Garmin GPS - Re: Garmin Nuvi 670 one-month test run (questions & suggestions)-

Author

Re: Garmin Nuvi 670 one-month test run (questions & suggestions)-

Jack Yeazel

2007-12-17, 12:33 pm

Jack Erbes wrote:

> The Lock on Road feature can be turned off on my 76Cx, I would not own
> it if I could not leave that off. I want to see the GPS receiver's best
> estimate of where I am, not a guesstimate of where it thinks I want to
> be. Sheesh! That is a dumb "feature"!

The 'lock on road' doesn't seem to be as 'hard' a lock as it used to
be... Driving around in a shopping center always shows me off the
road...

> Of course the 670 would have to allow you to use supplemental mapping
> for any of that to be of any value. Do you know, will it do that? Feel
> free to email me and tell me the location and I'll send you a small topo
> map image file for you to test it with.

I've added Topo USA, Topo US 2008, and MetroGuide USA 4.0 to the nuvi
660, 680, and 760 -no problem... The maps can either be stored in
internal memory or an SD card...

--Jack
Get general GPS information at: http://www.gpsinformation.net/

LinkBot