FollowupID: 579540 Submitted:
Wednesday, Jul 02, 2008 at 19:59
Member - Dick (Int) posted:
I received my Hema Navigator this morning so turned it on to see what it was like. It locked in quickly to the required Satellite's, I think a bit slower than my Garmin 7200 but still OK.
I was about to go shopping so thought I would give Route 66 a try. I was located in Mount Hutton (Newcastle Suburb) and it immediately flashed a warning that it had only partially digitised data for this area. I attempted to tell it to go to Belmont but it did not know Belmont but could find Swansea. As we drove it was evident that the Route 66 maps are very incomplete in this area and it cannot be compared to Garmin City Navigator.
I selected Ozi Explorer and it loaded slowly but eventually came up and showed a basic map of the area. At 100% magnification there was very little detail. At 200% there was blurring which was uncomfortable. I am heading to
Halls Creek tomorrow so it will get a good workout on that trip. When it gets into the remote area, the
Hema maps will probably present better.
Would I buy Route 66 again, definitely not, it cannot be compared with City Navigator. The value in Hema Navigator has to lie in Ozi explorer and the
Hema Maps.
