which gps do you suggest
Submitted: Monday, Feb 21, 2011 at 13:13
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pepper2
Looking to purchase gps for vehicle probable a garmin looking at the 3790t but not sure if it has or can be loaded with off road topographic maps what would you adise.?
Reply By: Robin Miller - Monday, Feb 21, 2011 at 14:09
Monday, Feb 21, 2011 at 14:09
Hi Pepper
The 3790 is not a bad unit but is a different package format to normal navigators and I thought pricy, it doesn't support general topo maps but
its own format as below.
Their have been a few GPS questions recently and I have answered that
none of the current crop can match the off-road features of my
now obsolete Garmin 276c.
(Saw one in helicopter on
the Lake Eyre TV special last night.)
Unfortunately products are constantly being trimmed to match a
majority perceived need and many useful features are being culled.
Simple things like the number are types of waypoints (often called favourites these days).
If I had to jump today I would pick the following from the current crop,
it can be loaded with its own version Oz Topo maps as can most Garmins including your 3790.
http://www.gpsoz.com.au/garmin/garmin_nuvi_1400.htm
Be aware that with some fiddling you get ebay chinese imports a lot cheaper
which will support topo maps like Hema with ozi-explorer , but generally these have poorer standard road maps sets.
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Follow Up By: Shaker - Monday, Feb 21, 2011 at 16:49
Monday, Feb 21, 2011 at 16:49
A lot of the cheap ebay ones have Igo 8.0 as there street mapping, which I find much better than Garmins.
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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Monday, Feb 21, 2011 at 16:50
Monday, Feb 21, 2011 at 16:50
"...Garmin 276c.
(Saw one in helicopter on
the Lake Eyre TV special last night.)"
More likely to be the aviation version
GPSMAP 296 or similar (e.g. 196, 496).
Cheers
Greg
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Follow Up By: Shaker - Monday, Feb 21, 2011 at 16:50
Monday, Feb 21, 2011 at 16:50
Typo ... should read .... as their!
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Follow Up By: Robin Miller - Monday, Feb 21, 2011 at 19:59
Monday, Feb 21, 2011 at 19:59
Hi Guys
Could have been Greg their were a number of versions in the same package one even had a sonar echo for marine use.
Your like me shaker often the mind seem to be ahead of the fingers ( I note I dropped an 'S' unintentionally even !)
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Follow Up By: Member - Captain (WA) - Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 at 15:26
Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 at 15:26
I have several GPS's (like 7) and over the years have used TomTom, Garmin, Sygic, Route66, Igo8 and a few others. I have found the Igo8 to be head and shoulders above all those I have used - and that includes the latest Garmin I only purchased 6 months ago.
Cheers
Captain
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Follow Up By: Shaker - Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 at 16:00
Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 at 16:00
I agree about Igo 8, I have a 3 month old Garmin, with the latest maps & it picks absolutely ridiculous
routes, compared to the El Cheapo eBay GPS with Igo 8 software that I bought for my wife.
I have no idea why the new Garmin is so hopeless as the old Garmin Nuvi 310 that it replaced picked much better
routes. The new one wanted me to enter a freeway the wrong way down an exit ramp!
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Reply By: Member - Doug T (NT) - Monday, Feb 21, 2011 at 22:41
Monday, Feb 21, 2011 at 22:41
Myself and Noel K got the Garmin 1490T , we are happy with it and it will take the Garmin Topo maps which are in my opinion brilliant, you can also have T4A and Shonky Maps but they don't do routing like the Garmin Topo.
Link to 1490T
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Follow Up By: pepper2 - Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:07
Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:07
Thankyou for your replies,it is appreciated
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Follow Up By: pepper2 - Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:12
Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:12
Doug i rang j/appleseed they advised that the garman topo maps are $199 extra and DO NOT have all the hema maps they suggested i look at the hema 5 as the maps are more comprehensive,their
shop is too far from here to view the units personally,thankyou for your reply
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Reply By: bgreeni - Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 at 16:36
Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 at 16:36
I have a HP212 PDA which I interface with a bluetooth GPS.
Run both OziExplorer CE and A version of Igo8 depending if I want auto routing and vector maps or raster maps.
The HP has lots of other uses as
well.
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Follow Up By: pepper2 - Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 at 17:05
Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 at 17:05
what sort of cost for your setup.?
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Follow Up By: bgreeni - Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 at 17:53
Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 at 17:53
The HP 212 cost me $600 about 18 months ago
The blutooth GPS I bought several years ago and don't remember the cost but you should be able to buy one for $50 - $80
OziCE costs about $100
I already had lots of maps from various sources, both free and paid for. A good basic set can be obtained free from the web.
Igo8 cost me about $200 I think
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