In article <Pine.LNX.4.44.0606190915530.30033-100000@uofr.net>,
dml@tepidcola.com (Michael Maskalans) writes:
>
> On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 Walt@Walt-n-Ingrid.Com wrote:
>
> >
> > Magellan and Garmin seem to be the two names that rise to the top of the
> > recomended GPS lists. You really need to look at the features and how your
> > going to use it to decide which model would suit you best.
> >
> and preferably go use each, since their interface quirks really are
> totally opposite.
>
> (may have been fixed by now, I've never updated
> City Select and I'm on version 4, 6 is current)
Actually I believe the Mapsource products are up to v.7. Or at least MetroGuide
USA and City Select are, that's what I'm running.
> For example, driving along an interstate and when you come to an
> angled overpass where the interstate is curving and sometimes it will tell
> you to 'keep right to I-86' when doing anything else would be the
> exception. The same is also true with naming conventions - I'd prefer to
> always think of I-86/NY17 across the southern teir as either 17 or 86 -
> but Garmin (in my version at least) prefers 'Southern Teir Expressway'
> with no allusions to 17 or 86. It does the same thing with MANY other
> roads which can make looking out for a turn exceedingly difficult when
> it's signed as a state route number but the GPS is saying whatever the
> street name or coloquial term is. That's really a bigger hurdle than
> anything else for me.
Yea, I've noticed that also.
> > The one thing that pisses me off about Garmin is thier software licensing
> > though,
>
> At least they don't hard-lock the software to one workstation, just to one
> GPS unit. I have to give them some props for that.
Yea, I guess it could be worse. I just got pissed that after paying $120 to
upgrade from Mapsource Metroguide v5 to v7, I had to pay out another $120 to
get City Select, which compared side by side to Metroguide, it the exact same
set of maps, same interface and everything. When I bought Metroguide, I didn't
realize it didn't support turn by turn directions when using it's maps in
nRoute, you have to have City Select to have that function in nRoute. It's the
same damn maps, with all the same waypoints, landmarks and such. The only
difference between the two is the licensing. If I knew that, I wouldn't have
upgraded Metroguide, I would have just bought City Select to begin with.
> I don't really have anything to add on Magellins, but I'd certainly look
> at both if I were new to the market. I'm used to Garmins now, and were i
> to replace my GPS V I'd be looking REALLY hard at the C330.
Magellin is suppose to be pretty good. I have a friend that has that little
Tom Tom unit and he raves about it. But if Tom were to get that, that would
just be "Creeeeepy".
Walt
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