Re: What's the best handheld / car GPS for Europe?

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 03:21:30 -0400, Larry
<willandlarry@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>This message is from a fellow who's been lost driving in some of the
>biggest cities in the world-Moscow, Sao Paulo, Caracas, etc. This
>summer, we will travel in a van through Western Europe for 4 months.
>Want to buy a handheld GPS around $300US - prime reason is to navigate
>cities only. Prefer to wander in the countryside sometimes even
>getting "lost." Not really necessary for me to have all the bells and
>whistles, clocks, calculators, geocaching, altimeters, etc. Would
>rather have more memory for maps. Any ideas would sure help me out?

Larry,

I live in Europe and asked myself the same question. I ended up
buying a Garmin GPSMAP 76C, which seems to be the current
optimum for a light handheld that can also auto-route.

However, it costs more than twice your target price of $300, and
I know of no cheaper device with the same capabilities.

Since you'd need a laptop to load map segments anyway, my
proposal would be to buy mapping and auto-routing software only
and install a laptop in the van. Velcro may be your main tool to
keep the laptop in place.

You still need a cheap GPS receiver, but the Garmin GPS 10
( http://www.garmin.com/products/gps10/ ) along with the current
European City Select map would fit your bill very nicely.

You need to download the free nRoute software for auto-routing
while you drive with dynamic map display.

I'm sure that some other products are available from other
manufacturers as well, but I don't know them.

Hans-Georg

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