi 250 is
> slightly more expensive, so what better features does it have then
> the above mentioned? I also want my new unit to have an option to
> avoid certain road, so for example, I would like to be able to
> specify route a to b, but avoid m6. Any suggestions? Cheers.
I like my HP Ipaq 5915 Travel Companion that came with TomTom installed and
I added Delorme Street Atlas 2008 Plus. The Ipaq also has Bluetooth and
wireless internet connect. That and a slot of 2 Gig SD card for video and
Audio files along with room for maps and downloads. Outlook for email and a
host of other apps for this travel aid makes it a nice little unit. I also
have Delorme PN-20, LT-20 and BT-20. I find it nice to have dual GPS on one
hand held computer.
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| Mike Lane 2008-01-25, 10:33 am |
| On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:45:52 +0000, george wrote
(in article <4799232c$1_1@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com> ):
> Hi All
> I am thinking of buying a GPS unit, Garmin Street Pilot and TomTom One are
> amongst the cheapest in UK, popular choices also include a number of
> Navmans, although I had a navman and was not to impressed with it, because
> it never took me obvious way. Garmin Nuvi 250 is slightly more expensive, so
> what better features does it have then the above mentioned? I also want my
> new unit to have an option to avoid certain road, so for example, I would
> like to be able to specify route a to b, but avoid m6.
> Any suggestions? Cheers.
>
>
The Garmin StreetPilot 2820 (or any of the 2*** series) has a very
comprehensive set of 'avoidances' (as they call it in Garmin-speak). You can
avoid any particular specified road, or a specified area. You can also set
preferences to avoid types of road, e.g. motorways, toll roads, unpaved roads
etc.
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| T Shadow 2008-01-26, 3:33 pm |
| "Jones" <Jones@jones.con> wrote in message
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> george wrote:
>
> I like my HP Ipaq 5915 Travel Companion that came with TomTom installed
and
> I added Delorme Street Atlas 2008 Plus. The Ipaq also has Bluetooth and
> wireless internet connect. That and a slot of 2 Gig SD card for video and
> Audio files along with room for maps and downloads. Outlook for email and
a
> host of other apps for this travel aid makes it a nice little unit. I also
> have Delorme PN-20, LT-20 and BT-20. I find it nice to have dual GPS on
one
> hand held computer.
>
>
I have the same IPAQ. Was worth more than the $100 difference to my
friends MIO, IMHO. Plays MP3, WMV and runs software. Not that I actually
disliked the MIO.
TomTom6 seems OK but would like to have the tracking feature. I've used
Delorme Street Atlas here at the desktop computers to do planning
for years. Have been looking at the current version of Street Atlas but
haven't been able to find much on the details of PPC usage. Could you
highlight other things SA does or does better than TT6?
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| T Shadow wrote:
> "Jones" <Jones@jones.con> wrote in message
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> I have the same IPAQ. Was worth more than the $100 difference to my
> friends MIO, IMHO. Plays MP3, WMV and runs software. Not that I
> actually disliked the MIO.
>
> TomTom6 seems OK but would like to have the tracking feature. I've
> used Delorme Street Atlas here at the desktop computers to do planning
> for years. Have been looking at the current version of Street Atlas
> but haven't been able to find much on the details of PPC usage. Could
> you highlight other things SA does or does better than TT6?
I just got Delorme's BT-20 GPS receiver and connected it to the Ipaq. I
seems to work better then the built in receiver and connects wireless with
the Bluetooth wireless connection to the TomTom software. I like TomTom
display better then Street Atlas 2008 after taking them on the road today. I
installed SA on the Ipaq but it is not as nice as TT. I like Street Atlas
because I can use it on my laptop and creating the maps and sending them to
the Ipaq and PN-20 or using them on the Laptop. Delorme Topo 7 has nice 3-D
displays but taking the laptop on the road is a bit difficult being to big.
I can also send the maps created with Topo to the PN-20 but the display is a
bit small. The Ipaq is nice because I can use it so access the internet in
so many places on many unsecured routers like the laptop. Tracking is nice
and when I get home I play back the log files and it shows all the roads I
really drove on especially the ones that are not on the map. I will have to
try another trip switching back and forth from Street Atlas and TomTom
before I could give a fair account of all the features but so far the major
difference is the TT has a better voice interface. It tells you more, like
today it told me to do a U-turn and drive on the left side of the road in
preparation for the next left turn. SA was not as intuitive. If you use
Delorme on a laptop you don't need as many hints on what to do as you can
see a bigger map. If you want to take time to look away that is. If you have
a driver then I would say the laptop can't be beat. I will try to post back
tomorrow after I take another trip into the city. That should be fun while
switching from SA and TT while driving.
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| Oh BTW I am posting from another system so that is why I an using another
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JJ
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| T Shadow 2008-02-04, 3:33 pm |
| "John" <Machinist@xemaps.com> wrote in message
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> T Shadow wrote:
>
> I just got Delorme's BT-20 GPS receiver and connected it to the Ipaq. I
> seems to work better then the built in receiver and connects wireless with
> the Bluetooth wireless connection to the TomTom software. I like TomTom
> display better then Street Atlas 2008 after taking them on the road today.
I
> installed SA on the Ipaq but it is not as nice as TT. I like Street Atlas
> because I can use it on my laptop and creating the maps and sending them
to
> the Ipaq and PN-20 or using them on the Laptop. Delorme Topo 7 has nice
3-D
> displays but taking the laptop on the road is a bit difficult being to
big.
> I can also send the maps created with Topo to the PN-20 but the display is
a
> bit small. The Ipaq is nice because I can use it so access the internet in
> so many places on many unsecured routers like the laptop. Tracking is nice
> and when I get home I play back the log files and it shows all the roads I
> really drove on especially the ones that are not on the map. I will have
to
> try another trip switching back and forth from Street Atlas and TomTom
> before I could give a fair account of all the features but so far the
major
> difference is the TT has a better voice interface. It tells you more, like
> today it told me to do a U-turn and drive on the left side of the road in
> preparation for the next left turn. SA was not as intuitive. If you use
> Delorme on a laptop you don't need as many hints on what to do as you can
> see a bigger map. If you want to take time to look away that is. If you
have
> a driver then I would say the laptop can't be beat. I will try to post
back
> tomorrow after I take another trip into the city. That should be fun while
> switching from SA and TT while driving.
>
>
I've had the IPAQ several months but haven't really been out to where I'm
spending enough time where it can get a fix to get into finer points. Once I
can do that maybe set up won't seem so bad. Still think I'd like to do any
planning more than a simple day trip on the desktop computer
The IPAQ manual makes it sound like 2 programs can run at the same time but
TT doesn't recalc fast enough to turn at the next street at much speed so
doubtful it's a good thing to do.
Looking at the SA version I have and it being 4 years old probably will just
upgrade anyway. Nice to have on the desktop for reference
Thanks for the answers.
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| T Shadow wrote:
> "John" <Machinist@xemaps.com> wrote in message
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> I've had the IPAQ several months but haven't really been out to where
> I'm spending enough time where it can get a fix to get into finer
> points. Once I can do that maybe set up won't seem so bad. Still
> think I'd like to do any planning more than a simple day trip on the
> desktop computer
I agree that planning for a trip well in advance on a large screen system
is the best way to go. The fact that you can cut your own maps and send them
to the Ipaq or PN-20 makes for a much better alternative. You can scan maps
with Xmaps SW and only makes Delorme more versatile.
>
> The IPAQ manual makes it sound like 2 programs can run at the same
> time but TT doesn't recalc fast enough to turn at the next street at
> much speed so doubtful it's a good thing to do.
Changing applications while driving is not really something one would want
to try without pulling over. I haven't had any time to give the idea a test
on the open road but here at home where I do get a fix inside isn't that
difficult. I expect outside to be better with the BT-20 external receiver
placed on the external of the car.
>
> Looking at the SA version I have and it being 4 years old probably
> will just upgrade anyway. Nice to have on the desktop for reference
>
> Thanks for the answers.
I think you would love Topo 7 and as much of the Delorme hardware and SW as
you can fit into your budget. I just ordered Xmaps Pro and look forward to
the extra features.
JJ.
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| T Shadow 2008-02-06, 7:33 am |
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"Jones" <Jones@jones.con> wrote in message
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> T Shadow wrote:
>
> I agree that planning for a trip well in advance on a large screen system
> is the best way to go. The fact that you can cut your own maps and send
them
> to the Ipaq or PN-20 makes for a much better alternative. You can scan
maps
> with Xmaps SW and only makes Delorme more versatile.
>
> Changing applications while driving is not really something one would
want
> to try without pulling over. I haven't had any time to give the idea a
test
> on the open road but here at home where I do get a fix inside isn't that
> difficult. I expect outside to be better with the BT-20 external receiver
> placed on the external of the car.
Was thinking about letting SA run in background to track mostly and how many
CPU cycles it would take from TT. Putting SA on one of the other external
keys should make it a lot less of a problem to change, if need be. Been
using a GPSIII for ~14 years, usually wearing gloves on the motorcycle, so
I'm well aware of how little time that can be spent doing things and how
carefull I have to be to pick times to do them. Agree less use is better and
of course getting used to new equipment requires extra caution.
I can get a fix inside but holding it up in the window is just more than I'm
willing to do.:)
>
> I think you would love Topo 7 and as much of the Delorme hardware and SW
as
> you can fit into your budget. I just ordered Xmaps Pro and look forward to
> the extra features.
>
> JJ.
>
I have Topo5. Interesting but it hasn't been real useful for me. It's so
flat around here even max magnification doesn't bring up much detail. Can
only really use it to plan long trips. No laptop. Topo doesn't really
change, does it?:) Have Flash Earth too.
I'd like playing with the new wares, for sure, but have to justify the $. My
use is virtually all on asphalt.
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| Jones 2008-02-06, 10:33 pm |
| T Shadow wrote:
> "Jones" <Jones@jones.con> wrote in message
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> Was thinking about letting SA run in background to track mostly and
> how many CPU cycles it would take from TT. Putting SA on one of the
> other external keys should make it a lot less of a problem to change,
> if need be. Been using a GPSIII for ~14 years, usually wearing gloves
> on the motorcycle, so I'm well aware of how little time that can be
> spent doing things and how carefull I have to be to pick times to do
> them. Agree less use is better and of course getting used to new
> equipment requires extra caution.
>
> I can get a fix inside but holding it up in the window is just more
> than I'm willing to do.:)
>
>
>
> I have Topo5. Interesting but it hasn't been real useful for me. It's
> so flat around here even max magnification doesn't bring up much
> detail. Can only really use it to plan long trips. No laptop. Topo
> doesn't really change, does it?:) Have Flash Earth too.
>
> I'd like playing with the new wares, for sure, but have to justify
> the $. My use is virtually all on asphalt.
Booooring LOL
I enjoy New England especially here in New Hampshire where you can have it
all ways. I rarely justify my toys and admit I go way overboard but I am
older and already have everything I ever wanted. No children to leave any of
it to and never had that expense to I guess I can afford to be extravagant.
I like back packing and camping most so all those letters really come in
handy. DSLR, PDA, GPS.
Asphalt sucks.
JJ
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| T Shadow 2008-02-07, 4:33 am |
| "Jones" <Jones@jones.con> wrote in message
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> Asphalt sucks.
>
That's why I try not to lean too far. :Ob
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