There are essentially two sources that GPS's get their maps from.
(Navteq and ?)
I cannot remember the names but TomTom bought one of them last year.
So essentially the maps are pretty well even between the two.
My suggestion is to check out CNET.com and read both their reviews
and customer reviews of the GPS units.
I also check into Consumer Reports and read their reviews and that is
how I choose mine. (I have been happy with their reports over the
years understanding some of their biases.)
Each person will have their own preferences.
My daughter and future S-I-L bought a higher end Garmin this past
year and like it. It has more gadgets than they will ever use.
Stewart
At 10:08 AM 4/14/2008, you wrote:
I bought a Garmin Nuvi 350 in March/April last year and like it. I
chose the Garmin after viewing some comparison sites dedicated to
GPS devices. The 350/360 only accepts one waypoint enroute and
custom routes are not an option. The 760, at about $500, can accept
up to 10 waypoints & custom routes, IIRC, and has a larger 4.3 inch
screen vs. about $ 250 for 3.5 inch 350/360. The Nuvi line offers
male & female voices and includes US, British, and Australian
accents as well as Czech, German, French, et al. The Brits referred
to the Baltimore Beltway as "I (eye) six hundred and ninety-five".
They will sometimes says "MD 7" or "VA 7" versus Maryland 7 or
Virginia 7, for example.
My new MDX has Nav (don't know the maker). No voice choices but all
the named units do real-time re-routing and permit adjusting how
"talkative" you want the guidance unit to be. They allow choice for
quickest or easiest routing and avoidance preferences such as
highways or tolls roads. All of these named systems will display
POI, to a greater or lesser degree, such as nearest restaurants,
hospitals, hotels, gas stations.
My new Motorola Q9h phone has GPS internals and can use Google maps
to give turn-by-turn directions but only visually and I had to
reselect current position & destination to get updated
routing/travel info. Many Windows Mobile phones have GPS and often
the maker will not tell you about the free facility using Google maps.
YMMV
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
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Prince of Peace
Ozark, AL SL 82
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