Hi just asking for some feedback on GPS units I need to upgrade from our 5 year old Tom Tom that does silly things sometimes lately what do you have . Thanks
GPS Which 1 would you recommend.
- Thread starter Rod.F
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Like the others have said there are many choices to be had depending on your type of travelling. I have moved away from the more traditional tom tom type devices and now use only smart devices, as for our purposes I find them far more versatile. Not only can you get great (and usually very well priced) navigation apps you can add a whole host of other useful apps that in the end give you a far more bang for buck.
At the moment we use a nexus 7 android tablet and a combination of google maps, osmand, orux maps can use our oziexplorer maps. As well as other apps like aussie weather radar and wikicamps. If you are into 4wd trips then have a look at mudmap, it is a bit expensive but is probably not bad value if you don't already have a lot of maps.
osmand can use maps from the open street map (OSM) project and allows you to download maps for offline use. OSM maps while not as complete as some other sources still have a lot to offer. the map data is available free to use and is updated daily so you can always get the most up to date maps they have available. the other thing is if you find data that is not correct or missing you can add the information yourself and everyone will benefit from your work. This feature is also great as a family activity while camping. We are going to an out of the way national park over the easter break and i am hoping to map in some of the walking trails and other poi's using osmtracker on our nexus 5's.
At the moment we use a nexus 7 android tablet and a combination of google maps, osmand, orux maps can use our oziexplorer maps. As well as other apps like aussie weather radar and wikicamps. If you are into 4wd trips then have a look at mudmap, it is a bit expensive but is probably not bad value if you don't already have a lot of maps.
osmand can use maps from the open street map (OSM) project and allows you to download maps for offline use. OSM maps while not as complete as some other sources still have a lot to offer. the map data is available free to use and is updated daily so you can always get the most up to date maps they have available. the other thing is if you find data that is not correct or missing you can add the information yourself and everyone will benefit from your work. This feature is also great as a family activity while camping. We are going to an out of the way national park over the easter break and i am hoping to map in some of the walking trails and other poi's using osmtracker on our nexus 5's.
We use TomTom on iphone or Apple Maps or Google maps. Also have Sygic which I have not used for ages.
I find having them on the smart phone easier for me. Not sure how well the GPS will work out bush though.
I find having them on the smart phone easier for me. Not sure how well the GPS will work out bush though.
I love my Garmin 3597. I looked at just about everything and find it works really well. Leave it plugged in and it will automatically power up and down as you turn on and off the ignition. Voice control works surprisingly well too.
Cheers
Andrew
Cheers
Andrew