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Post by Al on Jul 12, 2009 6:52:15 GMT -5
dunno if this belongs here or up top, but........ which of them have maps for Canada?
I had borrowed a Nuvi a month ago when I went into Canada, and once across the line, she only showed the road I was on. I'm not sure of the model, guessing it was from Wallymart thou.
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larry
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Post by larry on Jul 12, 2009 7:08:55 GMT -5
Al, I have the TomTom OneXL and it has the maps for Canada. We used it last fall going to Manitoba. Simple and it works great. Larry
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Post by Al on Jul 12, 2009 7:34:01 GMT -5
Larry thanks.
Never heard of a TomTom, just the Garmins, have to do some reaserch. I was just up on garmins site, and am I lost on it. (no pun intended)
I have a trip to Newfoundland this fall, I cut thru Ontario to NY, then to Houlton Maine. Fouth trip, you'd think I'd know my way by now!!
My other adventures take me to Manitoba too, usually up and over Lake Superior, sorta hard to get lost on hwy 17.
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Post by larry on Jul 12, 2009 15:22:48 GMT -5
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Post by whyohe on Jul 12, 2009 15:35:05 GMT -5
Al, me and the wife have a garmin and it comes with the U.S. maps down loaded but if you need canada you can down load them from websight, probably at a price. my father-in-law has a Tom-Tom and he likes his too. while you are looking check some out that you can use in walk mode. you can use it almost like a GPS for hunting.
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Post by boarhog on Jul 12, 2009 16:10:54 GMT -5
I have a Garmin Nuvi 200W. The newer model is the 205W. It has maps of Canada and Puerto Rico available, but I have never actually used them, and not too sure how you get them loaded. After quite a bit of research, I decided on the 200 because I don't need any of that fancy bluetooth, or subscription traffic stuff. Consumer report had good reviews on Tom Tom 1, but when I checked online rate this item sites, there were too many complaints by users, so I went with Garmin.
If there are negatives, they are:
1. You really need an addess for the Go To feature to work well. Telling it to go to Smith Rd will blow it's mind.
2. When you put in an address, it may take you through the back woods, or around the long way on bigger highways. If there is a way to choose, I'm not smart enough to figure out how.
3. I also had some problems learning how to get the thing set back to Arkansas maps after I used it in Mississippi. See item 2! User headroom. It would auto-fill a tad too quickly until I figured out it was looking in MS.
That said, the first time I put a Go To address in on a piano tuning job, it directed me right to the ladie's driveway, and I feel it paid for itself right then! If I had tried to go by her easy directions, I would still be lost and looking. Glad I thought to have her tell her actual street address!
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Post by whyohe on Jul 12, 2009 18:24:23 GMT -5
BH, i have the 205 and you can set not to go threw the woods. if you go to the tools(the wrench) and go to navigate and goto avoidances and you can choose to not go cross country or avoid toll roads and such.
as a warning they are not pin point. when i went to ILL. it was off by 300 feet of their driveway.
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Post by boarhog on Jul 13, 2009 1:20:35 GMT -5
Whyohe,
I will have to look at the Wrench on my 200 to see if I have that Avoidance feature. Maybe I should even read the manual?? LOL
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Post by tar12 on Jul 13, 2009 5:01:54 GMT -5
I have a Garmin Street Pilot(530).Will not leave home with out it!As most of you know we travel all over the country to wrestling tournaments and it has never let me down.Down loading maps from their site is very easy to do.Plug your USB cord into a port on your PC.It will recoginize it and walk you through it.I just updated mine.You can also read about this in your owners manual.
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Post by rossman40 on Jul 14, 2009 11:13:16 GMT -5
I deal with GPS in my business. A thing I tell people to look for when buying is a connection for a external GPS antenna. That way you can remove the display from your windshield area. Some areas around here you go to the store and leave your GPS or MP3 player showing you'll come back to a broken window and your system will be the next sale item on the "homeboy shopping network".
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Post by boarhog on Jul 15, 2009 15:28:21 GMT -5
I can relate to that Rossman! I have lost 2 of my fave rifles, and my wife's 380 pistol that were stolen from the broken window discount store! I don't leave my GPS visible, or anything else that even looks valuable for that matter. I didn't know there are remote antennas for the things.
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Post by rossman40 on Jul 16, 2009 9:25:18 GMT -5
The actual GPS antenna is basicly a computer chip. They used to be about 1/2" square, nowadays they are even smaller. The most common one I use is basicly in a 1.5" square weatherproof housing about 1/2" thick. It will work under plastic/fiberglass so you can hide it under the dash cover or my favorite place on a car is the rear window deck. I have put them under the plastic windsheld wiper cover and even the plastic bumper cover. If you have a GM vehicle with a OnStar antenna you already have a GPS antenna on the vehicle. The OnStar antenna is a phone antenna with a GPS antenna/chip in the base. The only drawback is you have to disconnect from the OnStar to use it for another device.
I get, lets say "suspicious characters", calling me all the time asking how to disconnect the OnStar system. What most people do not realize that with a warrant, if your vehicle is equipped with OnStar, the law can track your vehicle and even listen to what you are saying in your vehicle and you will never know it.
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