Buying a GPS

Gday,
We want to go to Geralton and spend about 5 weeks North of there. Dont really have many plans, just get there and play if by ear. If we like it we may even consider staying. Thanks for the link. Ive got a Magellan explorist 300 myself, im looking for something a bit more up to date and user friendly...one that talks to you.
Cheers

having trouble finding your way home from late night parties hey. LOL

Gday Handy,
How did you pull up?
Beat the sun home?

only just LOL. missus hit a roo and smashed my winch solenoids to pieces,
such is life.

Bugger!

Hairy

What's wrong, can't find the pub anymore?

LOL

Regards

Kim

Getting there is ok....Getting home is the problem!!!!
Cheers

Cheers

check prices everywhere, GPS Oz were asking a lot more for a bluetooth gps i purchased recently.
they are normally very good.

Gday,
I want it for both on and off road.(street names and tracks)
Cheers

Shall wait for Roachies declaration before I say that it wont work offroad.

Great Idea Bonz, a gps discussion night. I could ask the J.A blokes if they would participate. Went to a J.A training day and they were really good, didn't push their own barrow, just gave the facts. Let me know when you want to get the ball rolling and if you need any help. (No link to J.A, just a satisfied customer).
Mike

I am back from Canada on 10 September and will make some arrangements then, maybe one night when I am in Melbourne I might be ablke to secure a big room in the City of Melbourne for no cost for a few hours.

I will put up a post when I get back, if I remember :)

Gday Roachie,
Im thinking that might be the go. (nuvi 660)
Harvey norman have them for $888......does that sound about right?
Cheers

Yeh, that's a reasonable price I would say. I got mine off ebay for $840 + $20- postage (from Melbourne). Great service: auction finished last thursday week and I rec'd the Nuvi here in SA the following Monday. I'm rapt in the touch screen......soooo easy to understand and if you make a blue, there is a "BACK" button.

Apparently it has some limitations, like no breadcrumb trail (I think that's what Muddy said?...hahah), but stuff like that doesn't bother me.......I can't imagine getting myself so lost that I could back-track the way I went without looking at a screen....

No Offence Roachie, but after reading some of Lucy's posts, breadcrumd trail might be a good option. :)
Mike

Will this unit run DiscoverAus?
I would like to update from my meridian gold

Cheers Tim

Roachie said "Apparently it has some limitations, like no breadcrumb trail (I think that's what Muddy said?...hahah), but stuff like that doesn't bother me.......I can't imagine getting myself so lost that I could back-track the way I went without looking at a screen...."

What he really means , following the oil slick back where he came from.....

Sorry Bill I just had to say it

Gday Mike
Christmas time we are heading West.
Ill catch you for a beer in a couple of weeks.
Cheers

Cheers I have a look

Cheers Doug, already been reading your site,
What do you know about the CrossoverGPS - GPSMAGPND100??

Hairy
CrossoverGPS.......I know nothing about it as yet , will look it up in the coming days

Hairy
Just had a look at the Crossover GPS, nice marketing ploy using the name Crossover , I just was reading how it shows topo mapping with 4WD trails, outback tracks with, and marine charts , well Garmin [GPS Map 176C discontinued ] and the GPS Map 276C have been doing that for yonks , Nothing new in that at all , in fact I could have Marine maps in my Garmin Quest if I were into Boating and Fishing, but if i were I would get a unit more designed for Boating/Fishing as depicted on this website www.ja-gps.com.au/garmin_larger.html

Do you think the Nuvi is any good for bush though?

on it's own , No

But you can download other maps to it like, Shonkymaps or T4A.
It also doesn't save your track log, otherwise it's a great GPS

Flash32
WHAT..!!!! hey guy's they do work off road , just that they can't show you a road if your not on one and if your not on a road then you don't need guidance .....DO YOU, but it will give you Lat'/Long' , and it will if connected to the Laptop with Ozi maps show you where you are,
And if you have a Nuvi 300,310,660 with T4A and your on the French Line, QAA, WAA, Rig Road, it will be shown on the screen as a moving map with the cursor ,You really don't expect to have a female voice tell you how to get from Purnie Bore to Poeppel Corner do you , ......the Mrs will do that perfectly.

Gday Doug,
Im thinking of getting the Nuvi 660. Most of its use will be .....
1. Spotting something on Google earth, putting in the coordinates and using it to find whatever it is we are going to.
2. Finding our way around Perth and up the West Coast at Christmas.
3.Quite often when canping we come across tracks that we dont know where they go or if its the one we should be on. If I can plot them when we are there and look on google earth when we get home or even better before we leave and have the info we need while were out there.

Some one said you cant back track with it (bread crumb ), I have an Explorist 300 that should do this if ever needed so that feature doesnt worry me a lot.( always follow your wheel tracks)

What do you think?
Cheers

What I was trying to say is the Nuvi will do all you say..........Many others wont. They will provide Lat'/Long' and on road. But bloody useless if you go bush.
Doug your spot on...........I just cant put it into words like you..........

Gday Flash32,
Shiittt Now Im confused!
You say "the Nuvi will do all you say" (Doug or Myself)
Because I do go bush ( usually tracks) sometimes no tracks and I dont want something that is useless once you get off the bitumen.
I was under the impression I could download ( or buy a disc ) a map of a specific area on a SD card and put it in the nuvi 660 and then use it for bush????

This is getting hard....I nearly had my mind made up..LOL
Cheers

Hairy, the maps that come with Nuvi 660 is a auto routing and it mainly works on the black top and a few dirt roads, they will not work on the french line or the canning.
You can buy a 2gig SD card and put ShonkyMaps on it.
Once you turn off CityNav, shonkymaps will show you everything, including fences, mines, bores, trig points.
This will be in an Offroad mode