Posted on 12/07/2007 12:48:55 PM PST by george76
I’ve tried every mapping program out there and finally found the one that really works. Co-pilot was designed for the professional driver and works on my Toshiba laptop with a separate antenna that I mount on the windshield.
I route the visual through my LCD back up camera in the coach
so I’ve got a great moving map all the time. The program will give you any kind a route that you specify and can be updated from the company web site.
I’d love some help too! We would like to buy one in the 300 range, but have no idea which model is best, there are so many.
Any tips?
She should be very happy :
” I got my wife a combination CD/MP3 player, GPS, hands free phone adapter, DVD player and butt warmer for Christmas.”
Guess you didn’t find the “Quickest” “Shortest” and “Preferred Roads” options in the route planner?
Where’s Waldo ping.
Do not take your family with small kids on the “Quickest” “Shortest”...without a satelitte phone.
You do that with Mapsource. You import map segments for the area you want and the GPS will allow you to choose the address from the GPS and it will route you to it. Alternatively, if you have a non-routing GPS, you can select the points (anywhere) in Mapsource and then import the points into the GPS.
The Tom tom I have can be used in a few different modes including walking mode. You can program the destination to specific latitude / longitude coordinates and put it in "walking" mode. I'm pretty sure it would do the trick. It also lets you "mark" certain spots.
I just got the Garmin 305 Forerunner as an early Christmas present. I LOVE it. I can run anywhere and know the distance, get back to where I started, get instant feedback on my pace, heart rate, etc. It’s awesome, and the price was WAY below list.
I suppose it's possible that I missed it, but I checked everywhere in the Route Planner (and everywhere else) and couldn't fine those options. Mine is a 2006 version, maybe it doesn't have those options. But thanx for the tip.
I just bought another copy of Roads of Texas maps for my husbands car today. My copy is almost worn out.
They work well in the car and are excellent for Geocaching.
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I have a Nuvi 750, had a nuvi 350 that got stolen and an older Etrex Legend.
Hiking...the Legend for the win.
Everything else, the 750. It’s good for walks in strange parks. It has a “car finder feature”. Once you exit the vehicle, pop it off the cradle and walk. Later you can ask it to send you back to the car.
Had a Magellan for a while but it locked up fairly often. Maps weren’t quite as precise as the garmin.
Gotta agree.
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Reminder bump!
I’ll go look it up. He’s more into Geocaching than I am, but it looks like fun & I’d like to do it more often.
Thank you so much for the recommendation!
I also have the 2720, with the FM add on to bypass traffic jams. I used it on a 4500 mile cross country trip, no problems.
IMHO: The Female Aussie voice is the sexiest . . .
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