Portable Satellite Navigation Units
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From: Kev on 5 Apr 2010 04:33 Dingo wrote: > On Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:50:48 +1100, Dingo <dingo963(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> I know nothing about them. What basic features should I look for, how >> much should I expect to pay, and where is a good place to buy? Thanks. > > Haven't read it yet, but there's a two page spread on sat-navs in The > Guide in today's Sydeney Moaning Harold. All I can say is that if they nominate a Navman anywhere in the top few then ignore the the entire thing Kev
From: Dingo on 5 Apr 2010 05:21 On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:33:57 +1000, Kev <kevcat(a)optunet.com.au> wrote: >Dingo wrote: >> On Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:50:48 +1100, Dingo <dingo963(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> I know nothing about them. What basic features should I look for, how >>> much should I expect to pay, and where is a good place to buy? Thanks. >> >> Haven't read it yet, but there's a two page spread on sat-navs in The >> Guide in today's Sydeney Moaning Harold. > > >All I can say is that if they nominate a Navman anywhere in the top few > then ignore the the entire thing 10.000 people - 10,000 different opinions.....
From: Dingo on 5 Apr 2010 05:28 On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:57:25 +1000, Dingo <dingo963(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >On Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:50:48 +1100, Dingo <dingo963(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >>I know nothing about them. What basic features should I look for, how >>much should I expect to pay, and where is a good place to buy? Thanks. > >Haven't read it yet, but there's a two page spread on sat-navs in The >Guide in today's Sydeney Moaning Harold. www.smh.com.au/digital-life/cartech/navigate-with-nous-gps-roundup-20100405-rmal.html
From: Atheist Chaplain on 5 Apr 2010 06:40 "Kev" <kevcat(a)optunet.com.au> wrote in message news:4bb9a074$0$6369$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au... > Dingo wrote: >> On Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:50:48 +1100, Dingo <dingo963(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> I know nothing about them. What basic features should I look for, how >>> much should I expect to pay, and where is a good place to buy? Thanks. >> >> Haven't read it yet, but there's a two page spread on sat-navs in The >> Guide in today's Sydeney Moaning Harold. > > > All I can say is that if they nominate a Navman anywhere in the top few > then ignore the the entire thing > > > Kev having tried both the tom tom and navman to direct me to exactly the same location, the navman was way better. The tom tom had me going down narrow one way streets, crappy give way everywhere ect. I much prefer the Navman thanks :-) -- [This comment is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Church of Scientology International] "I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." Gandhi
From: D Walford on 5 Apr 2010 10:33
On 4/04/2010 1:55 PM, John_H wrote: > Dingo wrote: >> >> I have a friend who was driving to Sydney from Goulburn via the back >> way (using a cheap sat-nav with maps not updated) who ended up in the >> middle of the prison farm out Shooters Hill away and had to explain to >> a couple of guards that he wasn't there to spring someone. > > It probably wouldn't matter how much he paid for the sat nav, or how > recent its maps were. None I've come across will reliably navigate > away from cities, towns or main roads even though the minor roads and > tracks are all mapped. Their only use in such localities is knowing > where you are on the map... ie they'll tell the name of the road > you're on, if it's got a name, but certainly not the best way > (quickest or shortest) to get where you want to go. > > One of the quirks I've also come across is that they'll send you down > a private road, fire track, or whatever, if it happens to link to the > nearest main road. Which could lead to some tricky situations if the > track's owners happen to shoot trespassers and prosecute survivors. > On the other hand mine has found address's in places where I didn't think it possible, I've found farms 80klms from the nearest town (Hopetoun in the Mallee) and more than half that distance on gravel roads. I often wonder if its navigates the shortest route so I usually ask the farmer what's the quickest way back to town and more than once its been the reverse of the way the GPS sent me. I know they are far from perfect but in most case they will navigate to your destination and if you didn't know the area you wouldn't know you had gone the long way:-) Daryl |