ANOTHER GPS QUESTION

They won't show track names in the outback, they may show some tracks as "unknown street"
You would be better off buying a PDA & installing a street navigation software & OziExplorer for the bush & Outback.

Hav you looked at the Magellan with topo maps and street by street software which is xtra..

Magellan

PEBE
They do show Co-Ordinates in what ever format you want, as for showing outback roads the Garmins with City Navigator and T4A will show the names of the more major tracks as Tanimi ,Great central, Donohue, Plenty , etc
As Shaker suggested a PDA will show no more than a GPS with T4A installed,
The trouble with PDA's is that they are not water/Dust proof as is the Garmin Quest , it depends on how you want to spend ,
Check out the Johnny Appleseed GPS website and read the specs on what the different models do,
www.ja-gps.com.au/garmin_in-car.html

PEBE
I just tried a few more tracks in the Simpson Desert using Tracks4Australia maps, when I place the cursor on the track it shows the name , French Line, Knolls, K1 , Rig Rd,WAA , QAA,

Doug

Thanks for that. I will check out the PDA situation When I go for a look.Sounds like that might be the go. PEBE

PEBE
I feel the best choice to add T4A to is the Nuvi models, they still do Co-Ords and waypoints but do not store routes and tracks, The quest does both , the screen is small, the Street pilot range would also be a good choice with T4A installed,
also this would be a good choice but the price ...????
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Yes they do for your first question.

Which model Tom Tom and which model Garmin are you looking at buying

If you buy the HP RX5765 pda it will come with the latest Tom Tom installed for about $485 , with this you can also install Oziexplorer CE and have the best of both programs. but it isn't as robust and waterproof like the real gps's.

A Garmin GPS like 60cx, 270c, Quest will have better features, but will cost more and the City navigator updates are over priced, Adding the T4A or Shonkymaps will be better for the outback than the Tom Tom maps.

The Garmin Nuvi range can also run the non garmin maps but it won't record tracklog.