Re: Canadian GPS

From: Peter (prathman_at_comcast.net)
Date: 02/09/05 

Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 20:37:44 -0800

dtong22@yahoo.com wrote:

> personally i doubt if you can fulfil all the conditions listed below
> unless you are willing to pay can$1,500 for a 2620

The 2610 plus a 2GB Compact Flash card would be both cheaper
and better:
  - more rugged, especially against vibration
  - you'd also have the software to use on your PC for trip planning
  - you'd also have a second unlock you could use with a handheld Garmin
for walking and other applications.

Only disadvantage is the one-time loading of maps onto the CF card
and at least one Garmin dealer offers to do that for his customers
free of charge.

...
>>Considering:
>
>
>>Garmin c320, when it is released. It sounds pretty close to what I am
>
> looking for and I know what to expect with their map coverage.
>
> it is nowhere close to what you would need
>
> it only accepts standard Garmin data cards and pre-programmed data
> cards

Not according to the spec sheets which indicate it takes industry
standard SD memory cards, not the Garmin format.
>
> i suggest you check the price of a 512 mb garmin card

Somewhat hard to do since they don't exist and irrelevant since the
model mentioned doesn't use them.
>
>
>>Magellin Roadmate 300. Display looks great but their website says
>
> they only
> have limited Canadian coverage. I thought they Magellan and Garming
> got
>
>>their maps from the same place?

Both are based on NavTeq maps (although Garmin also has DMTI Canadian
maps available). Nevertheless, the coverage area can vary. For
example, Garmin has much better coverage of Alaska on their NavTeq
based CitySelect maps than Magellan does with their NavTeq-based
DirectRoute ones.