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Microsoft Streets & Trips 2008 better than Garmin City Navigator 2008?
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| Recently, I got a Garmin Nuvi 650 GPS with City Navigator 2008
installed. I have both City Navigator and S&T installed on my PC as
well.
I did a few test routes and I was actually surprised at the inaccuracies
of the Garmin software. With S&T, the direction specifically told me to
avoid a particular lane by keeping left onto the ramp then keep right to
stay on ramp, keep left on local road, then bear left on the street.
This is not a new route but has been that way for more than 15 years.
The Nuvi told me to stay left and then keep going until I hit a major
artery 7 km away. If I would've done what the Nuvi asked, I would've
ended up over a bridge in another part of town!
I would say S&T did a fantastic job for a $30 program compared to the
$140 Garmin charges for their GPS software.
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| Marvin Hlavac 2008-02-14, 3:33 pm |
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> S&T uses Tele-Atlas data and Garmin NavTeq
Actually they both use Navteq data :)
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Marvin Hlavac
Laptop GPS World
www.laptopgpsworld.com
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"Jack Erbes" < jackerbes@roadrunner
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> S&T uses Tele-Atlas data and Garmin NavTeq, that can produce major
> differences in results.
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> But I'm not defending either product. From years of use of various
> products, I don't expect any mapping to be perfect or any software
> implementation or routing algorithms to be foolproof.
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> Your preferences and settings can play a major part in the results and
> make one of those look much smarter or dumber than it really is.
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> Simple choices like road type preferences, type of use, etc.
You make a good point. Many don't know that their preferences can make a
difference. In my case, that route was bang on with S&T and my avoidances
were completely disabled in the Nuvi. I think the algorithm used in the
Nuvi needs some serious improvement considering how much it actually costs.
I might head out to Best Buy to try out the newes Nuvi to see how it
compares.
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| Newby 2008-02-14, 10:33 pm |
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"Jack Erbes" < jackerbes@roadrunner
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> Sam wrote:
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> S&T uses Tele-Atlas data and Garmin NavTeq, that can produce major
> differences in results.
>
> But I'm not defending either product. From years of use of various
> products, I don't expect any mapping to be perfect or any software
> implementation or routing algorithms to be foolproof.
>
> Your preferences and settings can play a major part in the results and
> make one of those look much smarter or dumber than it really is.
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> Simple choices like road type preferences, type of use, etc.
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> Jack
Anybody use Streets & Trips in Mexico, around Cancun? Is there a specific
product that is good to use in Mexico?
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| "Newby" <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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> Anybody use Streets & Trips in Mexico, around Cancun? Is there a specific
> product that is good to use in Mexico?
S&T is not very good in Cancun. Garmin Mapsource GPS Atlas 1.2 is
recommended.
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