Wayne - my only advice, having used both, is to get satellite driven
GPS. The others are more like mapquest/google maps. Satellite seems
to be more accurate, and allows, at least mine does, a choice of
routes (quick, short, no freeway, etc.).
/gayley
Quoting Wayne Dernoncourt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I got mildly lost a couple of weeks ago, a phone call to my
sister (lives in the area) provided no real help (rush hour
and construction). I use the term mildly lost in, I knew
where I was approximately but not precisely how to get where
I wanted to go. I was also looking to get a car but was
reluctant to spend $1,000-1,500 for an integrated GPS in the
car since a top of the line portable GPS is ~$1,000.
Last weekend I went shopping for a GPS and tried one out in
Circuit City. I was in southern Maryland (Waldorf) and
picked out an address in Annapolis. It generated a route
that took US 301 to US 3 to MD 450 to the final destination.
This is at least 6 miles longer than taking US 301 to US 50,
which is a little longer than US 301 to MD 214 (MD 450 is
a two lane road, US 50 is 4 lanes and goes across the Bay
Bridge). The other GPS receivers didn't seem to get a
signal, there didn't seem to be a lot of sales help there,
so I left. Yesterday I went to a Best Buy, repeated the
experiment and the units there couldn't find the satellites.
Of course not, they're in a big steel building!
So is there any advice out there about what to get and what
to avoid? I go on trips typically once or twice a year where
this would be useful, so I don't see this as being big on
features, but it shouldn't be stupid either.
--
Take care | This clown speaks for himself, his job doesn't
Wayne D. | supply this, at least not directly
I used to have a handle on life, then it broke.
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